11–12English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
The new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026 and will replace the English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).
2025
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing the 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 the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing the new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2027
- First HSC examination for the new syllabus
Content
Year 11
Students develop an understanding of the creative possibilities of storytelling in evolving technologies and new Loading of communication. Students engage in a detailed study of ONE complex multimodal text and a range of other texts. Students develop an understanding of the power of storytelling to represent ideas, people and events in innovative ways. They explore how these Loading are shaped by aspects of Loading , Loading and experience. Students analyse a range of Loading related to textual hybridity, reading pathways, interactivity and intertextuality. They appreciate the complex nature of communicating in a contemporary world and the limitations and possibilities of storytelling in a range of modes and mediums.
The language features, text structures and stylistic choices that influence Loading from a range of modes and mediums, including digital texts
The ways different mediums and technologies shape meaning and influence storytelling
The ways Loading transform and Loading texts for different contexts, purposes and Loading , including Loading in popular culture
The impact of intertextuality on purpose, audience and content
The Loading and assumptions that are represented and communicated in texts from emerging modes and mediums
Experiment with text structures and language features related to specific Loading and modes and mediums
Loading logical, ordered and cohesive texts that build effective arguments in response to the ideas generated through texts
Compose Loading and creative texts that reflect particular values and Loading , including their own
Compose texts that reflect on the processes of composition in different mediums and technologies
Use different processes and technologies to generate, investigate, clarify, organise, refine and present information and ideas