SBQ Comparison

Purpose

Comparison of PurposeThe sources are similar in their purpose.

Source A (provenance) a speech made by Minister of State for Education, Abdul Rahim Ishak is targeted at(audience) the members of parliament & the public who might have been following parliamentary proceedings.

Source A’s message was that the government had done many things to improve the quality of education in Singapore by implementing English as a 2nd language in non-English Speaking schools.

I know this as Source A states that (relevant source evidence & explanation) during the last 2 years that English language instruction in Government-Aided Tamil Primary Schools has been put on a firm basis.

Source A’s intended outcome was to make Singaporeans appreciate and support the decisions made and work done by the government to improve the Education system in Singapore.

Source B (provenance) by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew targeted (audience) is for students and staff of S’pore Poly and members of the public who read about the speech made in the newspapers.

Source B’s message was that education was expensive, especially vocational courses which cost more and that the government had to make difficult decisions about allocation of resources and subsidies.

I know this as Source B states that (relevant source evidence & explanation) we are subsidising the cost of an engineering student and the government is presented with a very difficult problem of priorities.

Source B’s intended outcome was to show Singaporeans the difficult decisions the government had to make in order that Singaporeans understood, appreciated and supported the decisions made and the work done by the government to improve the education system in Singapore.