K–10English K–10 Syllabus
English for K−2
The new syllabus must now be taught in Kindergarten to Year 2 in all NSW primary schools.
English for 3−10
The new syllabus is to be taught in Years 3 to 10 from 2024.
2023 Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2024 Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual circumstances.
Content
Stage 3
- EN3-OLC-01
communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Content in Oral language and communication focuses on speaking and listening. For some students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, this will be through signing and watching Auslan as well as, or instead of, speaking and listening. Complementary content has been provided as alternative means to demonstrate aspects of the outcome for students who use other forms of communication to supplement or replace speech. Content should be taught through speaking and listening experiences, where appropriate, in combination with the student’s preferred communication forms. Teachers use the content for alternative communication forms in combination with the content for oral language to meet the needs of individual students.
Initiate and contribute to sustained discussions, through questioning, building on and evaluating shared information
Identify varying social conventions that influence interactions across wide audiences
Describe ways of interacting with cultural protocols or practices used by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Follow agreed-upon protocols and define individual roles as needed for in-person or online interactions, establishing specific goals, criteria or timeframes
Interact in a range of contexts and deliberately adjust language and style
Ask and respond to analytical and evaluative questions about literature that contribute to own or others’ enjoyment and understanding
Evaluate the role of gesture during social and learning interactions and describe its impact on the audience
Respond to questions with elaboration and detail
Apply interactive listening strategies by responding to and providing feedback to the speaker
Apply active listening strategies by retelling or repeating what another person has expressed and by building on what has been said
Analyse key ideas and perspectives expressed by others through paraphrasing and note-taking
Analyse how audio elements in texts integrate with linguistic, visual, gestural and spatial elements to create meaning and impact
Evaluate the effectiveness of rhetorical questions used for intentional effect
Evaluate features of spoken texts that contribute to own or others’ enjoyment
Deliver presentations suited to purpose and audience
Experiment with volume, pace and intonation to enhance meaning when presenting and reciting, and recognise the effects these have on audience understanding
Select and use a variety of sentence lengths to suit the purpose of planned spoken texts
Use connectives to signal a change in perspective or to show causal relationships when speaking
Use expanded noun and verb groups to present planned, detailed descriptions
Present multimodal arguments that include research and references, topic-specific vocabulary and the selection of persuasive techniques appropriate to audience
Select multimedia components, visual displays or use gestural features to enhance and bring clarity to presentations
Reflect on and monitor own and peer presentations according to given criteria
Attend to a presenter and respond using facial expression, gesture, symbols, signs or spoken language to provide feedback
Attend to a communication partner and respond to their ideas using gestures, symbols, signs or spoken language
Evaluate nonverbal features of communication in texts, such as facial expression, posture and eye gaze, that contribute to own or others’ enjoyment
Experiment with elements of body language, including facial expression and gesturing, and recognise the effect these have on audience understanding
Select words and phrases to communicate information in a planned spoken text
Select visual resources that suit the purpose of a planned presentation
Use facial expression, gesture, posture, symbols or signs to communicate a change in perspective
Combine images, symbols and/or words representing nouns and verbs to present detailed descriptions