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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I was a little worried about it - and wondered (a) if the students would read it - despite having been told to and (b) if they 'd know how to adapt what they've been practising for 'student audiences' (as per most of the sample papers circulating) to a wider, more general audience. I suspect that it will be a discriminator.</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> english-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of mccurryj@netspace.net.au<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 31/10/2008 12:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List; Jan May<BR><B>Cc:</B> English discussion thread<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [English] So what are our thoughts on today's English exam?Particularly the context prompts?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>what did you think of the audience and purpose?<BR><BR>Quoting Jan May <Jan.May@stleonards.vic.edu.au>:<BR><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> <A href="http://www.edulists.com.au/">http://www.edulists.com.au</A> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<BR>> VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by<BR>> <A href="http://www.vate.org.au/">http://www.vate.org.au</A> - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English<BR>> VATE and<BR>> <A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html</A> - Victorian<BR>> Curriculum and Assessment Authority<BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>------------------------------------------------------------<BR>This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: <A href="http://www.netspace.net.au/">http://www.netspace.net.au</A><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR><A href="http://www.edulists.com.au/">http://www.edulists.com.au</A> - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe<BR>VCE English Teachers' Mailing List kindly supported by<BR><A href="http://www.vate.org.au/">http://www.vate.org.au</A> - Victorian Association for the Teaching of English VATE and<BR><A href="http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html">http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/english/index.html</A> - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority<BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>