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 12 – Extension 2
The Major work is a sustained, cohesive and extended composition that demonstrates mastery of the composition process. Students engage in extensive investigation of a literary subject of their own choosing to evaluate the ways their own creative or critical composition is situated within an established literary and theoretical context.
Author and authority develops their knowledge of literary criticism to support the development of their own independent inquiry. This knowledge supports students to purposefully experiment with textual form and language features in their own critical or creative compositions. The Major work is an opportunity for students to consider authority in their own text through the dynamic relationship between author, purpose, form, language, audience and context.
A Major work communicates an idea that is conceptually insightful and thought-provoking, with a clear sense of purpose, audience and context appropriate to the chosen form and style.
Students engage in the extensive investigation of a concept and medium of their own choosing to extend the knowledge and skills developed in their Stage 6 English courses and Author and authority.
The concept and medium of the Major work should contribute to the authority, originality and overall literary purpose of the work. As part of their composition, students purposefully manipulate and control the language features and conventions of their chosen form to support the content of their composition. The work should demonstrate a conscious and purposeful style that has been refined to ensure artistry and textual integrity.
Throughout the development of the Major work, students evaluate and reflect on their research and composition processes, using a range of modes and mediums in their Major work journal.
The complex relationship between text, author, reader and context
Complex and interconnected language forms, language features and structures that shape meaning
The ways context shapes the value, audience and reception of their composition
The ways scholarly texts, academic readings and literary debates can refine and test original ideas
The ways research methodology supports independent inquiry in the creation of an extended composition
Craft texts in a range of modes and mediums that evaluate ideas and perspectives
Craft texts that purposefully experiment with and manipulate textual form and language to shape meaning
Craft texts that justify choices of mode and medium, based on the relationship between purpose, audience and context
Craft texts that make reflective judgements on creative and critical choices of concept and style in the Major work
Create an independent composition underpinned by targeted extensive research into concept and form
Use appropriate academic language, including metalanguage, in the analysis and evaluation of strategically chosen texts and their influence on the Major work
Use their Major work journal to record, develop and critique the influence of texts, perspectives and ideas