Language Analysis structure?

[Jayward]

They can give comments (2011) and other like things that are additional to the article, but I personally think it is very unlikely for VCAA to give you two articles straight up. They wouldn't get a bell-curve. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if they provided two very short articles and asked to compare.

So, it is important to learn how to write comparatively, which is why some schools elect to have comparative SACs.

yeah A+ cutoff would plummet, cause not many people would know how to go about it. i think 1 article is how it will remain IMO, but comparative skills are handy nevertheless

[deleted]

Get your bullshit off my board.


VCAA has never given three articles to compare under this study design.

Wait what the hell?
Every single language analysis SAC I've done has had 3 articles to compare? Or am I missing something?

I'm really confused at moment

[EspoirTron]

Wait what the hell?
Every single language analysis SAC I've done has had 3 articles to compare? Or am I missing something?

I'm really confused at moment

In SAC situations your teacher may provide you with three different articles to analyse or two articles and an image, this is purely the faculty of English's decision at your school as of course sac's are internal. However, from my recollection VCAA say they could give anywhere up to 3 articles to compare but I don't think I have seen it on the exam yet. I believe last year's exam was a speech from a librarian accompanied by two images. SAC's are what your teachers want it to be, the exam is up to VCAA and at the end of the day I guess we will find out on October the 30th what they throw at us for language analysis.

[abcdqd]

Wait what the hell?
Every single language analysis SAC I've done has had 3 articles to compare? Or am I missing something?

I'm really confused at moment

I think brenden thought you were referring to VCAA when you said "they". If you were referring to schools, yes it is common for them to give a 3-part analysis for their SAC, but there is no rule for this: some schools may find it better to replicate the LA section of the exam.

[deleted]

In SAC situations your teacher may provide you with three different articles to analyse or two articles and an image, this is purely the faculty of English's decision at your school as of course sac's are internal. However, from my recollection VCAA say they could give anywhere up to 3 articles to compare but I don't think I have seen it on the exam yet. I believe last year's exam was a speech from a librarian accompanied by two images. SAC's are what your teachers want it to be, the exam is up to VCAA and at the end of the day I guess we will find out on October the 30th what they throw at us for language analysis.

Are you serious?
Wow I've actually never had an idea about this what the fuck...
Like I just described to you in my PM that's how I thought it was supposed to be, but my SACs are just entirely different?

Holy fuck you guys actually don't realize how confused I am at the moment.
All through this time I've been doing language analysis, I've received three articles and occasionally, one of the articles with have a visual embedded in it.
You would then have to analyze and compare these three articles...

Holy shit, I am definitely gonna see my English teacher tomorrow.

[Shenz0r]

When I wrote my LA pieces, I structured them so that I analysed in terms of arguments being presented. And then for each "unit" (each piece of evidence I had), I would write about:

-Description of technique
-Purpose
-Effect on reader
-Connotations that would create the effect
-How this links with the argument

Not necessarily in that order though.

[teacher28]

All through this time I've been doing language analysis, I've received three articles and occasionally, one of the articles with have a visual embedded in it.
You would then have to analyze and compare these three articles...

(From VCAA English study design)

Outcome 3
Analyse the use of language in texts that present a point of view on an issue currently debated in the Australian media, and to construct, orally or in writing, a sustained and reasoned point of view on the selected issue.

Writing which analyses the use of language in three or more persuasive texts that debate a current issue in the Australian media.

The students I tutor come from a wide range of schools and they have always been given at least 2 word texts and a visual... most three, so your school is following the study design.

[brenden]

To be honest, I thought you were talking about VCAA when you said 'they' and trying to troll whoever was asking for help, making them freak out about the exam. I apologise.

[deleted]

To be honest, I thought you were talking about VCAA when you said 'they' and trying to troll whoever was asking for help, making them freak out about the exam. I apologise.

Nonoonononononononononoo

I was so happy I decided to post that in the first place and the fact that I received all of those negative votes suggested there was something terribly wrong.

On Monday, I went to see my English teacher and he said that my school always puts 3 articles on our SACs in order to prepare us for the final end of year exam so that it'll be easier for us to analyze just the single article.

I actually never knew that the actual final year exam usually only had one article and  an embedded visual and/or a separate visual, as all I've ever been exposed to is multiple written texts.

So yeah, I'm really happy now, but the only downside is that now I know that the end of year article can be extremely looong, so I guess I'll have to start practicing analyzing longer articles.

Thanks and don't apologize, you did nothing wrong.