teletubbies_95's eng lang 3/4 questions thread!

[Kuchiki]

As far as I know, back channeling and minimal responses are the same thing (or, at least, for VCE English Language, you can consider them to be the same thing).

[teletubbies_95]

Thank you!!
I have another question:

How do personal pronouns aid cohesion?? and also possesive pronouns?

Is it due to anaphora and cataphora??
Very confused atm

Thanks!

[teletubbies_95]

another question!
Is deixis NOT part of cohesion? or is it?


Thank you!

[ealam2]

Yes minimal responses is also called listening noises or back-channeling. (We're learning this now in Year 11.) e.g. mmm, yeah - positive non-verbal noises

-indicate to the speaker that the audience is listening
-or audience approves of what the speaker is saying but do not want to interrupt

[P0ppinfr3sh]

another question!
Is deixis NOT part of cohesion? or is it?


Thank you!

Hey,
I'm pretty sure that deixis IS a part of cohesion as it's mentioned under cohesion the study design.
"-Factors that contribute to a text’s cohesion: information flow including clefting, front focus and
end focus; anaphoric and cataphoric reference; DEICTICS; repetition; synonymy, antonymy and
hyponymy; collocation; ellipses; substitution; conjunctions and adverbials"

[teletubbies_95]

thankkks !!

[zhe0001]

Are you allowed to do English Language 3/4 without doing 1/2? And if so, would you recommend it (to a person who only gets B+ to A average on sacs)?

Thanks!

[teletubbies_95]

Hiii~
EngLang is a great subject, but its a lot of work!
I guess 1/2 was pretty useless for me , in terms of not having such a great teacher .So I learnt most of content that i needed this year.
And it depends on the type of sacs you've been having , like if its like short answer questions and essays, then having a B+ to A average is great!
Good luck!

[Wu]

Are you allowed to do English Language 3/4 without doing 1/2? And if so, would you recommend it (to a person who only gets B+ to A average on sacs)?

Thanks!

I'm pretty certain that you can, especially seeing a lot of things learn in 1/2 does not apply to 3/4 (history of English and language acquisition come to mind). The thing with Eng Lang is that you should learn how to extract meaning from certain features/characteristics used within texts -- do that and you'll be golden.
If you really are going to pick up the subject without first completing 1/2, I highly suggest that you pay a lot of attention to your first two SACs which is when some basics such as metalanguage and subsystems will be learnt for you but revision for your classmates.

[atar92point4]

What is the difference between discourse makers and discourse particles?
Or are they simply the same thing?

Also if everyone from class 2013 give a shout out of what they are up to at school.
Thank you.