Assessment and reporting in Filipino Continuers

Schools are required to submit to NESA a grade for each student based on their achievement at the end of the course.

Teachers use professional, on-balance judgement to allocate grades based on the Common Grade Scale for Preliminary courses.

Teachers consider all available assessment information, including formal and informal assessment, to determine the grade that best matches each student’s achievement at the end of the course.

See ACE (Assessment, Certification and Examination rules and requirements) for further information.

Assessment programs must reflect course components and weightings

The course components and component weightings for Year 11 are mandatory.

Schools may determine specific elements of their assessment program

Schools have authority to determine the number, type of task and the weighting allocated to an assessment task. Schools may also follow the sample assessment programs provided by NESA.

Sample assessment program

NESA’s sample Year 11 formal school-based assessment program for Filipino Continuers includes:

• 3 assessment tasks, including:
  • tasks that involve each of the 5 skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing and viewing
  • a formal written exam.

The recommended weighting for any individual task is 20% to 40%.

NESA requires schools to submit a school-based assessment mark for each Year 12 candidate in a course. Formal school-based assessment tasks should reflect the syllabus outcomes and content. The mark submitted by the school provides a summation of each student’s achievement measured at several points throughout the course.

A school’s program of school-based assessment includes both mandatory and non-mandatory elements.

See ACE (Assessment, Certification and Examination rules and requirements) for further information.

Assessment programs must reflect course components and weightings

The course components and component weightings for Year 12 are mandatory.

Schools may determine specific elements of their assessment program

Schools have authority to determine the number, type of task and the weighting allocated to an assessment task. Schools may also follow the sample assessment programs provided by NESA.

Sample assessment program

NESA’s sample Year 12 formal school-based assessment program for Filipino Continuers includes:

• 4 assessment tasks, including:
  • a minimum weighting for an individual task of 10%
  • a maximum weighting for an individual task of 40%
  • tasks that involve each of the 5 skill areas of listening, speaking, reading, writing and viewing
  • one task that is a formal written exam with a maximum weighting of 30%.

Some students with disability may require adjustments in order to access assessment opportunities and demonstrate achievement of outcomes.

Formal written exam

This task may assess a broad range of course content and outcomes. Schools may choose to replicate the timing and structure of the HSC exam.

The total length of the 2 listening texts in Questions 1 and 2 will be 3–3½ minutes.

Question 1: Listening (7 marks)

There may be multiple items. Items will be phrased in English for a response in English.

Students will hear one text in Filipino (Text 1). The text will relate to one of the prescribed topics and will be a different text type from the listening texts in Questions 2 and 3.

Question 2: Listening and responding (8 marks)

There may be multiple items. Items will be phrased in Filipino and English for a response in Filipino.

Students will hear one text in Filipino (Text 2). The text will relate to one of the prescribed topics and will be a different text type from the listening texts in Questions 1 and 3.

Question 3: Reading and listening (15 marks)

There may be multiple items. Items will be phrased in English for a response in English.

Students will be required to read one text (approximately 300 words) in Filipino (Text 3A) and listen to one text (approximately 1 ½ minutes) in Filipino (Text 3B). A visual text may also be provided with Text 3A.

The texts will relate to one of the prescribed topics and will be related in subject matter and/or context. Each text will be a different text type. The text types will be different to those used in Questions 1, 2 and 4.

There will be a pause for students to read Text 3A and Question 3 before the listening text is played.

Items in Question 3 will relate to the reading text, the listening text and both texts. Items may require students to extract, summarise, interpret, evaluate or synthesise information, compare aspects of the texts, or a combination of these. Items may also require students to comment on the target audience, the purpose of a text and/or the way in which language is used in a text to achieve a specific purpose.

Question 4: Reading and responding (15 marks)

The question will be phrased in Filipino and English, for a response in Filipino.

Students will be required to read one text (approximately 150 words) in Filipino (Text 4) and respond to information and ideas provided in the text. A visual text may also be provided with Text 4.

Students will produce a text (approximately 150 words) in Filipino in their response, in which they present ideas, opinions and/or arguments based on evidence in the text/s. Question 4 will specify a context, purpose, audience, text type and style of writing for the student response. The text type that students will be required to produce will be drawn from those listed for productive use in the Filipino syllabus. The text type and style of writing will be different to that of the stimulus text and texts presented in Questions 3, 5 and 6.

Question 5/6: Writing (20 marks)

Students choose either Question 5 or Question 6.

Question 5 and Question 6 will be phrased in Filipino and English for a response in Filipino.

The student will be required to write a response of approximately 250 words in Filipino.

Students will be required to write an original text that presents ideas, information, opinions and/or arguments. There will be a choice of 2 questions:

• Question 5 or Question 6.

Students must attempt one of these questions.

A visual text may be included as a stimulus for one or both of Question 5 and Question 6.

Each question will be related to one of the prescribed topics. Each question will specify a different context, purpose, audience, text type and style of writing. The text type that students will be required to produce will be drawn from those listed for productive use in the Filipino syllabus.

The text type and style of writing required in Question 5 and Question 6 will differ from those required in the Questions 3 and 4.

The total length of one reading of the 3 listening texts will be 4½–5 minutes.

The total length of the 2 reading texts will be approximately 450 words.

There will be one or 2 visual texts in this exam. The visual text/s may appear in any of Questions 3, 4, 5 or 6.

Each listening text will be read twice. There will be a pause between the first and second readings of the text. There will be an announcement at the start of the first reading and a sound to alert students before the start of the second reading. After the second reading, students will be given time to complete their responses. Students may make notes in the note-taking space of the question-and-answer booklet at any time during the 2 readings. These notes will not be assessed.