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m@tty

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Distance English Language
« on: July 14, 2009, 09:11:32 am »
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Distance EL by myself.
Would it be worth doing? (In your opinion)
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Re: Distance English Language
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 04:04:01 pm »
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Alot of the things I have learnt from English Language has come from CLASS DISCUSSION

Yea, you could use the textbook to learn everything but you'll need more examples than the ones there.

I've been told repeatively that the assessors for the exam dislike it when people use the textbook example for say "What is a hyperbole?"

I guess you could get away with just reading alot of different resources but personally I wouldn't do it if it was via distance
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Re: Distance English Language
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2009, 12:27:36 am »
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Hi m@tty, I'm class of 08, was just checking back in here when I noticed your question! I can help a bit.

Read the stuff I wrote in this thread last year: http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,6456.0.html
(*But please disregard what I wrote about my tutor. He is no longer in town as far as I know.)

The bottom line: I still got a mid/high 40s score (which I won't disclose) doing EL by distance. Yes, it's do-able. I never found class discussions very helpful during Units 1&2. In Units 3&4 my strategy was to listen to language use around me in my everyday life - absorb it all and think about it. That was how I built up my own set of original examples for the exam. Honestly, the VCE texts for this subject suck, and I'm not the only one who thinks so!! This is very much a subject of independent learning. So distance ed or not, it's your call depending on how keen you are this subject.
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