Korean in Context 2017 HSC exam pack (archive)

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Students should:

• respond to a variety of unscripted questions in relation to their Personal Investigation
• demonstrate how they can apply research findings and textual study to the Personal Investigation in a perceptive manner during the ten minute interview.

Students should expect to:

• use a range of strategies to maintain communication and exchange information gathered throughout the investigation and provide justification, opinions and reflections on both the ideas and the processes
• demonstrate preparation via their choice of the Topic and their close study of at least three relating sources/texts.

Student Strengths

In better responses, students were able to:

• discuss their chosen topic from a variety of perspectives using at least three different sources/texts
• use a variety of language structures to reflect on ideas, values, beliefs, practices and ideas expressed in sources/texts
• apply research findings and textual references to infer points of view, opinions and attitudes expressed in texts
• analyse information and ideas from sources/texts and responded personally and critically use language effectively to present and substantiate their point of view.

Students should:

• listen to and read carefully all the texts
• use the Candidates’ Notes column to make notes and ensure all relevant information is incorporated into the final response
• summarise and/or synthesize information and ideas
• infer points of view, opinion and attitudes from texts
• adhere to the word limit of every question
• communicate relevant information and ideas in either comprehensible Korean or English as required
• use the correct text type as required by the questions
• write for a specific audience, purpose and context
• structure and sequence their ideas and response in a logical and coherent manner
• demonstrate a knowledge of vocabulary and sentence structures
• use a variety of ideas and information to discuss varying perspectives to the topic/issue in the question.

Students should expect:

• a variety of texts and question types with varying difficulty
• questions that require responses that are beyond a literal translation
• questions that require students to analyse, explain, justify, infer and draw conclusions
• questions that require students to compare and contrast aspects of texts on a similar topic and integrate ideas and information to make a response
• to use textual cues and their understanding of text structure to interpret meaning
• to apply knowledge of linguistic and stylistic features to infer meaning in texts
• to express a point of view when responding to texts
• to adapt linguistic features to persuade, convince or discuss when responding to texts
• to compare and contrast diverse cultural perspectives as they are expressed in texts
• analyse ways in which language and texts reflect and influence values and behaviours.

Students can prepare for this examination by:

• listening to and reading a variety of texts that are related to the issues, perspectives and contexts outlined in the syllabus
• reviewing past HSC examination papers and practising a wide variety of examination style questions within a time limit
• practise writing different text types
• learning expressions that show knowledge of cause and effect
• engaging with a variety of texts that relate to syllabus topics, issues, perspectives
• practising the use of various sentence structures and vocabulary in expressing opinion, justifying points of view and/or drawing conclusions
• being aware of particles, verb endings and verb tenses.

In better responses, students were able to:

• demonstrate a perceptive understanding of the main ideas and the specific details in a variety of aural and written texts
• present ideas and information in a summary form as required
• present ideas and information for a particular purpose, context and audience
• synthesise ideas and information in a text to justify views and opinions
• explain how language techniques are used in the text to convey meaning
• provide ample examples from the text to support their responses
• extrapolate ideas and perspectives from more than one text and use them to create a third text with a specific purpose.

In better responses, students were able to:

• use a variety of relevant ideas to convey meaning
• structure their responses in a coherent manner
• logically sequence ideas and information to meet the requirement of the task
• use a variety of language structures and vocabulary correctly
• use descriptive and persuasive vocabulary and expressions
• demonstrate good control of language structures, grammar and spelling.