English EAL/D

HSC English

Course Description

Preliminary Course [Board Developed] 2 units

The English EAL/D course may be studied by any student who has been educated overseas or in an Australian educational institution with English as the language of instruction for five years or less prior to commencing the Preliminary course.

Main Topics Covered:

PRELIMINARY COURSE (Y11)

HSC COURSE (Y12)

Students learning English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) study three main topics in Year 11, each covering a key aspect of English.

Module A: Language and Texts in Context – students focus on comprehension, language analysis and develops student critical and creative skills through interpreting and responding to a variety of short texts that represent a range of purposes and audiences. Through their responding and composing, students consider and reflect on how their own voice is shaped by experiences, cultural backgrounds and schooling.
Module B: Close Study of Text – students are encouraged to develop understanding, knowledge and appreciation of a substantial literary text.
Module C: Texts in Society – students explore a selection of texts that are commonly encountered in community, vocational and academic settings. This has a broader, multidisciplinary focus that allows for English skills to be more tangibly related to a wide range of community interactions, workplace and formal learning situations.

Students learning English as an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) study four main topics in Year 12, each covering a key aspect of English.

Module A: Texts and Human Experiences – students interpret and respond to texts that deal with the question of what it means to be human. They experiment with different approaches to textual appreciation and analysis and consolidate and build on skills in responding and composing from the Year 11 English EAL/D course.
Module B: Language, Identity and Culture – students are encouraged to explore and analyse the ways that language is used to express the complexities and subtleties of personal, social and cultural identity.
Module C: Close Study of Text – students are required to develop their understanding, knowledge and appreciation of a substantial text. Throughout the year, students develop and refine their knowledge and skills in writing, speaking and representing. They design and present a range of texts, appropriate to the module being studied, to communicate information, ideas, attitudes and values for different purposes, audiences and contexts.

Assessment - HSC course only

There are both internal and external assessments to support students in Stage 6 English Studies.

Internal assessments encourage students to develop their reading comprehension, speaking and listening, viewing and writing skills across a range of forms and contexts. These tasks are designed to help students in their understanding and appreciation of language and literature, and to prepare students for their final examinations.

The final HSC examination will be in two separate papers.

Paper 1 focuses on (i) Module A: Texts and Human Experiences through reading comprehension tasks based on stimulus and/or texts, (ii) Focus on Writing involving a response in the form of an imaginative, discursive, persuasive or informative response based on stimulus and/or an unseen text.

Paper 2 consists of two sections, focusing on (i) Module B: Language, Identity and Culture with a sustained response on an unseen question about a prescribed text, and (ii) Module C: Close Study of Texts requiring a sustained response based on a prescribed text.

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