11–12English Standard 11–12 Syllabus
The new English Standard 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 Standard 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
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.
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