I have just finished my ESL exam and I have mix feelings to it. The exam itself was alright, an okay text response question, an excellent context essay prompt but a rather difficult language analysis.

Text response- Cosi by Louis Nowra
Cosi by Louis Nowra was the play I read. It is a horrible play in my opinion, because I completely forgot the story’s storyline, climax and resolution, all I could remember was that the main protagonist puts on an opera “Cosi Fan Tutte” with the “madmen” from the ward of the “Melbourne Mental Institution”. I picked question 2 it was ‘Discuss how Louis Nowra uses the opera Cosi Fan Tutte within his play’, and in my essay I wrote about Cosi Fan Tutte and Mozart, Nick and Lucy how their views of fidelity reflects on the characters of Dorabella, Guglilemo and Fillodigi (not sure about spelling :/), Julie how she guided Lewis to become unfaithful which is similar in Mozart’s play and I mentioned about Roy, how Nowra utilize him through his passion of music. My conclusion was absolute crap as I ran out of time and I was force to stop writing.

Context Essay- ‘Whose reality’ A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.
The context essay was rather easy for me as the prompt was exactly the same as the one I did for my practice one. The prompt was ‘Shared experiences does not mean that people see things the same way’. For this one I think I went quite well, I finished the essay within 30 mins with 4 detailed paragraph.

To those who are doing Whose Reality for their context essay.I think is good to memorize an introduction and conclusion then change around the words according to topic. My introduction is shown below, is not particularly good but is acceptable.

“Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describes it. it enriches the necessary competency that daily life requires and provides, and in this respect it irritates the deserts in our daily life have already become.” As C.S Lewis quotes reality is a concept that has been carved in to each one of us. Reality being subjective is subsequently unique to each individual; with additional factors, reality can be more habitable and colorful.

Well this is my introduction, is not perfect but in my opinion in can fit into practically any prompt in the theme of ‘Whose Reality’. Here is my conclusion,is not perfect either but I will just type it up here in case someone needs it.

There is a fundamental dichotomy and the heart of human existence. Each individual has two factors that compose one’s individual consciousness ; Our experiences, everything we experiences from the moment we are born, sights , sounds, tastes and senses together to formulate a sensorial-guided being. On a more prominent level we are shaped by our imaginations and fantasies . We are like a library, tapestry of consciousness that is being woven and define who we are. It is essential for these forces to exist in interwoven harmony.

Well that is my conclusion, again this is not perfect but I hope this can help future students who are going to do ‘Whose Reality’ as their theme. Because I think my introduction and conclusion can really fit into practically all prompts, with simple linking sentences your essay will be ace all your SACs and exams (hopefully).

Language analysis blog by Helen Day
The blog was rather interesting in my opinion but was not a good piece to write with for language analysis. I struggled to find the main contention. I remembered I wrote her contention was to shift people’s view on tattoos from a taboo ,a sign of differences to a unique fashion statement. On top of that the piece was evidence based and a lack of persuasive techniques made it extremely difficult. But other than that I think I went okay.

Well fingers crossed for a study score of 35 plus for ESL~ ^^ , and I suggest to everyone do the language analysis first as you will reading time which you can skim through the passage, then do text response and lastly do the context essay. I did language analysis first,then followed by the context essay and then lastly text response, I ran out of time by doing that, I would suggest you would follow the order which I have suggested, as you can just really write about anything for the context essay, good luck!!

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