Khmer Continuers 2017 HSC exam pack (archive)
2017 Khmer Continuers HSC exam paper (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 South Australian Certificate of Education site.
Marking feedback
Select from the link(s) below to view feedback about how students performed in this year’s examination.
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
General feedback
Students should:
- use a range of strategies to communicate information, opinions and experiences in Khmer.
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.
Student strengths
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.
General feedback
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.
Student strengths
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
Feedback for the written examination can be found on the South Australian Certificate of Education site
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