EngLang 3/4 Question Thread.

[Bluegirl]

May I be a little annoying and borrow it off you too? 

They were awesome quotes! I sent a couple to him as well so they should be on his list

[Reus]

May I be a little annoying and borrow it off you too? 

Haha sure, will do when I have time! Just message me so I don't forget

They were awesome quotes! I sent a couple to him as well so they should be on his list

Yup! They are

[Bluegirl]

So, are the journals/folios/articles that we do as SACS basically the extended response?

[Bluegirl]

Is Kate Burridge a descriptivist? I'm doing a research task on her and I need to include whether she's a prescriptivist or descriptivst. I have a couple of her quotes but there surprisingly isn't much out there on her!

Can anyone help?

[Reus]

Is Kate Burridge a descriptivist? I'm doing a research task on her and I need to include whether she's a prescriptivist or descriptivst. I have a couple of her quotes but there surprisingly isn't much out there on her!

Can anyone help?

I'd say she's a descriptivist! there isn't anything that hints it in a black and white manner, but she does embrace language change.

[Bluegirl]

I'd say she's a descriptivist! there isn't anything that hints it in a black and white manner, but she does embrace language change.

Yeah I just kind of inferred she was; especially from her comment about wanting the possessive apostrophe dropped from a while ago

[Joseph41]

Is Kate Burridge a descriptivist? I'm doing a research task on her and I need to include whether she's a prescriptivist or descriptivst. I have a couple of her quotes but there surprisingly isn't much out there on her!

Can anyone help?

Without having a definitive answer for you, I would suggest that she is a descriptivist. She certainly embraces language change, as Reus said, and focuses more on describing language use rather than appealing to how she thinks language should or ought be used.

I have a tute with Kate today, coincidentally. She is, without doubt, the best lecturer I've ever had.

[ealam2]

Without having a definitive answer for you, I would suggest that she is a descriptivist. She certainly embraces language change, as Reus said, and focuses more on describing language use rather than appealing to how she thinks language should or ought be used.

I have a tute with Kate today, coincidentally. She is, without doubt, the best lecturer I've ever had.

Wow! You actually know Kate Burridge! Seems surreal to me but really cool!

[Bluegirl]

Wish I could see one of her lectures in person!

[Reus]

I have a tute with Kate today, coincidentally. She is, without doubt, the best lecturer I've ever had.

Wot

[Bluegirl]

In the essay are we supposed to talk about subsystems or is that more for the analytic commentary? Thanks

[Reus]

In the essay are we supposed to talk about subsystems or is that more for the analytic commentary? Thanks

Both should incorporate linguistic discussion but mainly analytical is were subsystems should be apparent

[Bluegirl]

Both should incorporate linguistic discussion but mainly analytical is were subsystems should be apparent

Yeah that makes sense, thanks Reus

[Reus]

I've been looking at assessor reports and they generally say this "However, this student accepted the essay topic’s contention and did not challenge it" despite the question asking if you agreed or not. It feels like VCAA wants you to go against the prompt too.

Is this essential to obtain full marks? As the question solely asks if you agree or not. So a rebuttal is not needed to fully answer the question.

Thanks.

[psyxwar]

I've been looking at assessor reports and they generally say this "However, this student accepted the essay topic’s contention and did not challenge it" despite the question asking if you agreed or not. It feels like VCAA wants you to go against the prompt too.

Is this essential to obtain full marks? As the question solely asks if you agree or not. So a rebuttal is not needed to fully answer the question.

Thanks.

Nah it's not necessary, you can have a sophisticated discussion without necessarily challenging the contention. But a lot of the time essays that just go "oh yeah i agree" are one dimensional and don't really attack the question as well as they could; for example 09's question "Why use standard english all the time?" is a lot more limiting if you only considered the merits of SE and not where it falls short. But assessors will understand its a 45 minute essay and its not going to be *that* detailed and cover every single possible point of discussion. If you address the topic well, it doesn't matter if you don't challenge the topic. You will be marked based on how good your writing is.