An introduction to the AS Use of English examination

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An introduction to the AS Use of English
examination

• By Miss Vanessa Pang .

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A comparison between the HKCEE and the UE
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Writing
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The topics which appear in the writing options
cover three broad themes

• 1. School life
• 2.Hong Kong societyand
• 3. Global interest.

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Reading comprehension and usage
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Part I Reading

• Question 1 Comprehension
• The questions are divided into three types
• Sentence-level questions e.g. a question testing
  a vocabulary item.
• Supra- sentence level questions e.g. a question
  which ask you to interpret an argument or refer
  to to two or more sentences
• Text level questions e.g. a question which asks
  about the overall tone or stance of the article

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Part II Language Systems

• Question 2 Multiple choice Cloze
• Question 3 Theme Exercise
• Question 4 Summary Cloze
• Question 5 Matching
• Question 6 Proofreading

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Listening
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Section E Practical Skills

• In the last four years, the following tasks
  have all appeared
• Writing an article
• Completing a leaflet
• Preparing answers to questions
• Writing a report
• Completing a fact-sheet
• Responding to suggestions

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• Making recommendations
• Completing a worksheet
• Replying to a letter
• Filling in a table

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• Section E Use of English examination is quite a
  demanding one, and you have to skim-read a lot of
  material quickly to find information that you
  need for each task.

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Oral
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Part I Individual Presentation

• Students are required to make a presentation
  based on the contents of a 300-word passage. You
  should try your best to reword and/or rephrase
  its contents. YOU MUST NOT REPEAT WHOLE
  SENTENCES OR PARAGRAPHS FROM THE ORIGINAL PASSAGE.

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Part II Group Discussion

• In this part, you are expected to take part in an
  informal, friendly and good-humoured interaction.
  An attempt should be made to cover both subject
  matter of the discussion and any procedures or
  organization which are necessary.