Hindi Continuers 2024 HSC exam pack

Conversation

Students should:

• be prepared to communicate on a variety of topics relating to their personal world
• elaborate and provide relevant details to address the questions in a way that engages with the examiner
• use a range of vocabulary, expressions and language structures to respond appropriately to the questions
• provide information, express and justify ideas, and comment on their personal world
• be prepared to respond to questions from a different perspective
• be prepared to respond to questions that relate to past, present and future aspects of their personal world
• avoid repetition of the same vocabulary, phrases and expressions
• manipulate the language to fulfil the requirements of the question
• 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:

• speak clearly with appropriate pronunciation, syntax, register and intonation
• answer the questions with minimal hesitation, allowing the conversation to flow at a good pace
• answer questions in some depth with relevant information, for example, to communicate feelings, provide opinions and justify their responses
• address the requirements of the questions
• elaborate on their responses without needing extra prompts from the examiner
• use correct sentence structure, for example, खाने में मुझे भारतीय व्यंजन अधिक पसंद हैं।
• respond in full sentences, using compound and complex sentences, for example, आजकल मैं कम खेलता हूँ क्योंकि परीक्षा की तैयारी के लिए मुझे अधिक समय चाहिए।
• use language structures and features effectively to enhance their responses
• demonstrate excellent knowledge of a wide repertoire of vocabulary, for example, संयुक्त परिवार, अभियंता, प्रौद्योगिकि, देशान्तरण, ऋतु
• use tenses as required by the question, for example, जब मैं भारत में रहती थी तो अपने दादा-दादी से अधिक मिला करती थी।
• use authentic and idiomatic expressions appropriately, for example, बूँद-बूँद से सागर भरता है  .

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding the use of English words
• revising verb forms based on number and gender, for example, मेरा माता जी
• revising subject/verb/gender agreement, for example, मेरी पास दो पुस्तक है। मेरा माताजी खाना बनाती है।
• revising subject/verb/gender agreement, for example, मेरी पास दो पुस्तक है। मेरा माताजी खाना बनाती है।
• using appropriate tense, for example, पिछले साल भारत गए हैंinstead ofपिछले साल भारत गए थे।revising use of case (कारक), for example,मेरा भाई की नाम .

Discussion

In preparation for the Discussion

Students should:

• choose a topic that has good quality reference texts and sources available
• ensure they will be able to refer 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 the topic of in-depth study
• reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their topic of in-depth study
• 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 using pre-prepared responses that do not address the questions asked
• avoid relying on general knowledge about the topic of in-depth study.

In better responses, students were able to:

• ensure that sources chosen were relevant to the topic of in-depth study
• compare the validity and reliability of their texts, for example, शोध के दौरान मैंने दो लेख पढ़े थे। पहले लेख में मुझे आँकड़े अधिक मिले तो दूसरे लेख में में मुझे लेखक के दृष्टिकोण के बारे में पता चला जो मेरे दृष्टिकोण से बिल्कुल भिन्न था।
• refer to their sources and comment on how each source contributed to their understanding of the in-depth topic
• discuss how their research impacted on their views and helped them gain a better understanding of the in-depth topic
• analyse the texts studied rather than memorise information from the texts
• develop insightful conclusions regarding issues raised in their research, for example, अंत में मैं इतना ही कह सकता हूँ कि आज के युग की सबसे बड़ी समस्या प्रदूषण ही है और यह समस्या कम होने की जगह दिन प्रतिदिन बढ़ती ही जा रही है।
• provide logical and well-structured responses to questions
• use specific vocabulary and expressions relating to the topic, for example, उपलब्धियाँ, विस्तृत, समृद्ध, व्यवसायी, उज्ज्वल, कीर्तिमान, आशावादी मानसिकता, निस्वार्ध, क्षमता, व्यक्तिगत पहचान, दृष्टिकोण, वृद्धि
• use complex sentences and suitable idiomatic expressions to strengthen and support their opinions, for example,एक हाथ से ताली नहीं मिलती, यह कहना गलत न होगा कि हमारे बुज़ुर्गों को इस बात का ज्ञान  हमसे अधिक था कि स्वस्थ शरीर में ही स्वस्थ मस्तिष्क का निवास होता है।
• use a high level of grammatical accuracy, sophisticated vocabulary and expressions
• manipulate the language effectively to support their ideas and justify their point of view.

Areas for students to improve include:

• using three texts in their research, including a literary text, irrespective of the topic, for example, even the topic of in-depth study is a film or novel
• referring to the sources to justify ideas and opinions
• avoiding using only their parents’ or their own experiences as sources of information
• presenting an opinion based on the information from their sources rather than recounting the information
• avoiding the use of English words
• practising conversing in Hindi to improve pronunciation and fluency
• revising correct sentence structures.