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English Language Exam 2012 Revision Thread
« on: November 09, 2012, 07:35:02 pm »
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yo guize less than a week to gooo!

Put your qs up here (if you have any that is)!

i'll start us off.

has anyone done the tssm 2012? Section 1 question 1b, explain the semantic difference between "I fell in love" and "so desperately in love". i have no idea what to say at all!

Thanks!

Mod Edit: A thread for all of you to share ideas before the exam. Good luck!
« Last Edit: November 12, 2012, 11:46:37 pm by Chemderp »
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2012, 09:58:37 pm »
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I just did that today!! I struggled with the essay. Did the paper in 2 hours and I only managed to write down half an introduction and left out a few short answer questions. I'm so screwed for the exam >.<

For that questions I said something about one being current and one already existing and how the first one is about the writer and the second is about Dickens. Pretty sure that doesn't even make sense. Omg, I'm so screwed.
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2012, 10:38:50 pm »
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At least we're in the same boat! Looked at that question in my "reading time" and was like eff this shit and didn't even bother to finish it LOL
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2012, 10:39:16 pm »
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How you guys feeling for the exam?
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2012, 10:47:18 pm »
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Not good at all. I've been trying to write some essays and analysis in time, but I actually cannot do it. I always just end up staring at the text/essay topic and thinking "Shit, what am I doing with my life"

I absolutely love the subject when it comes to talking about it and discussing new things, HATE writing about it.
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2012, 10:48:54 pm »
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Quote from: RTandon on November 09, 2012, 10:47:18 pm
Not good at all. I've been trying to write some essays and analysis in time, but I actually cannot do it. I always just end up staring at the text/essay topic and thinking "Shit, what am I doing with my life"

I absolutely love the subject when it comes to talking about it and discussing new things, HATE writing about it.

How many essays u written through the year?
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2012, 10:49:30 pm »
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pretty screwed; got no examples of contemporary attitudes. Been trying to write good essays on the computer so probably wont have luck trying to put something together under exam conditions, in ~50 mins or so at the moment

are you guys all doing proper exam trials now? I'm still just trying to do sections by section and trying to learn something from the sample responses

to OPs question: one is in first person, active voice, and the other passive, third person with the subject omitted to describe someone other than the writer? assuming there is no " (I am) so desperately in love"
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2012, 08:41:10 am »
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Quote from: Naja naja on November 09, 2012, 10:48:54 pm

How many essays u written through the year?

Not all that many.. about 9ish
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2012, 09:15:15 am »
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Quote from: RTandon on November 10, 2012, 08:41:10 am
Quote from: Naja naja on November 09, 2012, 10:48:54 pm

How many essays u written through the year?

Not all that many.. about 9ish

No worries. I was on the same boat having done about a similar number (counting the ones we did as SACs too). Just keep at it and I'm sure you'll do fine.
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2012, 10:49:06 am »
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what has happened to "wanna" like elision or blending or something?
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2012, 11:07:21 am »
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Quote from: Kaille on November 10, 2012, 10:49:06 am
what has happened to "wanna" like elision or blending or something?

"wanna" is an assimilation I think  :)

So nervous for the exam! I went to a lecture for essay writing and the lecturer said we can use international example like how "madamoiselle" is being taken out of French but my teacher says we can't :-/ I don't know who to believe..Help?
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2012, 11:12:30 am »
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Apart from Engage, does anybody know where to obtain free trial papers for 2012? Are there any in circulation at all?
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2012, 11:25:53 am »
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Quote from: thiskid on November 10, 2012, 11:07:21 am
Quote from: Kaille on November 10, 2012, 10:49:06 am
what has happened to "wanna" like elision or blending or something?

"wanna" is an assimilation I think  :)

So nervous for the exam! I went to a lecture for essay writing and the lecturer said we can use international example like how "madamoiselle" is being taken out of French but my teacher says we can't :-/ I don't know who to believe..Help?

thanks! i think we can use international ones, just sparingly coz most of the time essays specify the australian context
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2012, 02:24:41 pm »
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Re: English language revision 2012
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2012, 06:37:08 pm »
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given that there aren't many 2012 exam papers we can do, (thinking around only 2012 for the current study design) what are we doing for revision?
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