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Language Study within an Area of Study and Texts for the English (ESL) Course
The Language Study within an Area of Study must
be considered in the context of the Language Study within an Area
of Study description in the syllabus, course objectives, content
and outcomes. (Reread
English Stage 6 Syllabus 
, pp 72–73)
Introduction to Language Study within an Area of Study
The Language Study within an Area of Study builds on and extends the development of skills in responding and composing undertaken in the Preliminary course. Students’ language skills, knowledge and understanding are reinforced and extended as they respond to and compose longer, more sustained and more complex texts at and beyond the literal level and further develop their understanding of ways meaning is shaped in and through texts.
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.
(Reread
English Stage 6 Syllabus , pp 72-73)
Introduction to Electives and Texts for the English (ESL) Course
Electives in the English (ESL) Course must be considered in
the context of the module descriptions, course objectives,
content and outcomes. (Reread
English Stage 6 Syllabus , pp 73-78)
Students must study each of the following:
Module A: Experience Through Language
Module B: Texts and Society
· Elective 1: Living and Working in the Community
· Elective 2 : English for Study
ESL course: Types of Prescribed Texts checklist