Dimensions
This anthology encompasses distinctly different kinds of writing and encourages students to explore various aspects of written and visual language. The material in Dimensions focuses on gender roles and stereotypes, changing personal relationships, large-scale political change and first-person accounts of living under political oppression.
It is an anthology that probes deep into the human experience, bringing together provocative visual texts – such as ‘Windsurfing Bali’ and ‘The Holy State of Matrimony’ – and the poetry of Vikram Seth. Moving, personal letters and interviews from Cambodia, Korea and Thailand shed light on past times.
Index
- Dimensions: Asian Writers
- Dimensions: Revolutionary Cultural Change
- Dimensions: Cultural Change
- Web Links
Dimensions: Texts from Asia for the Higher Secondary English Classroom
Student activities are provided under the following headings, with the outcomes described:
Close Reading, Talking Points, Reflections, Exploration of Poetry
Students will:
- consider the relationships between texts, contexts, speakers and listeners in a range of situations
- work effectively with others in situations involving complexity of purpose, procedure and subject matter to develop and justify written and oral interpretations from stimulus material
- consider and critically analyse and develop an appreciation of the language and content of texts viewed and read
- use viewing and reading strategies that enable detailed critical evaluation of the texts
- interpret and discuss texts in different cultural contexts and justify their interpretations.
Dramatic Presentation
Students will use a range of strategies to develop and present spoken texts.
Writing
Students will:
- write texts that are complex in purpose and subject matter, and require formal language and construction
- select text type, subject matter and language to suit specific audiences and purposes
- develop awareness of the differences between spoken and written language to develop structured spoken texts and to present spoken texts in formal and informal situations.
Investigation, Close Viewing, Research
Students will:
- critically evaluate other's written texts and use this knowledge to reflect upon and improve their own writing
- identify and comment on the impact of techniques intended to shape readers' and viewers' interpretation and reaction to texts.
