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2008 HKCE2008 HKCEENGLISH LANGUAGE EXENGLISH LANGUAGE EX

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2007 HKCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAMINATION

Component Weighting

Duration

Public exam

Paper 1A Reading

Paper 1B Writing

Paper 2 Listening & Integrated Skills

Paper 3 Speaking

20%

20%

30%

15%

1 hour

1½ hours

2 hours

12 minutes (5-min.

preparation time

included)

School-basedassessment (SBA)

15%(S. 4 – 7.5%, S. 5 – 7.5%)

PAPER 1• Part A Reading and Part B Writing

are based on the SAME theme(e.g. School life, Sport, Entertainment, Teenage problems, etc.)

Paper 1A Reading• Question types:

- M. C. items- short questions- extended open-ended questions

*Dictionary skills will be tested as well

Paper 1A Reading• Sources of reading materials:

- newspapers- magazines- websites- short stories

* All materials will be based on the same theme

- government publications

- promotional materials

Paper 1B Writing• 2 Writing tasks:

- Task 1 – guided (100 – 150 words)

(You may be required to do an integrated

proofreading task as well.)

- Task 2 – more open-ended(200 – 250 words)

Paper 1B Writing – Text types

- filling in forms (in Task 1 only) - picture composition- story- letter (personal/formal)- descriptive essay- argumentative essay

(one-sided/two-sided)- persuasive article- expository article- problem-solution essay- proposal- speech- diary entry

• Task 1- Complete the task based on the information given:

- the situation- the purpose of writing- relevant information (e.g.

pictures, tables, invitation cards, letters of requ

est /complaint, etc.)• Task 2

- Choose ONE topic out of two to write

Paper 1B Writing

Paper 2 Listening and Integrated Skills

• Complete a number of tasks based on the SAME theme:- Listening

(e.g. filling in forms, taking messages, writing short note

s, completing floor plans/flow charts, /maps, labelling, etc.)

- Reading and Writing(interpret and integrate

relevant information in the Data File and the listening material to complete the writing tasks)

* You are required to produce at least one piece of writing (100 – 200 words)

Paper 2 Listening and Integrated Skills

Paper 3 Speaking• Part A Group Discussion

(Preparation: 5 min.;Discussion: 6 min. for a group of four / 5 min. for a group of three)

• Part B Individual response(1 min.) – The question will be related to Part A

• Preparation (5 minutes)- the discussion task and prompts

are given in the exam paper- jot down some points for the

discussion(You CANNOT write anything during the discussion)

Paper 3 SpeakingPart A Group discussion

• Discussion (6 minutes)- You can refer to (NOT read from)

your notes (*Make eye contact with your audience)

- Be sure that you are working on the discussion task

- Effective communication is the emphasis of assessment

Paper 3 SpeakingPart A Group discussion

• A question (very similar to Part A) will be asked and you need to do one of the following tasks:- making and justifying a choice- deciding on and explaining a course of action- arguing for/against a position

* If there is time left, the examiner may ask a second question or a follow-up question.

Paper 3 SpeakingPart B Individual response (1

min.)

School-based Assessment (SBA)

• What is SBA?- Two assessments (by your English

teacher) of your oral performance based on what you have read/view

ed in S.4 and S.5- Two marks will be reported to the

HKEAA (i.e. 7.5% x 2 = 15% of the total mark for HKCE Eng. Lang. Exam)

*Your marks will be adjusted according to your result in

Paper 3 Speaking by HKEAA.

SBA – Categories of Texts• Print Fiction (e.g. science fiction,

adventure, romance, horror)• Print Non-fiction (e.g. science books,

biographies)• Non-print Fiction (e.g. films)• Non-print Non-fiction

(e.g. documentaries)* You need to read/view THREE types of texts during S.4 and S.5

* Comics and newspapers do NOT count as reading texts.

• Individual presentation- Giving an oral presentation on what you have read/viewed

(you can refer to your own written comments and reflections)

- Responding to the teacher’s questions about the text that you have read/viewed

*Your performance will be videotaped.

SBA – Forms of Assessment

SBA – Forms of Assessment

• Group interaction- Exchanging ideas with classmates- Responding to the teacher’s

questions about the text that you have read/viewed

*Your performance will be videotaped as well.

SBA in S.4• Read/view TWO texts and write some pe

rsonal comments and reflections in Log Book

• Form of assessment:Individual Presentation (IP)OR Group Interaction (GI)

• You will be assessed at least once

• One mark (7.5%) will be reported to the HKEAA

SBA in S.5• Read/view ONE text and and write som

e personal comments and reflections in Log Book

• Form of assessment:Individual Presentation (IP)OR Group Interaction (GI)

• You will be assessed at least once

• One mark (7.5%) will be reported to the HKEAA

How can you prepare for the exam?

• Read (English storybooks, newspapers)• Listen (English cartoons, movies, songs,

news reports)• Speak (Be brave! Make use of every chan

ce to practise your oral English)• Check - Look words up in the dictionary

(Learn the usage of words)

Recommended websites

• SBA Materials – Presentation skills, Recommended list of books and films from HKEAA

http://www.hkedcity.net/article/project_sba_eng_present/main

• English Campus Homepage

http://www.hkedcity.net/english

• Filmshttp://www.hkedcity.net/english/watch/film

• EC Highlights – about current affairs http://ec.hkedcity.net/ec-highlights

• Youth Speak II – videos of teenage issues, with notes and exercises http://ec.hkedcity.net/ys2

Recommended websites

• Read – English books with trial reading and audio clips http://ec.hkedcity.net/library

• Play – online English learning games http://ec.hkedcity.net/play

• Create – read and submit different types of creative English writing by students http://ec.hkedcity.net/create

Recommended websites