Punjabi 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 Punjabi to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• respond to the question asked using appropriate vocabulary, expressions and language structures for the context of the question
• elaborate their response with appropriate details to answer the question
• offer opinions and support their points of view by describing, explaining and justifying with examples from their personal world
• respond in the tense required by the question.

Areas for students to improve include avoiding:

• the use of English words, expressions and syntax in their response
• responding with pre-learnt information that does not answer the question
• the use of  pre-prepared idioms that are inappropriate to respond to question asked.

Discussion

In preparation for 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
• reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about 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
• 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:

• refer to research in detail
• support comments, opinions and ideas about their in-depth topic with evidence from their texts
• provide specific information that responds to question asked
• use vocabulary, expressions and language structures appropriate to the content of their in-depth topic
• manipulate grammar structures to address the question asked.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding topics that do not lend themselves to an in-depth discussion
• avoiding generalisations that do not refer specifically to the topic of in-depth study
• supporting their point of view and ideas by referring to their research and avoiding simply recounting information
• avoiding giving anecdotal evidence or personal experience as a source of reference.