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Marking guidelines
Marking guidelines are developed with the examination paper and are used by markers to guide their marking of a student's response. The table shows each question and the criteria with each mark or mark range.
Sample answers may also be developed and included in the guidelines to make sure questions assess a student's knowledge and skills, and guide the Supervisor of Marking on the expected nature and scope of a student's response. They are not intended to be exemplary or even complete answers or responses.
Marking feedback
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Use the feedback to guide preparation for future examinations. Feedback includes an overview of the qualities of better responses. Feedback may not be provided for every question.
Feedback on practical examination
Oral examination
Interview
Students should:
- choose a topic for Personal Investigation that is related to one of the issues set for study
- ensure they support their research using relevant and quality texts and sources
- discuss and substantiate a point of view effectively by providing evidence from their research
- reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their Personal Investigation
- reflect on their research findings to indicate how the research helped them to express opinion/change opinion, or develop a new perception about the issue related to the Personal Investigation
- 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 the question asked.
In better responses, students were able to:
- demonstrate detailed understanding of the issue chosen for the Personal Investigation
- demonstrate the breadth and depth of their research with the use of a variety of resources, including articles, songs and films
- speak fluently and confidently, providing logical and well-structured responses to questions
- support and substantiate a point of view effectively with appropriate, relevant and detailed references to the texts studied
- demonstrate strong ability to interpret information drawn from the research and provide thoughtful reflections on the research materials
- respond using a high level of grammatical accuracy, sophisticated vocabulary and expressions throughout the interview
- speak with a clear voice and a calm manner using accurate pronunciation and intonation.
Areas for students to improve include:
- listening to the question carefully and answering the question directly from the first sentence, then expanding / explaining / justifying the point of view.
- supporting comments with examples
- demonstrating more than a superficial understanding of the chosen topic
- responding directly to the question posed rather than relying on prepared responses
- making clear references to the texts studied
- linking the chosen topic to a syllabus issue
- avoiding the use of colloquial language and/or unsophisticated vocabulary in their text.
Feedback on written examination
Section I
Responding to texts
Students should:
- respond in English or Japanese as required by the question
- demonstrate their understanding of the issue(s) raised in the text
- include all relevant details and support their response with reference to the text
- use appropriate vocabulary, expressions and language to address the style of writing required by the question
- apply the conventions of the text type
- use appropriate register when responding in Japanese
- respond within the required word and/or character limit
- respond to the number of texts referred to in the question.
In better responses, students were able to:
- summarise the benefits of participating in the workshop concisely in approximately 50 words as required (Q1)
- include all relevant details and write a convincing diary (Q2)
- write an article suggesting their idea based on the text and understand the issue addressed (Q3)
- write an email to their teacher using formal style suggesting their idea and including both the listening and reading texts.
- use the appropriate level of language when responding in Japanese, including keigo (Q4)
- discuss the language and the content used in the text, and explain how the writer tries to convince the reader of the writer’s message (Q5)
- demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the writer’s experience with overcoming her challenges (Q6)
- use appropriate vocabulary, expressions and language to address the style of writing required by the question
- respond within the required word and/or character limit.
Areas for students to improve include:
- reading carefully and responding to questions with reference to relevant information from the texts to demonstrate their understanding
- using correct grammar and sentence structures
- using appropriate expressions and vocabulary
- using kanji accurately
- avoiding irrelevant/unnecessary information
- making clear reference to texts to demonstrate their ability to synthesise information and ideas and referring to both texts where necessary
- summarising the content concisely with relevant reference to the text in English
- aligning the language level used to the required text type so that it is appropriate to audience, context and purpose
- planning the answer so that responses are structured and sequenced, show breadth and depth and address all aspects of the question
- addressing both content and language features in their answers where required
- explaining the link between the use of language and how the language functions in the text to be able to justify how the writer tries to convince the reader of their message (Q5)
- referring to Elly’s whole experience rather than focusing on her experience with overcoming her challenges (Q6)
- using the correct text type conventions, for example, date, month, day of the week (Q2), an article title (Q3) and a blog title (Q6).
Section II
Creating texts
Students should:
- use the conventions of the style of writing required by the question
- use language appropriate for the context, purpose and audience of the question
- use a wide variety of vocabulary, sentence structures and prescribed words and/or characters
- structure the response in a logical and coherent manner
- support their ideas and opinions with appropriate examples
- respond in Japanese as stated in the question
- use appropriate register consistently throughout response
- use vocabulary, expressions and structures that are suitably connected with the issue raised in the question.
In better responses, students were able to:
- read and answer the question clearly, for example, ‘To what extent’ required the student to discuss the degree of a positive effect
- provide justification to support their opinion.
Areas for students to improve include:
- having a clear understanding of the text type. For example, the polite form should be used when writing a speech instead of the plain form
- using accurate spelling of Kanji and grammar structures
- using language that indicates the level of certainty, such as, ‘to a significant extent’, ‘partially’, ‘largely’ (Q7).
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