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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
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
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
‘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.
Section B – Writing in Context• understandingoftheideasand/orargumentsrelevanttotheprompt/stimulusmaterial• effectiveuseofdetailfromtheselectedtextasappropriatetothetask• developmentinthewritingofacoherentandeffectivestructureinresponsetothetask,and
Section C – Analysis of language use• understandingoftheideasandpointsofviewinthematerialpresented• analysisofwaysinwhichlanguageandvisualfeaturesareusedtopresentapointofviewandto