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The HSC Online English node site is being updated to take account of the changes to modules, electives and prescribed texts in all the 2009-12 HSC English courses.

Please check this site regularly for updated Student material which provides additional support for Year 12 students.

Text List

Paper 1

• Paper 1: Reading Task

Area of Study - Belonging

• Introduction to the Area of Study
• Belonging

Standard

• Introduction to the Standard Course
• Module A: Experience Through Language
  • Elective 1: Distinctive Voices
  • Elective 2: Distinctively Visual
• Module B: Close Study of Text
• Module C: Texts and Society
  • Elective 1: The Global Village
  • Elective 2: Into the World

Advanced

• Introduction to Advanced Course
• Module A: Comparative Study of Texts and Context
  • Elective 1: Exploring Connections
  • Elective 2: Texts in Time
• Module B: Critical Study of Texts
• Module C: Representation and Text
  • Elective 1: Conflicting Perspectives
  • Elective 2: History and Memory

ESL

• Introduction to Language Study within an Area of Study
• Area of Study: Belonging
• Module A: Experience Through Language
  • Elective 1: Australian Voices
  • Elective 2: Australian Visions
• Module B: Texts and society
  • Elective 1: Living and Working in the Community
  • Elective 2: Academic English

Extension 1

• Introduction to Extension 1 Course
• Module A: Genre
  • Elective 1: Life Writing
  • Elective 2: Crime Writing
  • Elective 3: Science Fiction
• Module B: Texts and Ways of Thinking
  • Elective 1: After the Bomb
  • Elective 2: Romanticism
  • Elective 3: Navigating the Global
• Module C: Language and Values
  • Elective 1: Textual Dynamics
  • Elective 2: Language and Gender

Extension 2

• Introduction to the Extension Course 2
• Additional resources