Hindi Continuers 2019 HSC exam pack (archive)

Conversation

Students should:

• be prepared to talk on a variety of topics relating to their personal world
• answer the question asked rather than presenting pre-prepared responses
• express their ideas and opinions and justify their point of view
• be prepared to respond to questions from a different perspective
• elaborate using a variety of vocabulary, phrases and expressions suitable to the question asked
• use a range of tenses and be prepared to reflect on the past, present and future
• manipulate the language to fulfil the requirements of the question
• avoid the repetition of the same vocabulary, phrases, expressions and grammatical structures
• be prepared to be interrupted by the examiner
• use Hindi to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• elaborate and give details of their personal world
• use vocabulary, expressions and grammatical structures appropriate to the topic
• give a range of ideas and opinions about their personal world
• support and justify their views with suitable and authentic examples.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding using English vocabulary or syntax in Hindi responses.

Discussion

In preparation for the Discussion

Students should:

• choose a topic that has good quality reference texts and sources available
• prepare for the discussion by referring to at least three texts in their research
• ensure that one of the texts used in their research is a literary source.

During the Discussion examination

Students should:

• support their discussion with evidence from the texts that they have sourced
• express and justify opinions and points of view on their in-depth study
• reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their in-depth
• manipulate language to respond in a coherent and logical way to the questions asked
• use a variety of relevant vocabulary, grammar, sentence structures and expressions
• avoid responding with pre-prepared responses that do not address question asked
• avoid relying on general knowledge about the topic of in-depth study.

In better responses, students were able to:

• refer to their texts specifically and provide concrete examples and evidence from their research to support their discussion
• compare and contrast the reliability of their texts regarding issues raised in their topic
• provide a critical analysis of the information obtained in their research
• evaluate their conclusions reached regarding their topic of in-depth study.

Areas for students to improve include:

• providing specific information to respond to questions and avoiding generalisations about their topic
• avoiding simply recounting information obtained from the texts
• avoiding giving anecdotal evidence or personal experience as a source of reference
• using Hindi vocabulary, expressions and sentence structures and avoiding anglicisms.