Khmer Continuers 2020 HSC exam pack (archive)

Students should:

• be prepared to communicate 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
• 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 Khmer to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• engage in and sustain an effective and fluent conversation
• use a wide range of vocabulary suitable to the question asked.

Areas for students to improve include:

• providing more elaboration in responses
• using a range of expressions to converse about their personal world
• revising knowledge of appropriate vocabulary and linguistic expressions related to cultural practices in their personal world.

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 the in-depth study topic
• reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their in-depth topic
• 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
• avoid relying on general knowledge about the topic of in-depth topic.

In better responses, students were able to:

• use sophisticated vocabulary with a high level of grammatical accuracy
• use tenses and linkers appropriately
• referred to the texts throughout the discussion
• elaborate and provide examples from their research to support their point of view
• use vocabulary and expressions that were suitable to their topic of in-depth topic.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding the use of informal language in responding questions
• avoiding repeating the word ‘also’ ផងដែរ.