Hey,
I have an assessment task in English tomorrow for module C which is a listening and reading response. We will hear an extract from our prescribed text (Art of Travel) and need to answer the question 'write a TWO page response that identifies the speaker's views on people and landscapes and analyses how effectively he represents them to shape audience response'. We get to listen to the extract three times. I was wondering what should we do in each of the three times that the extract is played to get the most points for our analysis? How do I find all the techniques without being able to actually read/look through the text? How should we structure this?
Thanks heaps
My 2 cents on the listening and comprehending part:
1st time: listen to the whole thing, actively but just take the entire extract in.
2nd time: you might want to use this one to brush up on anything you didn't get the first time but depending on how good your memory is you could start analysing the extract
3rd time: if you needed the second listening to consolidate the extract, analyse here and see what you can tie into the rubric. If not, listen for key words and think about how they relate to their rubric and the module as a whole. What is it trying to say and why have they picked it? Also use this as a chance for final clarification of techniques and word choice.
As soon as you can: write down all the juicy stuff you just thought up that you can possibly remember - possibly chant it in your head until you have a chance to write it, once you have the extract down you can analyse it more thoroughly.
METHOD 2: Use your first listening to find the richest part of the extract. Spend the second time analysing that particular section, ignore the rest. The third time you hear it you should be thinking about how and why its being said in the way it is, as well as tying in rubric (a favourite word for mod c is representation as well as real vs imagined vs perceived landscapes!). Depending on how good you are at extracting stuff from words will determine what method you use.
Personally I would do the first method but if you think you will be meeting the question and marking criteria doing the second it is probably an easier way.
Hope this helps!