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.

• Belinger, B. and Sinofsky,B., Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
• Blair, W., The Sapphires
• Cordell, M and Young, S., Year of the Dogs
• Crowe, R., The Water Diviner
• Darling, I., Paul Kelly - Stories of Me
• Down, E., The Black Balloon
• Eastwood, C., Invictus or Million Dollar Baby
• Gast, L., When We Were Kings
• Guggenhiem, D., An Inconvenient Truth
• Jann, M., Drop Dead Gorgeous
• Kapur, S., Elizabeth
• LaGravenese, R., Freedom Writers
• Lewis, M., Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
• Luhrmann, B., The Great Gatsby
• Moore, M., http://www.michaelmoore.com/movies (documentaries)
• Reggio, G., Qatsi trilogy including Koyaanisqatsi, Koyaanisqatsi, Naqoyqatsi
• Reitman, J., Juno
• Salles, W., The Motorcycle Diaries
• Stenders, K., Red Dog
• Various directors, Man vs Wild (Bear Grylls)