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HKDSE ENGLSH

LANGUAGE

1 • Differences between HKDSE & old syllabus • General Level desciptors

2 • Reading skills • WriMng skills

3 • ListenMng & Integrated wriMng skills • Speaking skills


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HKCEE

HKALE Component Weighting Duration Section A-‐ listening 18% 1 hour Section B-‐ writing 18% 1 ¼ hours Section C-‐ reading 18% 1 ½ hours Section D-‐ oral 18% 20 minutes Section E-‐ Practical Skills 28% 1 ¾ hours *Tables and information adapted from the HKDSE Examination are issued by the Hong Kong Examination Assessment Authority


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HKDSE

*Tables and information adapted from the HKDSE Examination are issued by the Hong Kong Examination Assessment Authority


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Purpose of HKDSE:


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Purpose of HKDSE:



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Level Descriptors:



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Reading:



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Exam Strategy:

Part A+ B1 à at most LEVEL 4

Part A + B1+ B2 à at most LEVEL 5**

Part A: compulsory

Part B1: Easier

Part B2: Harder


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Required Reading Skills:

• Jump reading • Skimming • Scanning • Identifying main themes • Topic sentence • Understanding meaning of words • Understanding different views of people

• Understanding Inferences • Identifying different text types


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Real Examples:

-Identifying main theme-

*Below is HKDSE 2012 Reading Paper issued by the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority


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Step 1:


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Step 2:


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Can you tell me the overall theme?


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Suggested theme:

It’s about the climate quilt campaign-‐ sewing recycled pledge patches, showing how the children care about the environment.


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Writing

Part A: compulsory Part B : choose 1 out of 8 questions*


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LEVEL 5 for WRITING


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Elective 8 modules Language Arts Modules • Drama • Poems & songs • Pop Culture • Short Stories

Non Language Arts Modules • Debating • Social issues • Workplace communication • Sports communication


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Required Writing Skills:

• Basic Vocab • Make use of facts & opinions • Give Examples • Concrete contents • Different sentence patterns • Good structure of text • Balanced viewpoints • Paragraphing • Fluency & flow • Engage READER’s INTEREST


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REAL EXAMPLES: OK let us look at a Demo on Part A (compulsory

part-‐200 words)

HONG KONG is the best city to live in,

“Hong Kong” is a very compact city that has

managed to maintain its natural heritage,

create dense network of green spaces and

enjoy extensive links to the rest of the

world.

Despite scoring relatively poorly for

pollution and cultural assets, Hong Kong

scored strongly in the density, green space

and natural assets categories.


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QUESTION:

Suppose you disagree with the writer of the above news cutting. Write an article explaining why you do not agree with the writer’s point of view and giving reasons and evidence, if possible. Fill in the paragraph under sub headlines given.

Then, look at the following sample writings by students A & B.


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Student A:

Level:_______________

Hong Kong- still my home

The actual living conditions in HK are bad. The air is bad.

The streets have too many peoples. The houses are very

very little. Many people work long time but small dollars.

Cars drive very fastly and many many accedents. A lot

of beach are dirty. Many government men are not

honest. So, I do not like to live in Hong Kong.

I been to Macau and Shenzeng only. Macau is a gamble

town. It has less people than HK. It’s food is yum-yum.

It’s things are cheaper than HK. I like Macau. Shenzeng

has many factories. It is bigger and has less people.

Everything is cheaper. The houses are bigger. HK is


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good to make money, but no good to live.

I watch TV. Cage house is small. Some people live in a

bed. Hong Kong is a rich city. So, I felt terrible. I want

to die if I live in this cage. I know HK government gives

publik housing to poor people. Why so many peoples lived

in cages? China is also poor but China has no cage-house.

I want to bring the people from other places to see the

cages and ask them why they think HK is best place?

Hk is no good place to live. But, It is still my home. My

people do not have many many like me. We cannot go to

other cities to study and work. But, we can all work hard

to make HK a better houses. Everybody should live in a

good house. Then, we will be happy.


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Student B:

Level:____________________

Rebuild the city- make it the best

Although HK is a prosperous and free international

metropolis, the living conditions for the average

citizens are below standard as compared to other big

cities like Vancoucer or Sidney. The air pollution level in

certain over crowded areas like Mongkok or Chai Wai is

worrying. Hence, I am very surprised that HK is ranked

the best city to live in by certain people.

When I make a comparison of liveability of different

cities, I use three criteria: spiritual, environmental and

economical. Despite being a world- class financial centre,

HK has been identified as a spiritual dessert, an


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overcrowded city and a wide- wealth – gap zone. If you

have the chance to visit Taipei or Singapore, you will be

surprised that teenagers there are more interested in

reading books (not for exams) and sipping coffee in a

quiet café just chatting and not worrying about money.

How I envy them!

To access a person’s living conditions, there seems to be

no better way than inspecting one’s domestic shelter.

However, both sarcastic and tragic it realize that there

are still more than100000 HK citizens residing in caged

cubicles with the size of an ordinary bed. According to

the Gini index, the inequality of income in HK is the

greatest among developed countries and cities. If we do

want HK, a cosmopolitan city, to be a better place to live

in, the immediately rehousing of these caged people


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should be of top priority.

The Mayan Scholiasts predicted that this year- 2012-

would be the end of the world. I don’t think o. I believe

2012 is a year of change. Hong Kong needs to change-

change for the better. Not only the whole city’s

infrastructure should be rebuilt, but also the mindset

of every one of us. We must protect the environment,

improve social security and evolve into a more

humanitarian society. We must rebuild not regress. Why

not make HK the best pace to live in?

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What level do you think Student A deserves?

And how about Student B?


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Listening & Integrated skills


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Exam Strategy:

Part A + B1 à at most LEVEL 4 Part A + B1+ B2 à at most LEVEL 5** A: listening tasks

B1: Integrated listening, reading & writing tasks

(easier)

B2: Integrated listening, reading & writing tasks

(harder)


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LEVEL 5 for L & I


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Required Listening & Integrated Skills:

• Listening for names, addresses, numbers & amounts, etc.

• Listening for dates and times • Inference of meanings from spoken texts

• Make prediction of ideas • Completing tables, graphs & charts • Correcting information • Understand speakers with different accents

• Understand speakers’ views, feelings & opinions


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Real Examples: Listening for dates and times

Style US British Date May 13,

2012 13th May, 2012

Time 3:00 3.00

Time(24 hr) Pronunciation 06.00 Oh six hundred hours 12.00 Twelve hundred hours 14.26 Fourteen twenty-‐six 24.00 Twenty-‐four hundred

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Integrated Writing Tasks:

Eleven common text types

• Article

• Formal & informal letter

• Letter of advice

• Invitation letter

• Complaint Letter

• Memo

• Profiles

• Speech

• Proposals

• Reports

• Review


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Speaking


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LEVEL 5 for SPEAKING


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Required Speaking Skills:


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Do you know

• How to organize your ideas in a short time?

• How to invite others to speak? • How to show agreement & disagreement?

• How to interrupt others in a proper manner?

• How to ask for clarification? • How to end a discussion?


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Part A -Group Interaction (8 minutes) 10 points to remember:

1. Do NOT dominate.

2. Do not just say agree or disagree.

3. Be polite always. *(E.g. When dealing with dominating students, you may use: “Excuse me, may I interrupt? “Or “sorry, can I say something?”)

4. Say at least 3-4 sentences before “passing the ball” to another students.

5. Initiate the talk if you given the chance 6. Elaborate by saying

*(Eg.“please, let me explain a little bit…..” or “what I really want to say is that….”)

7. Be free to use “oral” expressions *(E.g. “well”, “you know”, “you see?”, “….right?”, “…..don’t you”)


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8. Never be shy. Be confident to express your own

opinion.

9. No conclusion reached finally is acceptable for

the discussion.

10. Make an effort to HELP weak and silent

students.

*(E.g.“Do you think this idea works?” or“Is this what you want to say?.....”)


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