Brief Introduction of AS Use of English Examination

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Brief Introduction of AS Use of English
Examination S.6 Syllabus (06-07)
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Introduction
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Section A Listening test

• The test is divided into 2 parts
• -Part I (a presentation of about 10-20 mins)
• - Part II (a question and answer session of
  about 10-12 minutes)
• The topics range widely and may not necessarily
  be familiar to students. Examples are voluntary
  aid programme (1998) and logging in the
  rainforests of Sarawak (1999).

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Candidates are required to listen and

• Jot down notes on lines
• Complete flowcharts and tables
• Label pie charts and bar graphs
• Tick areas of a map
• Complete ratios
• Choose the correct picture.

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Section B Writing

• The essays focus on argumentative writing. It
  is possible to break the essay types down into 5
  major categories.

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Characteristics of essay types
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Section C Reading and language systems

• This section is divided into 2 parts
• - Part 1 Reading (6 of subject mark)
• focus on reading comprehension
  with14-16 MC questions
• - Part 2 Language system (12 of subject mark)
• focus on reading comprehension and grammar
• Passage 1 Reading Comprehension (MC)
• Passage 2 MC cloze
• Passage 3 Theme exercise (MC)
• Passage 4 Summary Cloze (fill in the
  blanks) questions
• Passage 4 Sentence matching
• Passage 5 Proofreading questions
• Sources various e.g. newsletters, leaflets,
  magazines and particularly newspapers such as
  SCMP.

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Section D Oral test

• Part 1 Individual presentation
• Students are required to read a 300-350 word
  passage and take notes within 10 mins, and then
  give a 1.5-2 mins presentation about the passage.
  
• Part 2 Group discussion
• Students are given a situation and are asked
  to participate in a group discussion for 10 mins.
  (preparation time 2 mins)

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Section E Practical skills for work and study

• Candidates are given a situation and a role, and
  then are asked to complete three tasks using the
  information in a Data File, which is generally
  about 11 pages long.
• Task 1 is always a writing task e.g. a letter,
  article or report. Candidates need to use
  skimming and scanning skills to collect
  information from about 7 pages of the Data File.
• Tasks 2 and 3 are generally simpler tasks using a
  smaller number of texts.

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Allocation of Periods Per Cycle
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Reading to learn

• 1.  write a newspaper report at least once every
  two weeks.
• 2.   read at least two English books and hand in
  one book report after the Chinese New Year
  Holiday and the other one after the Easter
  Holiday. Assessment of students performance in
  the first one will account for 30 of the 2nd
  Test (15 marks added to Paper A and another 15
  added to Paper C).

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Project Learning
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Listening

• have listening practice once every cycle. The
  materials will be from the textbook Complete
  Exam Practice, past exam papers and
  supplementary exercises.
• listen to the English channels of radio and
  television

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Writing

• Students will be split into two smaller groups,
  each containing 16-18 students.
• The students will be required to write a minimum
  of eight compositions year.

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Reading and language Systems

• The exercises in the textbook Complete Exam
  Practice, past exam papers and supplementary
  exercises from other sources will be used.
• As most of the students are rather weak in
  grammar, useful language exercises will be given
  to students too.

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Oral

• The students will have one oral lesson every
  cycle.
• The class will be split into two groups to
  encourage student participation.
• There will be practice in presentation skills and
  group discussion skills to prepare the students
  for the public examination.
• Other oral activities and language games can also
  be used to enhance their speaking skills.

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Practical Skills for Work Study

• The exercises in the textbook Complete Exam
  Practice will mainly be used.
• The students may also be assigned to do past exam
  papers and supplementary exercises.

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Inclusion of coursework in assessment

• students performance in homework and in class
  will be part of assessment in Half-yearly
  Examination and Annual Examination (20 marks to
  be counted towards Paper E).
• Criteria
• Performance in class students
  attentiveness, behaviour, their attempt to use
  English for communication in class.
• Performance in homework effort, ability to
  meet task demands and punctuality in submitting
  homework.

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Keeping a Journal

• a record of their daily English-related
  activitiesto ensure their exposure to English
  through various means, such as websites, radio
  and TV programmes and readers.
• to reflect on the English activities, write
  comments, and note down useful vocabulary and
  phrases.
• collected and inspected once a week.

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Recommendation of useful web sites

• www. hkedcity.net/english/
• http//ypost.scmp.com
• http//www.scmp.com
• http//www.eslcafe.com/

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