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Area of Study, Focuses and Texts for the Common Content of Standard and Advanced Courses
The Area of Study and its focuses must be considered in the context of the Area of Study description in the syllabus, course objectives, content and outcomes. (Reread English Stage 6 Syllabus 
, p 32 and pp 35-38; p 50 and pp 53-56)
Introduction to the Area of Study
In the Area of Study, students explore and examine relationships between language and text, and interrelationships among texts. They examine closely the individual qualities of texts while considering the texts’ relationships to the wider context of the Area of Study. They synthesise ideas to clarify meaning and develop new meanings. They take into account whether aspects such as context, purpose and register, text structures, stylistic features, grammatical features and vocabulary are appropriate to the particular text.
Area of Study: The Journey
This Area of Study requires students to explore the ways in which the concept of the journey is considered and expressed in and through texts.
In their responses and compositions students examine, question and reflect on:
- their observation and understanding of the portrayed events, people, ideas and societies that they encounter in and through the prescribed texts and texts of their own choosing related to the Area of Study
- the assumptions underlying the representations of journeys
- the ways in which they perceive the world through texts and speculate about it
- the ways they consider and express their own journey experiences.
They consider texts contained in the prescribed stimulus booklet Journeys (Board of Studies, 2003), which offers various points of view from which the Area of Study can be introduced. They also consider at least one of the texts prescribed for study and additional texts of their own choosing.
Students explore the concept of the journey through one of the three following focuses.