REFLECTION ON UNIT 5.

REFLECTION ON UNIT 5.

Audience and Impact: Who Is The Audience?

What Impact Does The Text Have On The Audience?

Unit 5 was presented by Shahida Suhana, Farah and Nadia. Firstly, I can claim that this group is very well-prepared not just in terms of their written notes in the transparency but also due to the way they present this unit. They presented a good presentation. They provide their points with examples. I also strongly agreed with them when they said that it is difficult to understand the articles in this unit.

Generally, based on my understanding from the presentation and my reading, there are two categories of intended audience. First is for the specialist audience and second is for non-specialist audience. This is because it is not easy to predict who is the target audience or the target readers for any reading materials will be. If a writer cannot differentiate this, the article might be read by the people who may not have been intended as the audience. In identifying audience, a good question to ask first is ‘who is the text clearly not intended for’. This kind of question will give important clues. In addition, I believe I can understand what is impact is.

There are four critical readings that I already touched at the first paragraph of this unit. Firstly, ‘Australia’s methadone madness’. Secondly, ‘Out of puff’. Thirdly, ‘Types of exposition: “persuading that” and “persuading to”’ and lastly followed by ‘Metaphor’. As I said, I did not understand what are these articles all about. Maybe I need to read it again and again.

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