Course prescriptions for Arabic Extension 2025–2030
Students taking Arabic Extension study language and culture through prescribed themes and contemporary issues, via a range of prescribed texts. Find out more about these course prescriptions.
About course prescriptions
There are prescribed texts required for study in the Arabic Extension Stage 6 course. The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with the:
- Arabic Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents
- Record of changes for Arabic Extension Stage 6 Syllabus
The organisational focus of the Arabic Extension course is the theme:
- the individual and contemporary society.
A number of issues that exemplify aspects of the theme are prescribed for study. Students engage with the issues through the study of a prescribed text and related texts.
NESA reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed on this page.
Prescribed issues
| Acceptance | Impact of change | Relationships |
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Examples:
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Prescribed texts
Text 1
Text type: Short stories
Title: The hidden fire
Author: Rose Ghraib
ISBN: 978-9953-26-329-8
Text 2
Text type: Short stories
Title: The woman in 17 stories
Author: Emily Nasrallah
ISBN: 978-995-326-0273
Texts for study
Text 1
The hidden fire
There are 3 short stories prescribed for study:
- Story 1: The carpet
- Story 2: Chuck your bucket
- Story 3: The old house
Text 2
The woman in 17 stories
There are 3 short stories prescribed for study:
- Story 1: The cocoon
- Story 2: The hidden roots
- Story 3: The Parisian night
Notes
- The prescribed issues are mandatory. The listed examples are suggestions only and give a sense of the scope of the prescribed issues.
- Study of the text prescribed for any Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This exclusion applies to study in the Year 11 Arabic Continuers course and to Year 11 courses in other subjects. It also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film adaptation of a novel.
- Where an extract of a film is included in the external exam, the transcription will be taken directly from the film.
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