Hindi Continuers HSC exam papers archive
Hindi Continuers 2017 HSC exam pack (archive)
2017 Hindi Continuers HSC exam papers (archived)
Written examinations for this exam are set and marked interstate
The exam papers are available on the responsible organisation’s website. NESA conducts and marks the oral examination.
Examination papers for this course are available on the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority site.
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Feedback on practical examination
Oral examination
Conversation
Students should:
- use a range of strategies to communicate information, opinions and experiences in Hindi.
Students should expect to:
- respond to a variety of questions in relation to their personal world during the seven minute conversation
- answer questions in depth using a range of grammar, vocabulary and sentence structures
- demonstrate an ability to manipulate the language to respond appropriately to the questions.
In better responses, students were able to:
- respond in depth to a range of questions
- demonstrate the capacity to express, justify and reflect on their personal world
- respond to questions with relevant information
- demonstrate fluency, correct intonation and pronunciation
- manipulate language using accurate grammar, and a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures.
Discussion
Students should:
- link their texts and research findings to support their discussion on the in-depth topic
- refer to at least three texts, one of which needs to be a literary text (film, novel, play or poem) as stipulated by the syllabus
- refer to their texts to analyse, evaluate and reflect on their topic.
Students should expect to:
- respond to a variety of questions in relation to their chosen in-depth study topic during the eight minute discussion
- demonstrate evidence of their research into their topic and the texts that they sourced
- express and justify opinions and points of view on the in-depth study topic.
In better responses, students were able to:
- select topics that allowed them to support their research with appropriate texts of quality
- select at least ONE literary text
- respond appropriately to the questions asked
- explicitly link the texts to the topic chosen
- make specific and perceptive references to texts
- synthesise information researched, using it to support their point of view
- demonstrate a high level of grammatical accuracy and a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures.
Feedback on written examination
General feedback
Students should:
- attempt all questions
- respond to all parts of a question
- expect to support their responses with evidence from the texts (spoken or written)
- use their own words in their responses regardless of whether the response is in English or Hindi
- respond in the language indicated by the question and section of the examination, that is, English or Hindi
- provide an explanation for a quote taken from spoken or written texts and used in response
- explain why language examples are given and not just list literary devices
- respect the conventions of the text type that they are using in the response
- follow the word limit indicated in the question
- understand that the number of lines given are a guide to length of required response
- use a dictionary appropriately to obtain meaning in context
- make notes in the appropriate space provided in the Listening section of the examination
- write responses in the space and lines provided throughout the whole examination.
Students can prepare for this examination by:
- listening to radio programs and podcasts in Hindi
- watching films, TV programs in Hindi
- reading magazines, newspapers, short stories and novels in Hindi
- engaging with Hindi speakers and practising Hindi in formal and informal settings
- revising grammar and extending their vocabulary
- practising using dictionaries to extend knowledge of meaning of words, expressions and idioms.
Section I
Listening and Responding – Part A
In better responses, students were able to:
- include evidence from the text to support answers
- provide relevant examples from the text in English
- edit work to ensure clarity of response in English.
Listening and Responding – Part B
- In better responses, students were able to:
- respond to how questions by providing evidence from the text to support response
- use their own words and not transcribe text as part of their answer
- edit their work to ensure clarity of meaning in Hindi
- include only relevant information to answer question.
Section II
Reading and Responding – Part A
Question 7
In better responses, students were able to:
- understand and explain how the proverb is linked to Kailash Satyarthi and include evidence or quotes from text in their own words.
Question 8
In better responses, students were able to:
- demonstrate that they can read numbers and percentages in Hindi
- edit their work to ensure that the English expressions makes sense in context
- express ideas and information in their own words.
Reading and Responding – Part B
In better responses, students were able to:
- use the correct text type – an email
- describe, explain, present and express a point of view or opinion
- demonstrate their proficiency in Hindi grammar, language structures, tenses and vocabulary
- use language and expressions appropriate for addressing a principal
- demonstrate understanding of the main points of the stimulus text using their own words
- understand that they were writing as Rani or Yash
- edit their response to ensure that the Hindi expressions and language used make sense in the context.
Section III
Writing in Hindi
Question 10
In better responses, students were able to:
- use the correct text type – a story
- make connections with and link imaginative story to the stimulus picture
- structure and sequence the imaginative story following the conventions of storytelling.
Question 11
In better responses, students were able to:
- use the correct text type – a review
- use language that evaluates and makes a judgement of the positives and negatives of the two restaurants and the quality of their respective malai kofta.
Question 12
In better responses, students were able to:
- use the correct text type – an article
- use language and expressions which demonstrate reflection of the role of family and school on influencing their dreams for the future
- manipulate language structures to express a variety of ideas
- use correct spelling, sentence structure and syntax in Hindi
- use vocabulary and sentence structures appropriate to context.
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