The following texts are suggestions for the study of Essential English. These examples are not meant to be prescriptive or exhaustive, but are indicative of the nature of appropriate texts.

Media texts include advertisements, talkback radio programs, magazines, news presentations, sports reporting, political commentary or cartoons, editorials, websites, social media, blogs, podcasts, gaming, and other forms of digital media. Other resources may be accessed at:

• Australian Biography, http://www.australianbiography.gov.au
• Australian Children's Television Foundation, MY:24 (documentary), supported by a mobile phone micro-documentary app http://actf.com.au/education-programs/my24-app#edprogram
• Adichie, M., Big Think, http://bigthink.com/
• Australian Stereotypes in TV Ads, The Inspiration Room, http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/australian-stereotypes (TV advertisements)
• Drowned in Sound, http://drownedinsound.com/
• Electronic Literature Organization, http://eliterature.org/news/showcase/ (multimedia texts)
• Footy Almanac http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/
• Grantland, http://grantland.com/
• Heywire, ABC, http://www.abc.net.au/heywire/
• The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
• Palin, M., http://www.palinstravels.co.uk/
• Stereo Stories, http://www.stereostories.com/
• TED talks, http://www.ted.com/
• The Monthly, https://www.themonthly.com.au/
• Tropfest: The World's Largest Short Film Festival, http://www.tropfest.com.au/