a question... abt english (1 Viewer)

[kow_dude]

i want to know why it is not possible to get band 6 for standard english ....
and there's less than 2 percent who get band 5....???

this is freaking me out because i'm doing standard eng (i'm in yr 11 atm) and i want to do adv eng for yr 12 ='(

 

[kow_dude]

and also .... is there a site where i can check for uai requirements for particular courses?

 

[kow_dude]

thanks, that was very useful

 

[MiuMiu]

The tests are fair, I mean, why would an advanced student bother trying the advanced course (obviously more difficult than standard) when it was more than possible to achieve a band six in standard with presumably less work. The standard test just doesn't give the candidate the capacity to demonstrate they are of band 6 quality, because if they were, they should be doing advanced.

 

[:: ck ::]

yep year 12 is right

if its more possible to achieve band 6 in standard with less work then u shud b doing advanced

 

[Newbie]

if you wana do advance, then why dont you?
they cant stop you from doing a subject

 

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no, our school stopped some students from doing advance and told us to do standard instead...i was one of them...but somehow, u get ppl in advance getting 3/50 for their half yrlies....and us in standard cracking it big time

 

[kow_dude]

so since i'm doing standard for preliminary at the moment...
is it possible to go up advance when yr 12 starts.....
because the band results for standard english are a big shocker!

 

[:: ck ::]

i think you should be able to... you need to ask your school~

 

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don't ask school...coz there are teachers who are freaken dumb and thinks you can't change....ring up Bos

 

[grk_styl]

If you are able to do Adv. English then do it! The UAI people really take what english you do into account. My brother is heaps smart, but he hated english, so he did standard. The biggest regret of his life he reckons.

Anyway, I don't know if I'm making sense. But if you're able to do adv., then do it! I'm doing adv and I'm in Prelim. It's soooooo easy!

 

[MiuMiu]

No, you can't do standard in Year 11 and then switch to advanced. Preliminary Advanced English is a prerequisite for HSC Advanced English. If you are going to change you have to do it whilst you are still in Prelim.

 

[:: ck ::]

my school only offers advanced english at the least

even if ppl wanted to do standard or esl they werent allowed to

but from wot i know.. if u do something like 2u maths in year 11
u cant go up to 3 unit in year 12

so mayb wot year 12 is saying is similar~

change whilst u still can its a little more than halfway past prelim course

mite be a tad too late tho~

 

[MiuMiu]

BUt thats cos you go to Fort St isn't it?

 

[:: ck ::]

i dunno if it has anything to do with not being able to do standard

mite be the reason y...

 

[kow_dude]

this sounds like whoever does standard english will have
no hope for geting a uai of over 90?

 

[MiuMiu]

um no you can still get a 90+ UAI with standard English you just need to do well in other nicely-scaled subjects

 

[kow_dude]

i do
biology
economics
chemistry
1 unit studies of religion
3 unit maths
and stand eng

i am going to drop economics and studies of religion and do 4 unit maths so 10 units in total

are the subjs i will be doing for yr 12 "nicely-scaled subjects"

 

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i dun think u should drop eco...it scales nice(i think) but rather bio..(scales bad i heard)

 

[kow_dude]

i dont know about economics because it;s such a boring subj
and i hardly understand the work in class because the terms
used in textbooks are so technical...
i love biology but a low percentage got band 6