11–12English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English EAL/D 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026 and will replace the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing the new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the English EAL/D Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing the new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for the new syllabus
Content
Year 12
Students develop understanding, knowledge and appreciation of a substantial literary text, its information and ideas, and consider the ways in which the content, Loading and Loading of the text shapes meaning.
In their study of ONE substantial literary text, students experiment with interpretive approaches to examine the text’s meaning and significance and develop and expand their vocabulary of interpretation and response. Explicit, targeted English language study centres on identifying, analysing and Loading to the ways in which language shapes meaning in their text. They also examine the language forms and Loading that are particular to the selected literary form, and the ways that authors use, manipulate and challenge those conventions.
The ways Loading , text structures and stylistic choices create particular effects for specific purposes
The ways context shapes meaning
The influence of Loading point(s) of view to convey ideas, attitudes and Loading in literary texts
Loading extended texts that explain the use and effects of particular textual forms and language choices
Compose a range of Loading and analytical texts that explore complex ideas about the relationship between content, form and language
Compose informed arguments about texts supported by appropriate textual analysis
Use descriptive, persuasive and rhetorical vocabulary to construct Loading interpretations of texts in a range of Loading
Use lexical chains and referential devices to achieve cohesion in spoken and written texts