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Syllabuses

Essential English Applied senior syllabus

Syllabus

Essential English Applied senior syllabus 2025

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Resources

Unit Assessment Resource Response level Syllabus version
2 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response; The Happiest Refugee (PDF, 345.1 KB) 2019 v1.1
4 IA4 NEW A-standard annotated sample response: Diary entry 1 (PDF, 577.6 KB) 2025
4 IA4 NEW A-standard annotated sample response: Diary entry 2 (PDF, 2.3 MB) 2025
4 IA4 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response: Mao's Last Dancer (PDF, 225.3 KB) 2019 v1.1
4 IA4 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response: Mao's Last Dancer (PDF, 198.5 KB) 2025
4 IA4 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response: Warrior Brothers (PDF, 230.2 KB) 2019 v1.1
4 IA4 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response: Warrior Brothers (PDF, 201.3 KB) 2025
3 & 4 IA3 Video of B sample response 1 (MP4, 97.6 MB) 2019 v1.0
3 & 4 IA3 Video of B sample response 2 (MP4, 70.1 MB) 2019 v1.0
3 & 4 IA4 A-standard annotated sample response: Extended response — written response (PDF, 238.4 KB) 2019 v1.1
Year Resource
2025
2025 Marking guide: Ancillary phase (PDF, 271.9 KB)
2025 Marking guide: Phase 1 (PDF, 266.5 KB)
2025 Marking guide: Phase 2 (PDF, 267.7 KB)
2025 Question and response book: Ancillary phase (PDF, 599.9 KB)
2025 Question and response book: Phase 1 (PDF, 594.4 KB)
2025 Question and response book: Phase 2 (PDF, 594.8 KB)
2025 Stimulus book: Ancillary phase (PDF, 382.7 KB)
2025 Stimulus book: Phase 1 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
2025 Stimulus book: Phase 2 (PDF, 749.9 KB)
2024
2024 Marking guide: Ancillary phase (PDF, 342.2 KB)
2024 Marking guide: Phase 1 (PDF, 351.5 KB)
2024 Marking guide: Phase 2 (PDF, 341.1 KB)
2024 Question and response book: Ancillary phase (PDF, 585.4 KB)
2024 Question and response book: Phase 1 (PDF, 584.9 KB)
2024 Question and response book: Phase 2 (PDF, 584.9 KB)
2024 Stimulus book: Ancillary phase (PDF, 640.0 KB)
2024 Stimulus book: Phase 1 (PDF, 804.3 KB)
2024 Stimulus book: Phase 2 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
2023
2023 Marking guide: Phase 1 (PDF, 360.6 KB)
2023 Marking guide: Phase 2 (PDF, 337.3 KB)
2023 Marking guide: Phase 3 (PDF, 339.2 KB)
2023 Marking guide: Phase 4 (PDF, 337.0 KB)
2023 Question and response book: Phase 1 (PDF, 595.2 KB)
2023 Question and response book: Phase 2 (PDF, 594.3 KB)
2023 Question and response book: Phase 3 (PDF, 594.8 KB)
2023 Question and response book: Phase 4 (PDF, 597.3 KB)
2023 Stimulus book: Phase 1 (PDF, 8.1 MB)
2023 Stimulus book: Phase 2 (PDF, 12.7 MB)
2023 Stimulus book: Phase 3 (PDF, 14.2 MB)
2023 Stimulus book: Phase 4 (PDF, 9.7 MB)
2022
2022 Marking guide: Phase 1 (PDF, 139.8 KB)
2022 Marking guide: Phase 2 (PDF, 344.4 KB)
2022 Marking guide: Phase 3 (PDF, 256.1 KB)
2022 Marking guide: Phase 4 (PDF, 457.2 KB)
2022 Marking guide: Phase 5 (PDF, 174.4 KB)
2022 Question and response book: Phase 1 (PDF, 584.4 KB)
2022 Question and response book: Phase 2 (PDF, 591.3 KB)
2022 Question and response book: Phase 3 (PDF, 591.6 KB)
2022 Question and response book: Phase 4 (PDF, 591.3 KB)
2022 Question and response book: Phase 5 (PDF, 591.1 KB)
2022 Seen stimulus book: Phase 1 (PDF, 334.7 KB)
2022 Seen stimulus book: Phase 2 (PDF, 3.4 MB)
2022 Seen stimulus book: Phase 3 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
2022 Seen stimulus book: Phase 4 (PDF, 2.3 MB)
2022 Seen stimulus book: Phase 5 (PDF, 7.3 MB)
2022 Stimulus book: Phase 1 (PDF, 432.6 KB)
2022 Stimulus book: Phase 2 (PDF, 3.5 MB)
2022 Stimulus book: Phase 3 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
2022 Stimulus book: Phase 4 (PDF, 2.4 MB)
2022 Stimulus book: Phase 5 (PDF, 7.6 MB)
2021
2021 Marking guide (PDF, 87.9 KB)
2021 Question and response book (PDF, 3.5 MB)
2021 Stimulus book (PDF, 2.1 MB)
2020
2020 CIA1: Question and response book (PDF, 832.7 KB)
2020 CIA1: Stimulus book (PDF, 1.1 MB)
2020 Marking guide (PDF, 62.7 KB)

Alternative format past papers can be accessed using the senior syllabus resource search.

Unit Assessment Resource Syllabus version
1 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — multimodal response (PDF, 170.6 KB) 2019 v1.1
2 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — multimodal response (PDF, 190.5 KB) 2019 v1.1
2 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — written response: Cleverman (PDF, 204.5 KB) 2019 v1.1
2 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — written response: The Happiest Refugee (PDF, 205.5 KB) 2019 v1.1
3 IA1 Sample assessment instrument: Spoken response (PDF, 163.4 KB) 2025
4 IA3 Sample assessment instrument: Multimodal response (PDF, 159.1 KB) 2025
4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — written response: Mao's Last Dancer (PDF, 204.3 KB) 2019 v1.1
4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — written response: Warrior Brothers (PDF, 203.6 KB) 2019 v1.1
4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Written response (PDF, 166.0 KB) 2025
4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Written response: Mao's Last Dancer (PDF, 174.7 KB) 2025
4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Written response: Warrior Brothers (PDF, 175.4 KB) 2025
3 & 4 IA1 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — spoken/signed response (PDF, 177.1 KB) 2019 v1.1
3 & 4 IA3 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — multimodal response (PDF, 183.4 KB) 2019 v1.1
3 & 4 IA4 Sample assessment instrument: Extended response — written response (PDF, 196.9 KB) 2019 v1.1
Year Resource
2025
2025 Subject report 2025 (PDF, 2.5 MB)
2025 Subject reports factsheet 2025 (PDF, 147.2 KB)
2024
2024 Subject report 2024 (PDF, 1.6 MB)
2024 Subject reports factsheet 2024 (PDF, 165.7 KB)
2023
2023 Subject report 2023 (PDF, 1.9 MB)
2023 Subject reports factsheet 2023 (PDF, 171.3 KB)
2022
2022 Subject report 2022 (PDF, 2.8 MB)
2022 Subject reports factsheet 2022 (PDF, 167.4 KB)
2021
2021 Subject report 2021 (PDF, 2.3 MB)
2021 Subject reports factsheet 2021 (PDF, 166.6 KB)
2020
2020 Subject report 2020 (PDF, 233.0 KB)
2020 Subject reports factsheet 2020 (PDF, 170.2 KB)

Other available resources can be accessed using the senior syllabus resource search.

Teachers can access additional resources in the Syllabus application in the QCAA Portal.

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Last updated:
20 January 2026

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