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cluelessuser:
I agree with dilks. I would also suggest that you begin reading books and essays that are above your level. Although you may not always enjoy or understand every word of the text, you will begin to engage with a more complex writing style that you otherwise would not be exposed to. When you are exposed to these new ways of thinking, you will adopt them in your own writing.

Remember, you need to challenge yourself in order to become a better writer. If you read books and essays that are within your comfort zone, you are less likely to be improving your vocabulary or sentence structure.

If you are choosing a newspaper, The Age tends to have a higher standard of writing...  :)

grannysmith:
Thanks everyone, but if I were to do Eng Lang instead, what would help me? Would reading books still be useful? Or should I be reading more newspaper articles, essays etc?

cluelessuser:
If you were to do English Language, I would definitely suggest that you engage with multiple sources of journalism. Newspapers are one area, but the internet also has some fine examples (Huffington Post, for one).

Newspapers like The Age, The Guardian, and The Australian are some of the better ones, if you wish to read the highest standards of Australian journalism.

Reading books is always helpful in terms of extending your vocabulary, and improving upon syntax. I always suggest that my students read one book for enjoyment during year 12, because any book is better than an hour of television. =)

turtlepapercut:
Isn't English language based more on understanding the ways words are said and pronounced in context? I'm not quite sure if reading newspapers and things will help too much. I have a lot of friends doing language and basically it's just a lot of analysis of texts and the ways that words are pronounced and the phonetics and metalanguage so unless you actually know what you're supposed to be looking for... Not to sure. Sorry if this doesn't help :/

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