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English or English Language?
bar0029:
Thankyou so much :)
brightsky:
Have a look at the paper from last year for English Language and English respectively. It may help you decide which subject best interests you.
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/englishlanguage/pastexams/2009/2009englang-w-cpyrgt.pdf
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vcaa/vce/studies/english/pastexams/2009/2009english-w-cpyrgt.pdf
The requirements for both are really different. IMO, the English you choose should be based on your interests. If English Language is your kind of subject, then catching up would not be an issue. (appianway didn't do 1/2 and still came out with a 45). However, if you like writing essays about textual ideas, then English would obviously be the best choice.
EvangelionZeta:
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--- Quote ---Literature is also difficult in that it explores much more deep, complex ideas than English.
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Really? My impression of Lit is that it's based on close, critical analysis of text rather than "deep, complex", philosophical ideas.
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It's more like, for your "close, critical analysis" to really work, you need some sort of ability to grasp "deep, complex" philosophical ideas. There's a reason why they don't put stuff like Hamlet and King Lear on the English course anymore. :p
Hutchoo:
--- Quote from: brightsky on August 13, 2010, 06:05:28 pm ---Generally, for a maths/science-orientated person, English Language is easier, as it focuses more on the mechanics of English and how they work - so very memorisation-based. Also, essay-writing does not take up as much of the course as does English, like 1/3 of the exam is short answer questions. Conversely, English is very much based on essay-writing and exploring subjective concepts rather than objective facts. Because of this, it can get very complicated, unlike EL (and a lot of the VCE science/maths subjects) where the info is provided for you.
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This may be a bit off-topic, but my teacher recommenced me for Lit.. I refused and said that I would do English language, so I chose that..
Now- I'm a 'scientific' person.. so i've chosen subjects that work with my sciencey brain :P bio,chem,physics.. My friends have been suggesting that im going to overload with science and go crazy.
Is that true 0.o :F
TrueTears:
Don't think you'll turn crazy unless you work yourself to the extreme and burn out.
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