11–12English Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus

Explore home languages and language connections within the class or community

Recognise the differences in formal and informal register

Recognise how information is conveyed in texts

Recognise ways language forms, features or structures can create meaning in a text

Recognise ways language forms and features change according to purpose and audience

Express agreement or disagreement with ideas and perspectives presented in texts

Identify the message, values or experiences in a text

Identify personally relevant and important themes presented in texts

Explore how different characters in texts respond to a particular theme or issue

Explore different perspectives on a particular topic, theme or event

Understand how culture and identity influence personal responses to texts

Respond to a text by providing a personal opinion or perspective

Identify how a personal opinion can be changed in response to a text

Demonstrate respect for the ideas of others

Identify how texts can represent a particular time or event

Recognise that an author’s personal experiences can shape meaning in a text

Recognise that audience responses to texts can vary

Identify that texts represent a diverse range of lived experiences or cultural perspectives

Recognise how context influences audience, ideas and attitudes

Recognise connections between ideas and features within texts

Compare texts on a similar theme

Use strategies to organise information and make connections between ideas in texts

Understand the impact of texts on personal understanding of the world

Explore how different audiences value texts for different reasons

Compare adaptations or appropriations of texts to the source text