A Thread for Questions

[arthurk]

Although im no eng lang pro i think i can say a few things regarding the essay
Introduction: i would have thought adjusting one's language included using euphemisms. The idea of audience could be explored in regards to age, gender and cultural groups.
1. An individual can choose various lexical items that is appropriate for a situation as well as choosing appropriate lexical items. What are you telling me here? A person can choose words that are appropriate for a situation as well as choose appropriate words? The appropriateness of language may depend on the lexical choice of an individual. What are you telling me here?
2. What's the relation between syntax and an Australian idiom?
3. Although the idea of individuals and groups were mentioned only differences in culture were discussed and your paragraph mentions context a few times it seems its based solely on audience.
4. What do you mean by 'and many more'? Do you really want to discuss cultural differences again? I wouldn't say sex is taboo in indian culture or else we wouldn't have many indian friends, but the 'discussion' of sex may be considered taboo.
Conclusion:  eh its a conclusion

[arthurk]

Anyone have any views of the increasing usage of 'much' rather than 'many'
such as 'too much sheep down there'
or 'too much people'

[ngRISING]

anyone done INSIGHT o6 Q 26

Discuss the effects of modern technology on the written and spoken modes of Australian English. Should these changes be embraced?

[arthurk]

yeah long time ago

[ngRISING]

think you could share it lols.?

[arthurk]

Sorry don't know where it is
usually i throw it away with the other practice exams
ill write 1 up tomorrow

[ngRISING]

how do i get over 40 for lang. how many marks can i drop. im pissed off now thus PUMPED !

unit 3 = HIGH A
unit 4 = low A

[hyperblade01]

Probably gonna have to A+ the exam

[ngRISING]

Probably gonna have to A+ the exam

bah. i can only lose 12.5 marks. probaly 10 in essay + 2 in the other areas. which wont happen unless i go all out for eng lang from now til wednesday. =='

[hyperblade01]

Have you gotten your essays scored out of 30 by your teacher?

Tbh i was shocked with some of my scores (in a good way) as I thought it isn't that easy to get 20+/30

Another thing is looking at some of the essays from assesors reports - one of the weirdest choices is from 2006 where an essay of 500 something words got a high score. I know you're probably thinking quality over quantity but if you look at it, there isn't THAT much discussed. I guess my point is losing 10 marks to the essay might be a bit too much if you've prepared well?

[ngRISING]

yeah i get what you mean

well i did manage to get one marked by the teacher

she said it was well written but lacked a good analysis. keeping in mind this was the start of term 4.

mmm.. i'll have a look at each essay and each year again

cause from what i gasped from my sacs. UNIT 3 sacs were essay writing

1st sac. [Australian/Aboriginal English] was 37/50 average mark
2nd sac on jargon[many areas, i chose jargon] was 49/50 second highest

i've written about 14 essays from term 4 til now
i've done 4 prac exams and found my weakness is written which im trying to master. but thanks for that tip about essays ^^. make me feel slightly better after reading all those comments in the english exam discussion section today

+ i've learnt heaps from this forum. so hopefully i can get 20+  

[chinx_4eva]

pressure !
ian hua is like laughing at you nguyen.

[kenny17]

Anyone have a concise and clear defintion for parallelism and an example?

[TheJosh]

Anyone have a concise and clear defintion for parallelism and an example?

What he said

[ngRISING]

pressure !
ian hua is like laughing at you nguyen.

his too beast. thats why.