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Stage 1 | Assessment Type 3: Language Study | Suggested text lists | Media texts
English as an Additional Language | Suggested text lists Media texts
The following texts are suggestions for the study of English as an Additional Language. These examples are not meant to be prescriptive or exhaustive, but are indicative of the nature of appropriate texts.
- Adichie, M., The Danger of a Single Story (TED talk)
- Aljazeera, http://www.aljazeera.com/ (online newspaper)
- Australian Stereotypes in TV Ads, The Inspiration Room, http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/australian-stereotypes
(TV advertisements) - Australian Story, ABC, http://www.abc.net.au/austory/ (documentary)
- BBC, http://www.bbc.com/news/in_pictures/ (photojournalism)
- China Daily, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ (online newspaper)
- Compass, ABC, http://www.abc.net.au/compass/ (documentary)
- Electronic Literature Organization, http://eliterature.org/news/showcase/ (multimedia texts)
- The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/au (online newspaper)
- Making Multicultural Australia, www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au (website)
- National Film and Sound Archive, http://nfsa.gov.au/learning/digital-learning/
- New Internationalist, http://newint.org/ (magazine website)
- Out of Eden Learn, https://learn.outofedenwalk.com/ (website)
- Palin, M., http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/ (travel website)
- Pholeros, P., How to reduce poverty (TED talk)
- Racism no way, www.racismnoway.com.au (website)