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The 2009 HSC Study Guide developed for students by NSW HSC Online is now available.

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