You will study THREE modules in addition to the Area of Study. Each module is worth 20% of your weightings.

In Standard English the modules for study are:

• Experience through language
• Close study of text
• Texts and society

Within each module there are number of electives from which you and your teacher can choose, however you MUST study ONE elective from each module and the texts nominated for the elective in the Prescribed Texts book for that year.

In this module students focus on a particular aspect of language such as

Students become more aware of the use of language - written, spoken and visual language - and how it impacts on the way that we perceive others and the relationships that we develop with others and the world.

Students study a prescribed text in relation to a particular aspect of language. This forms the basis of a study of the use of this aspect of language in other texts. This can include drawing on student's own experiences.

Students will study language structures and features in:

Elective 1: Distinctive voices

Elective 2: Distinctively visual

• their prescribed text.
• other texts, which may include
• situations from their everyday lives.

The study of language structures and features includes the conventions of:

• textual forms
• language modes
• chosen media

and their role in shaping meaning.

Standard Module B: Close study of text

 This module involves the detailed analysis of one text from the Prescribed texts list.

Students will focus on the interaction between

• Ideas expressed in the text
• The form the composer has chosen for their text and its distinctive features, for example, prose, drama, poetry, non-fiction, film, media and multimedia, and
• The language techniques used by the composer in their text.

 Students will also consider the effect of this interaction

• in shaping meaning and 
• on the responder (reader, listener, viewer).

 Students studying a text in

•  Prose will explore the ways in which the composer expresses their ideas and their use of literary techniques.

Prose is any language not characterised by the patterns generated by the regularity of metre. It moves forward whereas verse will have elements of repetition and pattern.

Some prose forms tell a story:

• The novel

• The novella

• The short story

• Drama

Some prose forms examine lives or issues or events:

• the biography

• the essay

• journalism

• travel writing

• the treatise

•  Drama will explore the literary features of the text; the use of dramatic techniques; and the possibilities for different styles of production.

Drama is literature that is designed to be performed in a designated performance space. This form of literature comes to life when it is interpreted by the actors and their director through performance.

•  Poetry will examine  the individual features of each poem from which they will come to informed conclusions about the nature and interests expressed in the poet’s work.

• Prose

Poetry or verse is literature that is not prose because of some pattern in its design, such as imagery, rhythm or rhyme.

• Film refers to moving images that tell a story - motion pictures. These can be seen in cinemas, on television and on the internet.

Standard Module C: Texts and society

 In this module students study on texts in a specific situation, such as the workplace, or social context. Students also examine the features of those texts that are characteristic and valued in that specific context.

Students will examine the ways that those texts communicate:

• Information

• Ideas

• Knowledge

• Attitudes and beliefs

They will examine how those texts shape their meaning for their context and they will develop their own skills in communication in a specific situation or social context.

Students are expected to collect texts of their own choosing related to their studies in this module

Elective 1: The global village

Students are expected to collect texts of their own choosing related to their studies in this module

 Elective 2: Into the world

Students will examine the variety of ways of living in our contemporary society.

This will involve considering the effects of:

• personal

• social

• historical, and

• cultural contexts

on the choices of different ways of living and recreation that are possible in contemporary society.

Students will also consider how different ways of living are

• communicated, and

• valued.

This examination will involve studying the features of the texts that reflect:

• knowledge,

• attitudes and beliefs relating to different ways of living.

 Students are expected to collect texts of their own choosing related to their studies in this module

Elective 3: Into the world

This elective focuses on aspects of growing up and the transition into new stages’ of an individual’s life. This will include a study of

• growth and change, and

• the different pathways into new experiences

 This examination will involve studying the features of the texts that reflect:

• knowledge,

• attitudes and beliefs relating to individuals who have moved into new worlds and new life stages, their thoughts and experiences.

Students are expected to collect texts of their own choosing related to their studies in this module