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Alice Pung

Learning objects Alice Pung

TLF ID M020232

This resource is a series of videos featuring writer Alice Pung. She talks about how her Chinese-Cambodian background and her experiences growing up in the western suburbs of Melbourne inspired her to become a writer. Related resources and teaching notes are included.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This resource supports the Australian Curriculum: English years 7, 8, 9, 10 Literature (308) strands. It supports elements of the cross curriculum priorities: Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia.
  • In New South Wales, Alice Pung's 'Unpolished Gem' is one of the prescribed texts in Stage 6 English Syllabus, Standard, Module C: Texts and Society and ESL: Language Study within an Area of Study.
Year level

7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Aboriginal English literature Regional literature Literature Migration Writers Writing skills Cultural identity Narratives Personal responses
Learning area
  • English

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Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • (c) State of NSW, Department of Education