SACE English as an Additional Language Stage 2 Notes

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1. Section 1 format, timing and the two-listening strategyListening · Section 1 Part A: comprehending aural texts

   Exam format and listening twice

2. Note-taking from lectures and talks: keywords, numbers, names and abbreviationsListening · Section 1 Part A: comprehending aural texts

   Note-taking

3. Part A task types: completing tables and diagrams, summarising and planning from a listening textListening · Section 1 Part A: comprehending aural texts

   Tables, charts and summaries

4. Answering short comprehension questions precisely: marks, command words and question word orderListening · Section 1 Part A: comprehending aural texts

   Answering comprehension questions

5. Context, purpose and audience in spoken texts: speeches, interviews and information sessionsListening · Section 1 Part A: comprehending aural texts

   Spoken context, purpose and audience

6. Identifying purpose and a specific target audience with evidencePersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

   Purpose and audience

7. Reliability, trustworthiness, fact versus opinion and biasPersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

   Reliability, fact and opinion

8. Persuasive techniques: identify, exemplify and explain the effectPersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

   Persuasive techniques

9. Emotive techniques and emotive language: how texts make readers feelPersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

   Emotive techniques

10. Visual and multimodal features: layout, images, colour, typography and calls to actionPersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

    Visual and multimodal features

11. The comparison question: which text is more convincing, with evidence from bothPersuasion · Section 1 Part B: analysing persuasive and multimodal texts

    Comparing texts

12. Reading Texts 4-6: highlighting arguments, evaluating sources and interpreting dataExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Reading the Section 2 texts

13. Choosing a text type: essay, persuasive piece or report and their conventionsExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Text type and conventions

14. Planning and structure: introductions, synthesised body paragraphs and conclusionsExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Planning and structure

15. Paraphrasing and synthesising sources without copyingExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Paraphrasing and synthesis

16. In-text referencing under exam conditions: Harvard author-year and integrated citationsExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Referencing

17. Analysing personal, social and cultural perspectives and developing a point of viewExtended response · Section 2: extended written response from related texts

    Perspectives and point of view

18. Academic register: nominalisation, passive voice, hedging and formal vocabularyLanguage · Communication: clarity, grammatical control and register

    Academic register

19. Grammatical control and proofreading: agreement, tense, articles and sentence boundariesLanguage · Communication: clarity, grammatical control and register

    Grammatical control

20. Cohesion, connectives, vocabulary range and idiomsLanguage · Communication: clarity, grammatical control and register

    Cohesion and vocabulary