English Standard (2U)
Board Developed Course (240 hours)
Available in Years 11 and 12
Year 11 Course Structure and Requirements
For the Year 11 English Standard course students are required to:
complete 120 indicative hours
complete the common module as the first unit of work
complete Modules A and B
Indicative hours
Common module – Reading to Write: Transition to Senior English 40 hours
Module A: Contemporary Possibilities 40 hours
Module B: Close Study of Literature 40 hours
Text requirements
There are no prescribed texts for Year 11.
Students are required to study ONE complex multimodal or digital text in Module A. (This may include the study of film.)
Students are required to study ONE substantial literary print text in Module B, for example prose fiction, drama or a poetry text, which may constitute a selection of poems from the work of one poet.
Students must study a range of types of texts drawn from prose fiction, drama, poetry, nonfiction, film, media and digital texts.
The Year 11 course requires students to support the study of texts with their own wide reading.
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
texts which are widely regarded as quality literature, including a range of literary texts written about intercultural experiences and the peoples and cultures of Asia
a range of Australian texts, including texts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors and those that give insights into diverse experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
texts with a wide range of cultural, social and gender perspectives
integrated modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate
Year 12 Course Structure and Requirements
For the Year 12 English Standard course students are required to:
complete the Year 11 course as a prerequisite
complete 120 indicative hours
complete the common module as the first unit of work
complete modules A, B and C over the course of the year
Indicative hours
Common module – Texts and Human Experiences 30 hours
Module A: Language, Identity and Culture 30 hours
Module B: Close Study of Literature 30 hours
Module C: The Craft of Writing 30 hours
Optional: This module may be studied concurrently with the common module and/or Modules A and B
Text requirements
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
The selection of texts for Module C: The Craft of Writing does not contribute to the required pattern of prescribed texts for the course.
Students must study ONE related text in the Common module: Texts and Human Experiences.
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.
texts which are widely regarded as quality literature, including a range of literary texts written about intercultural experiences and the peoples and cultures of Asia
a range of Australian texts, including texts by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander authors and those that give insights into diverse experiences of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples
texts with a wide range of cultural, social and gender perspectives
integrated modes of reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing as appropriate