ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (EAL)

Written examinationThursday 1 June 2017

Reading time: 10.00 am to 10.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 10.15 am to 1.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

Section Number of questions

Number of questions to be answered

Marks

A – Text response 4 1 40B – Writing in Context 3 1 30C – Analysis of language use 2 2 30

Total 100

• Studentsaretowriteinblueorblackpen.• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers,

sharpeners,rulersandanEnglishand/orbilingualprinteddictionary.• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/or

correctionfluid/tape.• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Taskbookof10pages,includingexamination assessment criteriaonpage10.• Oneanswerbook.

Instructions• Write your student numberonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.• Completeeachofthefollowingintheanswerbook. – SectionA:Textresponse – SectionB:WritinginContext – SectionC:Analysisoflanguageuse• Eachsectionshouldbecompletedinthecorrectpartoftheanswerbook.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.• IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.• Youmayaskthesupervisorforextraanswerbooks.

At the end of the task• Placeallotherusedanswerbooksinsidethefrontcoverofthefirstanswerbook.• Youmaykeepthistaskbook.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

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SECTION A – continued

SECTION A – Text response

Instructions for Section ASectionArequiresstudentstocompleteoneanalytical/expositorypieceofwritinginresponsetoone topic(eitheri. or ii.)onone selectedtext.Intheanswerbook,indicatethetextselectedandwhetheryouareansweringi. or ii.Inyourresponse,youmustrefercloselytooneselectedtextfromtheTextlistbelow.IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage10ofthisbook.SectionAisworth40marks.

Text list

1. All About Eve......................................................................................... DirectedbyJosephLMankiewicz

2. I for Isobel...............................................................................................................................  AmyWitting

3. In the Country of Men............................................................................................................HishamMatar

4. This Boy’s Life.......................................................................................................................... TobiasWolff

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1. All About Eve directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz i. TowhatextentisEveincontrolofherlife?

OR

ii. ‘In All About Eve,itistherelationshipsbetweenmenandwomenthatmostinteresttheviewer.’ Discuss.

2. I for Isobel by Amy Witting i. ‘Isobelneverovercomesthedamagethatwasdonetoherinchildhood.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. “Youcouldn’tmakeyourselfsafe,nomatterhowyoutried.” ‘ThereislittlesafetyforanyofthecharactersinI for Isobel.’ Discuss.

3. In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar i. ‘ItisdifficulttofeelsympathyforSuleimanthroughoutthenovel.’ Discuss.

OR

ii. TowhatextentareSuleiman’sparentsabletoprotecthimfromharm?

4. This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff i. ‘ThroughoutThis Boy’s Life,Tobytriestobecomeabetterperson.’ Doyouagree?

OR

ii. ‘ThepeopleinThis Boy’s Life deceivethemselvesaswellasothers.’ Discuss.

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SECTION B – continued

SECTION B – Writing in Context

Instructions for Section BSectionBrequiresstudentstocompleteanextendedwrittenresponse.Intheanswerbook,indicatetheContextandwritethetitleofthetextyouhaveselected.Inyourwriting,youmustdrawonideassuggestedbyone ofthethree Contexts.YourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromtheselectedtextyouhavestudiedforthisContextandbebasedontheideasintheprompt.Yourresponsemaybeanexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivepieceofwriting.IfyouwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionA,youmustnotwriteonamultimodaltextinSectionB.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage10ofthisbook.SectionBisworth30marks.

Context 1 – Whose reality?

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity................... KatherineBoo

Death of a Salesman............................................................................................................... ArthurMiller

Foe............................................................................................................................................. JMCoetzee

Wag the Dog..................................................................................................... DirectedbyBarryLevinson

Prompt

‘Our realities are defined by the times we live in.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.YourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromtheselectedtextthatyouhavestudiedforthisContextandexploretheideathat ‘our realities are defined by the times we live in’.

OR

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Context 2 – Encountering conflict

A Separation...................................................................................................... DirectedbyAsgharFarhadi

Every Man in this Village is a Liar...........................................................................................MeganStack

Life of Galileo.........................................................................................................................BertoltBrecht

The Lieutenant.......................................................................................................................KateGrenville

Prompt

‘We encounter conflict when others attempt to control us.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.YourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromtheselectedtextthatyouhavestudiedforthisContextandexploretheideathat ‘we encounter conflict when others attempt to control us’.

OR

Context 3 – Exploring issues of identity and belonging

Invictus..............................................................................................................DirectedbyClintEastwood

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.................................................................................................RayLawler

The Mind of a Thief..................................................................................................................... PattiMiller

Wild Cat Falling.......................................................................................................................... Mudrooroo

Prompt

‘We need the support of others to be truly ourselves.’

TaskCompleteanextendedwrittenresponseinexpository,imaginativeorpersuasivestyle.YourwritingmustdrawdirectlyfromtheselectedtextthatyouhavestudiedforthisContextandexploretheideathat ‘we need the support of others to be truly ourselves’.

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TASK

Part 1Writeanote-formsummaryofGeorgeGrey’sandSueMitford’sspeechesfoundonpages8and9.Yourresponsemustbeinnote form.Donotusecompletesentences.

Part 2 Writeapieceofprosethatexplainshowlanguageandvisualfeatureshavebeenusedbythespeakerstoattempttopersuadetheaudienceaboutthreeofthemainpointsofthematerialonpages8and9.

Background information

Apublicmeetingwasheldforpeopleinterestedintheenvironmentalissueofhowtoachieveasustainablebalancebetweenourenjoymentofthenaturalworldandprotectionoftheenvironment.Variousinterestgroupswererepresentedintheaudience.

SECTION C – Analysis of language use

Instructions for Section CSectionCconsistsof twoparts.Parts1and2areequallyweighted.Carefullyreadthematerialonpages8and9andthencompleteboth parts1and2.Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage10ofthisbook.SectionCisworth30marks.

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SECTION C–continued

The slide below, a public notice at the entrance to a national park, was displayed on a screen as the first speaker, George Grey, rose to speak.

Goodevening,ladiesandgentlemen.

TheotherdayIreceivedanemailthatincludedabeautifulpictureoftheEarth,ourbeautifullittleblueplanet.Thispicturepleasedmeverymuch.Butitstartedmethinkingaboutotheraspectsofourworld–thegreenones.OfcourseI’mthinkingaboutthenaturalwondersofwaterandmountains,treesandanimals,brilliantbirdsandwildflowers.Inordertoappreciatethesefullyyouneedtotravelamongthem,lieonthesoil,listentothesoundsandswimincleanriversandlakes.

Unfortunately,therearesomanyregulationsthesedays,liketheonesonthescreenbehindme,thatitisgettingverydifficulttodothis.Youcangoforawalkintheforest–butyoucan’ttakeyourdogwithyou,evenifitisveryobedientandwellcontrolled.Youcanexploreasfarasyoulikebywalkingbutyoucan’tgobyhorsebecausehorsescancauseenvironmentaldamage.Evencampingtolookatthestarshastobeinacampingground.

Iamnotexaggeratinghere.Peoplewanttoenjoythestreams,waterfalls,cliffsorrocksofthenaturalworldbuttheirenjoymentisreducedbysomanyregulations,prohibitionsandpossiblefines.Weareallbeingtreatedaspotentialcriminals,pollutersandownersofaggressivepets.Somebalanceisneededhere–horsesanddogscanbefriendstotheenvironmentaswellastohumans.Thereisnopointinpreservingnature’sbeautiesifwe,andfuturegenerations,areneverallowedtoexperiencethemortolookatthem.Ifsuchruleshadexistedinthepast,thencountrieswouldneverhavebeenexploredandourscientificknowledgeoftheworldwouldbeverylimited.

Evenadayatthebeachisnolongerthepleasureitshouldbe.Thecostofparkingkeepsgoingupandtherearesignseverywherelistingthethingsyoucan’tdo.OfcoursesafetyisaconcernbutIambeginningtofeel,asaremanyothers,thattherearetoomanylimitsonwhatwecando.Ifwecan’thavesomerelaxationandexcitementinourliveswemayaswelljuststayathomeandbesafebutbored.

Lifeisforlivingandthegloriesofnatureweregiventousforthatpurpose.Pleaseallowustoenjoythem!Ifweareconstantlycheckingtomakesureweareobeyingalltherulesandregulations,thentherewillbenoenjoyment,nofun,onlystress.

Manythanksforyourattention.

NO FIRES NO CAMPING NO SWIMMING

NO SMOKING NO CYCLING NO MOTORBIKES

NO DOGS NO HORSES NO LOUD MUSIC

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A member of the audience rose to speak in response and held up the image below.

MynameisSueMitfordandImusttellyou,GeorgeGrey,thatyouarewrong.Verywrong.Theregulationsthatyoudislikearetheretopreservethenaturalworld.Thisisextremelyimportant.Ifyougotoanartgalleryyoudon’thandletheworkswithstickyfingers,doyou?No,theattendantsmakesureyoudon’tgetclosetotheart.Ifyougotoaconcertyouareexpectedtobequietandlisten.Ifyouwerenoisyyouwouldbeaskedtoleave.Youdon’ttakeyourmother’smostpreciousdrinkingglassesonapicnicinthepark!Youkeepthemforthenextgenerationtoenjoy.Thenaturalworldisthesame.Wemusttreatitwithdeeprespectsothatababyborntoday–andhergrandchildren–canenjoyittoo.

Yourowndogmightbeobedientbutmanydogsarenotsowelltrained.Onehorsemightnotcausemuchdamagebutalargenumberofthemwouldcertainlydoalotofdamagetofragileflowers.Andnotallcamperstakeawaytheirrubbish!

Ourbeautifulrivers,mountains,beachesandtreesareourstoprotect,nottospoilordamage.Toachievethisafewsensiblerestrictionsarenecessary.Whydon’twejusttrusttheexpertsandfollowtheirguidelinessothatournaturalworldwillflourish?

Letusenjoythis.

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Page9:DaniLennon(photographer)inCarolBooth,‘Biophilia:Falsehopeorunrealisedpromise?’,Wildlife Australia,Autumn2015,vol.52no.1,p.41

Examination assessment criteriaTheexaminationwilladdressallthecriteria.Studentresponseswillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria:

Section A – Text response• detailedknowledgeandunderstandingoftheselectedtext,demonstratedappropriatelyinresponseto

thetask• developmentinthewritingofacoherentandeffectivestructureinresponsetothetask• controlintheuseofexpressiveandeffectivelanguageappropriatetothetask

Section B – Writing in Context• understandingoftheideasand/orargumentsrelevanttotheprompt/stimulusmaterial• effectiveuseofdetailfromtheselectedtextasappropriatetothetask• developmentinthewritingofacoherentandeffectivestructureinresponsetothetask,and

appropriatetothepurpose,formandaudience• controlintheuseoflanguageappropriatetothepurpose,formandaudience

Section C – Analysis of language use• understandingoftheideasandpointsofviewinthematerialpresented• analysisofwaysinwhichlanguageandvisualfeaturesareusedtopresentapointofviewandto

persuadereaders• controlofthemechanicsoftheEnglishlanguagetosupportmeaning