11–12English Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026 and will replace the English Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11 students
- Continue to teach the English Life Skills Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) for Year 12 students
2026, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12 students
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
For students studying English Life Skills, the focus area Writing for purpose provides opportunities to develop knowledge and skills as Loading of everyday, community or workplace texts for a variety of audiences and purposes. They engage with and Loading to a variety of texts to develop their knowledge and understanding of a range of textual Loading . Texts should be selected based on students’ interest and needs. Students develop their use of Loading to clearly communicate information or ideas. By planning, editing and refining, students explore how to organise their ideas with an appropriate structure and use Loading , grammar and syntax to create meaning.
The content below aligns to the content of the Writing for purpose focus area in English Studies 11–12 and has been provided as a suggestion only. Further content can also be used to address this focus area and meet the individual needs of students as appropriate.
Engage with real-world texts to gain information
Engage with a broadening range of texts
Respond personally to a text
Use reading, viewing or listening strategies to locate and extract information and ideas
Recognise the differences in formal and informal Loading
Recognise ways language forms, features or structures can Loading meaning in a text
Recognise ways language forms and features change according to purpose and Loading
Identify the message, Loading or experiences in a text
Explore different Loading on a particular topic, theme or event
Recognise that an author’s personal experiences can shape meaning in a text
Recognise that audience responses to texts can vary
Recognise how Loading influences audience, ideas and attitudes
Loading texts that offer personal responses to a chosen text
Represent personal experiences and ideas for particular audiences and contexts
Compose texts for different purposes and audiences using appropriate forms, language or visual features to communicate, including workplace and real-life texts
Use language forms or structures to express ideas
Apply grammar Loading accurately in texts
Use punctuation to clarify meaning
Use a range of sentence structures to create meaning
Use vocabulary for purposeful effect
Use visual or language features to create texts
Use scaffolding to plan compositions
Use Loading to plan and monitor text structure
Select editing techniques or tools to enhance clarity and meaning in texts