11–12English Extension 11–12 Syllabus
The new English Extension 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026.
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the English Extension Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for new syllabus
Content
Year 11
Students examine a key text from the past and its manifestations in a range of texts from more recent social, cultural and historical contexts to explore how and why texts reflect and challenge cultural values over time. They explore, analyse and critically evaluate different examples of such texts in a range of forms and media, including texts of their choice.
Students critically analyse and interpret how the content, language, form and style of texts are influenced by aspects of context, and how these elements communicate values and attitudes. They evaluate the ways in which aspects of texts from the past can be carried forward, borrowed from and appropriated, and examine how the value of texts is renegotiated by audiences over time.
Students complete a Related research project that provides opportunities for them to develop skills in independent investigation and critical and creative thinking. Students apply the skills and conceptual understanding developed in Texts, culture and value to the investigation of their own selected texts. They develop an understanding of research skills and practices to support their interpretive, analytical and imaginative responses to texts.
Students select a key text from the past and examine and evaluate manifestations of their selected text in other contexts and media while considering how and whether the values embedded in one text parallel, challenge or offer alternatives to the other. They synthesise their research and communicate their understanding in an original composition, manipulating form for purpose and experimenting with language features to shape meaning. The project may be undertaken concurrently with their study of Texts, culture and value.
The relationship between text, author, reader and context, and the ways they shape meaning
The relationship between a text and the culture it is composed in and responded to
The ways texts are appropriated or manifested in a range of social, historical and cultural contexts
The ways values are shaped in and through texts
The ways that textual forms, language and stylistic choices shape meaning
Intertextual connections that offer multiple interpretations
Sophisticated metalanguage in textual analysis and reflection
Craft texts that experiment with traditional and emerging literary forms in familiar or new contexts
Craft arguments that support critical interpretations with textual analysis
Craft texts that re-imagine and re-create other texts, experimenting with perspective, point of view, style and context to show how values are maintained and changed
Craft reflective texts that evaluate and assess the influence of stylistic choices on meaning
Craft critical and creative texts that demonstrate skills in research methodology and independent investigation