AOS+Key+Concepts

· Refers to **how** the composer’s choice of language modes, forms, features and structures shape meaning and influence responses – these choices are influenced by a composer’s sense of belonging · How the concept of belonging is conveyed through the representations in texts of people, relationships, ideas, places, events and societies · Assumptions underlying various representations of the concept of belonging · How an individual’s perceptions of belonging or not belonging can vary and are shaped by his or her personal, cultural, historical and social context · The ways in which a responder perceives the world through texts · How the perspectives of the composer and the responder are shaped by personal, cultural, historical and social contexts, experiences and values · The connections between texts through the concept of belonging and the individual’s perceptions and understanding
 * Key Concepts in AOS Belonging **
 * Representation **
 * Perceptions **
 * Contextualisation **
 * Interrelationships **