Well, the dust has barely settled on the 2009 English Exam (more posts about that particular 3 hourexperience later) and we’re already thinking of next year.
This week we saw the brand-new, pre-release, freshly minted and entirely rewritten Issues Book, which we’ve been working on for a while. It’s great to see it ready to go [...]
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Issues Book 2010
November 7, 2009Headline of the Week
September 30, 2009This week it had to be from the AFL Grand Final and the AGE headline: ‘The Cats Get the Dream’.
Analysing Language
August 20, 2009The AGE is always a great resource of interesting articles and opinions. Today’s edition contained two letters with diametrically opposed views on the the issue of W-Class trams. Keep your analysis skills intact and have a go at analysing these two letters in a short essay.
Retire these relics
THERE will be regret at the passing of [...]
Behind the Lines
April 16, 2009Looking to improve your visual literacy skills in preparation for language analysis? And have a laugh at the same time? We’re pretty certain that some kind of visual will be part of the language analysis in the exam so it’s a skill you need to develop.
So, maybe check out the new exhibition, Behind the [...]
Headline Watch
March 25, 2009Students doing language analysis may like to know that the start of the footy season is often the silly season for headline writers, but cycling was the inspiration for my silly headline of the week. This was from the Herald-Sun today on the news that cyclist Lance Armstrong had broken his collarbone:
‘Not So Arm Strong’
The things [...]
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