Writtenexamination–End-of-year.PDF

Chinese Second Language Advanced 2008–2010 Written examination – End-of-year Examination Speci? cations Overall conditions The examination will be sat at a time and date to be set annually by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority. There will be 15 minutes reading time and 2 hours writing time. VCAA examination rules will apply. Details of these rules are published annually in the VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook. The examination will be marked by a panel appointed by the VCAA. The examination will contribute 50 per cent to the Study Score. The examination consists of two components: the oral component (25%) and the written component (75%). The following details refer solely to the written component. Content All outcomes from Units 3 and 4 will be assessed, except for Outcome 3, Unit 3 and task 2(b) of Outcome 2, Unit 4. Approved materials and equipment Students will be permitted to bring into the examination: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and any printed monolingual and/or bilingual dictionary in one or two separate volumes. Format The examination will be in the form of a question and answer book. The written examination will consist of three sections. Section 1: Listening and responding Section 1 will consist of two parts, A and B. Part A will provide questions in English for response in English. Part B will provide questions in English and Chinese for response in Chinese. Each of the parts will have a total of 5 marks. Students will hear a number of recorded texts of different types, in Chinese, related to one or more of the prescribed themes. The total time for the reading of the texts without pauses or repetition is 1? to 2 minutes. Each text will be read twice with a pause between readings and a pause after the second reading to allow students to write their responses. There will be a range of question types, e.g. completing a chart, table, list or form, or responding to messa