AQ lecture

2024Y5GPLecture| T3W2:TheAQ TheApplicationQuestion LectureOutline 01WhatistheAQ? 02AssessmentCriteria 03WritingtheAQ [01]WhatistheAQ? Yourpersonal responsetotheauthors’ opinionsandideasandexpressedinthepassages What’simportant: ● Whatyouthink!Youropinions● Howwell yousupportyourviews PositionandMarks Content(35marks) Section MarksSAQ 9-11Summary 8Intertextual Qns 4-6AQ 12 Language(15marks) BasedonperformanceacrosstheSummaryandtheAQLinguisticabilityOrganisationofideas YouarestronglyadvisedtodotheAQlast. ThelinkbetweenthePassagesandtheAQ 01TheAQisprimarilyaboutdiscussingtheauthors’ ideasinalocal context. 02Theobservationsraisedbytheauthorsmaybemorerepresentativeofsomesocietiesbutnotothers. 03Singaporehasitsowncontextual features--someglobal trendswill bemirroredhere;somewill not. 04Ouruniquecharacteristics,challengesandconstraintsarealsolikelytomeanthatweareaffectedby,anddeal with,issuesinwaysthatmaynot(orcannot)becompletelyidentical toothersocieties. 1

2024Y5GPLecture| T3W2:TheAQ SampleQuestion Thereadingpassagescoverarangeofviewsaboutthecollectionanduseofpersonal data. Howfardoyouagreethatonlinepersonal databringsmorebenefitsthanharm? Supportyouranswerwithreferenceto:theideasandopinionsfromat leastoneofthereadingpassagesexamplesdrawnfromyourownexperienceandthatofsociety Let’slookatzoos redpanda!>//< i lovegoingtothezoobutothersmaynot:skull: longtermbenefitsofzoos? whichanimalsdopeopletendtolookat? [02]AssessmentCriteria AssessmentofContent(12m) CommentsonStrongerScripts FeaturesofStrongerScripts ● Evaluativeandanalytical ofmaterial● Showsmaturityofthoughtwithaptillustration● Goodunderstandingoftheeventsandtrendsinsocieties,orfromrelevantpersonalexperience.● Engagedwell withkeyideasinthepassages● Focusedwithmeasuredandnuancedobservations 2

2024Y5GPLecture| T3W2:TheAQ ● Awareofinherentcomplexitiesandcontradictions**(Donottakeeverythingatfacevalue) Structure&Language ● Well structuredwithabriefintroduction,clearlinksbetweenparagraphsandaconclusion● Diversityandsophisticationofvocabulary,phrasingandsentencestructure Overall Personal andinformedengagementwiththetopicratherthanadetachedandsuperficialone. CommentsonWeakerScripts Featuresofweakerscripts ● Overlylongintroductions● Summaryofsomeargumentsinthepassages● Offeringageneralisedview● Narrativeanddescriptiveinnature Lacking ● Reflection,analysisorevaluation● Cohesion(linkingofparagraphs)ordevelopment● Pertinentexamplestojustifysweepinggeneralisations Ineffectiveapproach ● Quotingatlengthfromtheoriginal textfollowedbyaneedlessparaphrase● SupportedbyadetailednarrativeaccountofaneventinSingaporewithlittleornoanalysisorcontext● Eventuallyendingwithaconcludingstatementofagreementordisagreement [03]WritingtheAQ TheTask ● Drawapersonal sketchtorepresentyourresponsetotheissueandtheauthors’ideas● Usetheauthor’sideasasaspringboard! RespondingtotheAuthors’ Points ● TheAQisprimarilyaboutapplyingtheauthors’ ideastoaspecificcontext● Thebulkofyourresponseshouldbedevotedtoexplainingandjustifyingwhyyouholdcertai