AS English Language- Power, gender or technology?

melissadawson

Which option will you probably choose next Wednesday? :confused:

I'm edging towards power at the moment.

Reply 1

WeirdlyWonderful

Edging towards gender. Power is quite a popular choice and there is a lot to write about though

(edited 9 years ago)

I agree, Tanya.

Original post by WeirdlyWonderful

Edging towards gender. Power is quite a popular choice and there is a lot to write about though

I was originally edging towards gender but it's so hard to apply the theories for me

Reply 4

Libbie-

I was going towards gender but they can always throw in a mens vitamin website extract like they've done once where it's difficult to apply many theorists. Probably going to go with power, technology is ugh for me.

Reply 5

WeirdlyWonderful

Original post by Libbie-

Same. We barely went through tech and there aren't many concepts to apply.

Reply 6

WeirdlyWonderful

Original post by melissadawson

I was originally edging towards gender but it's so hard to apply the theories for me

If you're confident on power, go for it. If you're thinking about gender, have a look at a gender model answer graded A/B and see how they apply the theories? :smile:

Reply 7

melissadawson

Original post by WeirdlyWonderful

If you're confident on power, go for it. If you're thinking about gender, have a look at a gender model answer graded A/B and see how they apply the theories? :smile:

Yeah that's a good idea actually :smile:

Reply 8

harrietmaria

technology, fewer people do it and those who do have got better marks in the past

Reply 9

MattH2580

Original post by Libbie-

I was going towards gender but they can always throw in a mens vitamin website extract like they've done once

I sat this exam last year and chose that question due to time constraints. I'm resitting the exam this year.

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Reply 10

melissadawson

Original post by MattH2580

I sat this exam last year and chose that question due to time constraints. I'm resitting the exam this year.

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What did you choose?

Reply 11

SamCr

I took this exam today, how did everyone find it?

Reply 12

Libbie-

Original post by SamCr

I took this exam today, how did everyone find it?

I found the Gender text to be easy to be honest, managed to write a lot on it and link to theories so fingers crossed.

Reply 13

SamCr

Original post by Libbie-

I found the Gender text to be easy to be honest, managed to write a lot on it and link to theories so fingers crossed.

Ah I did power, found it alright but I would have preferred an advert/legal document or something. How did you find grouping texts? And what grade are you hoping for?

Reply 14

Libbie-

Original post by SamCr

Ah I did power, found it alright but I would have preferred an advert/legal document or something. How did you find grouping texts? And what grade are you hoping for?

I'm better at the theories part of the course than the grouping but I found the groupings to actually be alright. I did Spoken, Persuasive Purpose and Pragmatics - spoken and persuasive had a lot more detail however. I'm aiming for a B since English is the subject I chose just to fill the fourth AS. What about you?

Reply 15

SamCr

Original post by Libbie-

Me too usually, but for some reason I felt as though I did better in the groupings for once. Ideally an A, I did spoken, niche audiences and register.

Reply 16

m0ll

I did this exam as a resit, got a D last year doing language and gender - the male vitamin product completely threw me! Did power this time to here's hoping for a better grade!