Conversation
Students should:
- be prepared to talk on a variety of topics relating to their personal world
- answer the question asked rather than presenting pre-prepared responses
- express their ideas and opinions and justify their point of view
- elaborate using a variety of vocabulary, phrases and expressions suitable to the question asked
- use a range of tenses and be prepared to reflect on the past, present and future
- manipulate the language to fulfil the requirements of the question
- avoid the repetition of the same vocabulary, phrases, expressions and grammatical structures
- be prepared to be interrupted by the examiner
- use Macedonian to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.
In better responses, students were able to:
- use relevant vocabulary, expressions, sentence structures and idioms to respond to the context of the question
- manipulate grammatical structures to express ideas about the present, past and future
- converse about other people in their personal world in the singular and plural
- support their comments with opinions and points of view.
Areas for students to improve include:
- revising conjugation of verbs to align with subject(s) of sentences
- revising conjugations of verbs in the present, past and future
- providing relevant, extended responses to questions
- avoiding the use of the same vocabulary, expressions and sentence structures throughout the conversation.
Discussion
In preparation for the Discussion
Students should:
- choose a topic that has good quality reference texts and sources available
- prepare for the discussion by referring to at least three texts in their research
- ensure that one of the texts used in their research is a literary source.
During the Discussion examination
Students should:
- support their discussion with evidence from the texts that they have sourced
- express and justify opinions and points of view on their in-depth study
- manipulate language to respond in a coherent and logical way to the questions asked
- use a variety of relevant vocabulary, grammar, sentence structures and expressions
- reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about their in-depth study
- avoid responding with pre-prepared responses that do not address the question asked
- avoid relying on general knowledge about the in-depth study.
In better responses, students were able to:
- support their responses with evidence from their research
- provide a range of comments, ideas and points of view related to their topic of in-depth study
- use appropriate language of analysis and justification to support their discussion
- present their own perspective on the issue(s) raised in their research of their topic.
Areas for students to improve include:
- providing specific information to respond to questions and avoiding generalisations about their topic
- avoiding recounting information obtained from texts without presenting their views on the topic
- supporting their comments and opinions with reference to the texts that they have used in their research
- avoiding giving anecdotal evidence or personal experience as a source of reference.
