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Module A: Experience Through Language
This module requires students to explore the uses of a
particular aspect of language. It develops students’
awareness of language and helps them understand how our
perceptions of and relationships with others and the world are
shaped in written, spoken and visual language. (Reread
English Stage 6 Syllabus 
, p 33)
Introduction to Elective 3: Image
In their responding and composing, students explore the nature of images and the ways they are used in everyday situations. Students will examine one prescribed text, in addition to other examples of visual representations in their lives, to explore the relationships and attitudes established in the communication of images and the textual features of the medium and mode of communication. In their exploration of Image, students develop an understanding of the ways various kinds of images shape meaning and how aspects of the world are represented through images.
Students will choose one of the following texts as the basis for their further exploration of the elective, Image.
Poetry
· Watson, Samuel Wagan, Itinerant Blues, University of Queensland Press, 2002
ISBN 0702232823
‘the dusk sessions’, ‘kangaroo crossing’, ‘we’re not truckin’ around’, ‘abandoned factories’, ‘itinerant blue’, ‘jaded Olympic moments’, ‘the night train from Newcastle’
Film
· Luhrmann, Baz, Strictly Ballroom, Ronin, 1991
· Weir, Peter, The Truman Show, CIC, 1999
Multimedia
· Briggs, Raymond, When the Wind Blows, Penguin Books, 1987, ISBN 0140094199
Specific editions of the set texts are listed. Schools, however, may use any suitable edition of the text selected, if the specified edition is unavailable. Where a text is quoted in an examination it will be from the listed edition.
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