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Blog feedback and Learner Response

 Blog Feedback and Learner Response


WWW: It’s great to see your Exam blog is 100% up to date which shows that you’ve stepped up to A Level and independent working. I agree with your reflections in the media consumption audit and also the examples you’ve chosen for the semiotics work. The challenge now is to keep up this level of organisation while using media terminology consistently in order to target those top grades. 

EBI: The main feedback I would give is adding depth and detail to your blog work. For example, if you look at your questions on ‘English’ in the semiotics work or your ‘Reading an image’ work then you’ve completed the task but not written much more than one or two sentences for each question. The more you engage with the questions and explore a range of possible answers or interpretations that better you will do in Media. Similarly, if you broaden your media consumption as you plan to include newspapers and podcasts then this will also help you target the top grades.


Learner Response 

Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far.
  • What is your strongest piece of work? My strongest piece of work is the semiotics work.
  • What is your weakest? My weakest work is my media consumption as I was disappointed I do not absorb a lot of media and do not read the newspapers, etc.
  • What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course? Next time I need to answer in detail and in depth and give a range of opinions and analysis.


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