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

In better responses, students were able to:

• respond confidently and fluently with appropriate pronunciation and intonation
• use relevant vocabulary, grammatical structures and idiomatic expressions to address questions
• elaborate on their answer providing details about their personal world.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding the incorrect pronunciation of Üniversite and using yunversite
• avoiding the incorrect use of maddi instead of madde
• avoiding lengthy pauses.

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:

• provide evidence of research by referring to their texts to support their comments, ideas and opinions
• elaborate on their responses by giving relevant information addressing the question
• using relevant and technical vocabulary such as, yapay zeka, and siginma evleri, buna ragmen and oysaki
• balance specific details such as statistics, with their own interpretation, opinions and ideas
• make comparisons about the validity of their texts.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding the inclusion of irrelevant information that does not relate to their topic of in-depth study
• supporting their comments and statements with evidence from their sources.