50 in English - Feel free to ask questions.

[akeergar]

Thanks Yang, I think planning and short paragraphs will help.

Oh and I'm interested in the context writing seminar, could you please send me an invite?

Cheers!

[Yang Li]

Hi akeergar,

Shoot me an email

[SÏ3ИИã]

How does one deal with writing fluently and sophisticated under time conditions in both sacs and exams ?

[Yang Li]

Hey there,

That's a great question. It really comes down to practice. If you know your material well, and have practised planing and writing many paragraphs, ideas and even syntax comes to you naturally in the exam.

In fact, I remember spending almost no time studying for English immediately before my exam, because I was already very familiar with the material (the context or the text) and how to go about writing it.

All the best,

Yang

[shadows]

Hi, I am in year 11 and I hope someone can give me some feedback on a context piece i did?

Please give me your thoughts on this context piece?

[Yang Li]

Hey all,

Just a quick reminder that the online seminar for Context Essays will run tomorrow at 2pm. The link to the live Youtube stream will be posted on this forum just before 2pm.

See you all there!

Yang

N.B. email me if you want the link to go to your email

[Yang Li]

Hey guys!

The link to the seminar is: http://youtu.be/gsGJToY7j3k

See you in 15mins

[Walshy]

Is it wrong to begin a context essay with an example? My English Teacher gave us the idea, saying that because it is a context, there is room to move around and experiment with the formula a little. The idea is to start the essay with an outside source (non text) that is both interesting and a little bit out there, then in the next paragraph thrash out the theory (like an introduction), relating it back to the first example and then expanding further, following up with the other examples and a conclusion.

Is this a good strategy?

[Yang Li]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for tuning in to the seminar! For those who missed out, the link should still take you to the recorded seminar.

Please let your mates know about the video

All the best,

Yang

[Yang Li]

Hey Walshy,

There is nothing wrong per se with your teacher's suggestion with the introduction of "hybrid" models for the context essay. I would however, stick to the safe side for the exam and perform as well as I can in the accepted forms.

Hey BasicAcid,

Glad you liked the seminar! Feel free to go back to the video. I'll leave it up till exam time. Let your friends know about it

All the best to you both,

Yang

[Walshy]

I also watched the presentation and it was very informative. Yang specifically stating that no evidence should be used at the beginning of the essay prompted me to ask this question.

So would I be marked down by a potential examiner if they were correcting this form of structure, just because of the way i have written it?

Thanks for your input.

[MonsieurHulot]

Hi Yang,
Could you please post the powerpoint that you used in the video; I'd like to print it out as a kind of summary.

[Yang Li]

Hi Walshy,

It is very likely that you will lose marks if you are clearly presenting an expository essay yet including evidence in your introduction. Obviously, it comes down to what you write exactly.

Hi MrHulot,

It wouldn't be fair to my students if I make all slides publicly available. Why not just summarise the bits you need? Also, the seminar is not enough in itself to take you through the exam. The best thing to do is to probably get into some writing practice with the seminar in mind.

All the best to you both,

Yang

[sin0001]

Hey Yang,
I found your lecture on Context really helpful, so thanks for that!
You mentioned that 30% of our body paras in an expository essay should consist of discussion that unpacks the idea being studied, before presenting the suitable evidence; I find this really tough to include and end up being repetitive in my discussion because, as you know, there's a very limited amount of content for The Imaginative Landscape. Is there a way to overcome this, perhaps by researching more content relevant to this context?
Btw, are there going to be any upcoming lectures for the other area of studies?

[Yang Li]

Hey sin0001,

It is hard to come up with content to fill that discussion. However, if you absorb some information (from your teacher / tutor / books etc.) about your context, you'll find that you can synthesise them to come up with even more ideas. Many ideas are about how different areas relate to one another; and practising going through that thought process means you won't have to do it again in the exam

I will try to get more content out; although it will be a challenge with my law degree and other commitments on my plate. I'll definitely let you guys know first here on this thread if I do.

All the best,

Yang