Originally posted by rude
i well, i looked at the Standards ESL Package and one of the band 5/6 perspective essays didnt have a conclusion so i hope i am not going to lose marks.
I hope you won't lose any marks, as the ESL paper time limit is very demanding. We needed to write so much in so little time. But the band 5/6 you saw with no conclusion could have gotten FULL mark if their conclusions were present. It may just be that little mistake that cost them those 2 or 3 marks and they ended up in the border between band 5 and 6.
Originally posted by rude
P.S. Survivor39, i think you should be an ESL teacher and write a proper hsc exam or we can combine our ESL forces and write a normal English for Study question where a student can use his/her KNOWLEDGE OF STUDY TECHNIQUES!! well its over anyways. Thanks BOS for the perfectly worded questions e.g. Interview or Speech.
lol, that would be a good idea for me to be the exam writer.
I think we have to agree that the English For Study question was extremely unfair, as nothing about studying strategies were relevant. Therefore, everything we have learned and prepared for this question have all gone to the bin.
On the other hand, I think the examiner is trying to come up with a question that people CAN'T actually memorise essays and write them in the exam paper. They want people to develop their OWN skill of writing and compose an answer in exam condition, rather than prepare one and write it down in the exam. I think most of the question this year, the exam has done just that to prevent learned essays.
Also, the perspective question is worded badly and I think the examiner won't punish too harshly for the incorrect text type.
