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
Year 12
Language has the power to reflect and shape individual and collective identity. In this focus area, students consider how their responses to written, spoken, audio and visual texts shape their self-perception. They also consider the impact texts have in shaping individuals’ and communities’ sense of identity. Through understanding and responding to texts, students deepen their understanding of how language can affirm, ignore, challenge and disrupt prevailing assumptions and beliefs about themselves, individuals and culturally connected groups.
Students study ONE prescribed text in detail and a range of textual material to explore, analyse and assess the ways in which meaning about individual and community identity and cultural perspectives is shaped in and through texts.
The ways personal, social, cultural and historical contexts shape meaning in texts
The ways specific language features and forms of texts influence perceptions of ourselves, other people and a range of cultural perspectives
The ways mode and medium shape meaning
The ways context and implicit cultural assumptions influence the perspectives and ideas of authors
The ways content shapes the social, moral and ethical positions represented in texts
Develop an understanding of the ways language features, text structures and stylistic choices shape points of view and influence audiences
Use information and ideas for a range of purposes including the development of sustained, evidence-based, logical and complex arguments
Develop an understanding of how different perspectives, attitudes and values can be represented in texts for meaning and purpose
Compose informed and cohesive interpretations of texts, supported by close textual analysis