Is it possible we might get 2 articles for language analysis?

[abcdqd]

prior to the implementation of the new study design in 2008, there were always at least 2 articles to analyse for section C of the exam. My teacher told us that they decided to scrap this in favour of a single article because students were getting away with simply comparing and contrasting the 2 articles provided, rather than going in depth for either article.

[abcdqdxD]

prior to the implementation of the new study design in 2008, there were always at least 2 articles to analyse for section C of the exam. My teacher told us that they decided to scrap this in favour of a single article because students were getting away with simply comparing and contrasting the 2 articles provided, rather than going in depth for either article.

Does the new SD explicitly state that there will only be one article + a visual?

[abcdqd]

Does the new SD explicitly state that there will only be one article + a visual?

nope, as mentioned before in this thread, there can be up to 3

[Limista]

So we should be practicing with only 1 article per essay? Or should we give a go at analysing 2/3 articles per essay (or is this a waste of time)?

[abcdqdxD]

IMO I think it is impractical for VCAA to give 2 full length articles.. it'll take way too long to finish the LA section (unless they give two short-ish articles which is another story...)

[Stick]

Well we just did the VATE 2013 trial exam today at school and the language analysis had two one-page opinion pieces and an advertisement. Most of us took longer than the hour to get a decent analysis done (it took me 80 minutes so I had to write a fairly mediocre text response in 40 minutes). So, while it is possible to get multiple texts, I think they'd move away from it since it simply takes too long to complete properly. In addition, it's a skill that should have been tested already in a SAC and so it doesn't make complete sense to test it again in the exam. That being said, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to prepare for the worst case scenario nonetheless. Good luck.

[shinny]

There hasn't been two articles under the new study design as of yet (except for those comments in 2011 but I hardly count that). I assume the reason behind this is because with the context section now, there just simply isn't enough time. Before context was there, the persuasive writing piece was meant to be quite short, meaning you had more time to deal with 2 articles in language analysis. With context now there, having two articles is less likely. However, I wouldn't completely rule it out and you should at least have a rough idea of how to deal with multiple articles. Ultimately it's more of a case of being strategically and mentally prepared for what to do. It's not something you have to suddenly go out and specifically prepare for since the underlying fundamentals are still the same as a single article analysis.

[Alwin]

Well we just did the VATE 2013 trial exam today at school and the language analysis had two one-page opinion pieces and an advertisement. Most of us took longer than the hour to get a decent analysis done (it took me 80 minutes so I had to write a fairly mediocre text response in 40 minutes). So, while it is possible to get multiple texts, I think they'd move away from it since it simply takes too long to complete properly.

I had that too! And I hate to be a fun sponge, but why spend time speculating when you can be practising =D

Although my teacher once floated the idea of just a page of letter to the editors (minus original article) kind of like the ones in The Age. Not the short silly ones in the Herald Sun, but proper structured arguments