Turkish Continuers 2019 HSC exam pack (archive)

Students should:

• be prepared to talk about 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
• be prepared to respond to questions from a different perspective
• 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 Turkish to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• elaborate with suitable information and give extended in-depth answers about their personal world
• manipulate sentence structures correctly to respond to the question
• use vocabulary appropriate to the syllabus topics regarding their personal world
• provide examples and personal experiences to support their views and ideas
• respond with the correct tense required by question
• apply Turkish word order and syntax.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding giving single word responses
• avoiding responding with pre-prepared expressions that do not address the question asked
• using the same vocabulary, expressions and sentence structures to respond to different questions
• revising correct sentence structures and tenses.

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
• 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 question asked
• avoid reliance on general knowledge about the topic of in-depth study.

In better responses, students were able to:

• providing specific information to respond to questions and avoiding generalisations about their topic
• provide evidence of research by making specific reference to the texts
• critically analyse information researched and provide an evaluation of the reliability of the texts
• draw their own conclusions and support their point of view with evidence from their texts.

Areas for students to improve include:

• referring to their texts with specific evidence to support their ideas and opinions regarding their topic of in-depth study
• learning and revising vocabulary and expressions pertinent to their topic of in-depth study
• linking their comments to their research and texts.