Notice information
- Topic
- Curriculum, HSC
- Learning Area
- English
Official notice
Amendments to the text requirements for the new English Syllabuses
Read advice about prose fiction HSC text amendments for the new English Standard, English Advanced and English EAL/D for Year 11 from 2018.
- Effective
- Immediately
- Reference
- NESA 19/17
Who needs to read this?
- Principals
- Curriculum co-ordinators
- Careers advisers
- HSC co-ordinators
- Head Teachers (ENGLISH)
- Year advisers
- English Teachers
Schools are advised the NESA Board has amended the HSC text requirements relating to prose fiction for the new English Standard, English Advanced and English EAL/D Stage 6 syllabuses for implementation with Year 11 from 2018.
The following changes have been made to the Year 11 and Year 12 Course Structure and Requirements:
English Standard and English EAL/D
In Year 12 students are required to closely study three types of prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories:
- prose fiction
- poetry OR drama
- film OR media OR nonfiction
English Advanced
In Year 12 students are required to closely study four prescribed texts, one drawn from each of the following categories:
- Shakespearean drama
- prose fiction
- poetry OR drama
The remaining text may be film, media or nonfiction text or may be selected from one of the categories above.
To clarify and strengthen course requirements for both Year 11 and Year 12 a further amendment includes the addition of the following point:
Across Stage 6 the selection of texts must give students experience of the following:
- a range of types of texts inclusive of prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts
The new Stage 6 English syllabuses are available to download from the syllabus section of the NESA website.
For more information, contact:
curriculum@nesa.nsw.edu.au