End of Year Exam (SA2) Components 1) Language Usage and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

End of Year Exam (SA2)

Components 1) Language Usage and Comprehension 2) Oral 3) Listening Comprehension 4) Writing

Language Usage and Comprehension Duration: 1h 15 mins Booklet A Booklet B • Grammar MCQ • Grammar Cloze (2 passages • Vocabulary MCQ • Comprehension Cloze (1 passage) • Visual Text • Comprehension of a passage • Sentence Combining

Booklet A

Examples

Grammar MCQ

Vocabulary MCQ

Booklet B

Examples

Grammar Cloze

Grammar Cloze

Comprehension Cloze

Visual Text

Sentence Combining ( and, or but) • Natalie is a helpful girl. Natalie is a friendly girl. (and) Natalie is a helpful and friendly girl.

Comprehension Passage 5 10

Comprehension Passage 5 10

Types of Questions They were going to the zoo. Who does ‘they’ in line 6 refer to? The word refers to Mr Lee and his family.

Types of Questions Arrange the following events in sequence, using the numbers ‘1’, ‘2’ and ‘3’. The Lee family arrived at zoo and Mr Lee 2 bought the tickets. Mr Lee took many pictures of the children 3 with the zoo animals. 1 The family set off in the car

Types of Questions Put ‘T’ for True statements and ‘F’ for False statements shown below. Mrs Lee drove the whole family to the zoo. F The family set off in the car. T Weilong took many pictures of his brother F and sister with the zoo animals.

Oral A 5-minute preparation time will be given before testing. 2 Components: - Reading Aloud - Stimulus-based conversation (similar theme as Reading Aloud)

Reading Aloud *Pauses (cued by punctuation marks) *Intonation

Stimulus-based Conversation(SBC) - Students will choose a picture to talk about from the pictures given. - Teachers will ask guiding questions regarding the picture. - Student and teacher engage in a conversation. - Elaboration of answers instead of one-word answers.

Examples of SBC pictures

Example of guiding questions • Do you like the dish? Why/Why not? • What are some ingredients that you see in this dish? • Is this dish healthy? Why/why not? • What are some healthy food that we should eat daily?

Listening Comprehension Time Taken: Conducted within a 30-minute time frame ( 15-20 minutes) 3 Components: -Picture matching -Sound discrimination (vowels, consonants, rhyming words) -Note-taking

Picture Matching

Sound Discrimination

Note-Taking

Writing Duration: 30 minutes fast food hungry lunch accidentally -Based on 3 pictures too happy spilled over - At least 70 words annoyed regret mopped

Thank you.