Englang Exam Discussion!

[_avO]

...Then I went on to talking about 'totally' because I thought OMG was wrong.. hmm

[bec036]

I found section 1 the hardest, what were the two discourse particles? I could only see like, then I talked about OMG (even though it's an interjection..)

Yeah that's cool, the OMG is a prefatory discourse particle.

The other - 'like' (either in "no, like seriously" or " VAustralia is like, totally launching")

so do you think OMG is correct?

[simonhu81292]

i reckon it would be one of them... discourse particles are saying that we say a lot to establish rapport or to show close social distance... so i guess it would be one of them ...
hopefully ....

[bec036]

fingers crossed!

[cambiej]

I found section 1 the hardest, what were the two discourse particles? I could only see like, then I talked about OMG (even though it's an interjection..)

Yeah that's cool, the OMG is a prefatory discourse particle.

The other - 'like' (either in "no, like seriously" or " VAustralia is like, totally launching")

so do you think OMG is correct?

Absolutely. It's pretty much devoid of meaning and just serves to introduce/preface the comment to follow.

[vexx]

^ yeah i mentioned they had established a close relationship despite being strangers seen through a huge range of features, like those mentioned (overlap, finishing sentences, shared knowledge, etc...)

Also there was a genuine interest in maintaining politeness by keeping the topic flowing as there were lots of pause fillers and minimal responses in the latter part of the section indicating attempt to keep discussion from dwindling.

awesome, i added in minimal responses as well.
wooop.

i didn't really mind this exam, it was pretty good, just difficult to know if i worded my responses correctly, or didn't leave any important details out.
hmm, i have absolutely no idea what i'll get haha.

[slothpomba]

I think we all feel like that....Bit shot in the dark mark wise for me at least anyway

[tkjnz]

where the hell was cohesion and coherence?!

[vexx]

where the hell was cohesion and coherence?!

they tested them on 2008 and 2009, and left out patterning techniques, so it was a change on question..

[bec036]

same i'm very unsure .. i think what will let me down is the wording of my responses!
I feel like i didn't do so good but i'm hoping for a nice surprise  

[simonhu81292]

same here... EL is a subject that requires study and MORE than one answer to a question
anyway ...
good luck guys ~~
is all DONE now

[_avO]

What was the function of Part 1 Text 1?

I wrote to advertise the launch of the Melbourne to LA flight and to open up to a wider market (i.e. teenagers) through the use of language

[chap]

I said "literally" was the other discourse particle, I didn't think it added much meaning to the sentence but I dunno if I'll get anything for it..

[vexx]

What was the function of Part 1 Text 1?

I wrote to advertise the launch of the Melbourne to LA flight and to open up to a wider market (i.e. teenagers) through the use of language

i think what you wrote is right.
ive never really used any other function/purpose then the standard to inform/persuade
so i said to inform about the deal of melbourne to LA and to persuade the audience in using them with the wider market, i made it sound better then this but basically thats it.

[_avO]

oh.. I guess I may have been too general and didn't linguistically explain it