ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS OF 2015!!!

[Eiffel]

got our second essay coming up this week. Essay down and then AC, which will be the two sacs for AOS1.

6 more to go after that

[odeaa]

Are euphemisms and politically correct language categorised as semantic or lexical choices?

[wunderkind52]

Are euphemisms and politically correct language categorised as semantic or lexical choices?

I think semantic (should be in the metalanguage list on the study design)

[chocolate.cake.1]

Hey everyone 

I was wondering if anyone could give me an example of front focus and end focus?
I'm struggling to get my head around it 

Thanks

[strawberries]

Hey! How's everyone going so far for aos2?

Anyone done a SAC yet for this unit?

[biy]

Hey! How's everyone going so far for aos2?

Anyone done a SAC yet for this unit?

Have done two SACs this year so far... 100% AND the other 80% ()

I just have been slacking with lang recently, the content is getting soo dry -.-

[odeaa]

Hey! How's everyone going so far for aos2?

Anyone done a SAC yet for this unit?

We did aos2 first, I liked it so much more than aos 1 tbh. I reckon aos 2 is so much easier because it's just all formal, whereas in 1 it's partly informal and partly formal for most texts, so you can't talk as definitely about how language choice affects the overall register etc

[Redoxify]

Have an english sac on thursday dealing with formal language, not sure how to prepare for it

[Joseph41]

Have an english sac on thursday dealing with formal language, not sure how to prepare for it

Do you know what sort of SAC it will be?

[Redoxify]

its an essay on a formal language topic

[Mieow]

Have an english sac on thursday dealing with formal language, not sure how to prepare for it

Do you have that Green Eng Lang book that has a whole bunch of essay prompts for different topics? Those are really great for essay preparation.

Alternatively you could break things down a little bit more by going over different features/variations of formal language (political correctness, euphemisms, weasel words etc), recalling what their function is in language, how they're used, what values it reflects from the speaker and good examples of each. Recent and interesting examples are a must for a good essay so searching around for these to keep up your sleeve would be a good start

[Redoxify]

Do you have that Green Eng Lang book that has a whole bunch of essay prompts for different topics? Those are really great for essay preparation.

Alternatively you could break things down a little bit more by going over different features/variations of formal language (political correctness, euphemisms, weasel words etc), recalling what their function is in language, how they're used, what values it reflects from the speaker and good examples of each. Recent and interesting examples are a must for a good essay so searching around for these to keep up your sleeve would be a good start

Yeah that's what I'll most likely do, thanks heaps

[strawberries]

Has anyone started analytical commentaries yet?

Just wanting to ask where everyone is atm.

[odeaa]

Has anyone started analytical commentaries yet?

Just wanting to ask where everyone is atm.

So far weve done 4 sacs (2 for each aos)
Short answer questions on an informal text
Analytical commentary on an informal text
Essay on formal language
Analytical commentary on a formal text

so yeah, we've done quite a few analytical commentaries now

[strawberries]

So far weve done 4 sacs (2 for each aos)
Short answer questions on an informal text
Analytical commentary on an informal text
Essay on formal language
Analytical commentary on a formal text

so yeah, we've done quite a few analytical commentaries now

Omg that's so good!
We only do 1 SAC for each AoS and we don't even have an analytical commentary SAC