Macedonian Continuers 2019 HSC exam pack (archive)

Conversation

Students should:

• be prepared to talk 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 Macedonian to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• use relevant vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures and idioms to respond to the context of the question
• manipulate grammatical structures to express ideas about the present, past and future
• converse about other people in their personal world in the singular and plural
• support their comments with opinions and points of view.

Areas for students to improve include:

• revising conjugation of verbs to align with subject(s) of sentences
• revising conjugations of verbs in the present, past and future
• providing relevant, extended responses to questions
• avoiding the use of the same vocabulary, expressions and sentence structures throughout the conversation.

Discussion

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 their 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
• reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their in-depth study
• avoid responding with pre-prepared responses that do not address the question asked
• avoid relying on general knowledge about the in-depth study.

In better responses, students were able to:

• support their responses with evidence from their research
• provide a range of comments, ideas and points of view related to their topic of in-depth study
• use appropriate language of analysis and justification to support their discussion
• present their own perspective on the issue(s) raised in their research of their topic.

Areas for students to improve include:

• providing specific information to respond to questions and avoiding generalisations about their topic
• avoiding recounting information obtained from texts without presenting their views on the topic
• supporting their comments and opinions with reference to the texts that they have used in their research
• avoiding giving anecdotal evidence or personal experience as a source of reference.