Description

The Pygmalion Student Book is a study of Bernard Shaw’s play, along with several other texts. It has been designed to fulfil the requirements of the NSW Stage 6 English Year 12 Standard Module A: Language, Identity and Culture.

Students have the opportunity to engage in an enjoyable and detailed study of the ways the following authors use language to reflect and shape individual and collective identity in their texts:

• Chimamanda Adichie’s ‘The Danger of a Single Story’

• Louisa Lawson’s ‘Boycotting the Dawn’

• André Naffis-Sahely’s ‘Mother Tongues’

Before completing a close study of Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, which is designed to develop their knowledge of how language can be used to affirm, challenge, or disrupt dominant assumptions about identity and culture.