Conversation
Students should:
- be prepared to talk about 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
- be prepared to respond to questions from a different perspective
- 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 Turkish to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.
In better responses, students were able to:
- elaborate with suitable information and give extended in-depth answers about their personal world
- manipulate sentence structures correctly to respond to the question
- use vocabulary appropriate to the syllabus topics regarding their personal world
- provide examples and personal experiences to support their views and ideas
- respond with the correct tense required by question
- apply Turkish word order and syntax.
Areas for students to improve include:
- avoiding giving single word responses
- avoiding responding with pre-prepared expressions that do not address the question asked
- using the same vocabulary, expressions and sentence structures to respond to different questions
- revising correct sentence structures and tenses.
Discussion
In preparation for the Discussion
Students should:
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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
- reflect on their research findings to help them express opinions or develop new perceptions about 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
- avoid responding with pre-prepared responses that do not address question asked
- avoid reliance on general knowledge about the topic of in-depth study.
In better responses, students were able to:
- providing specific information to respond to questions and avoiding generalisations about their topic
- provide evidence of research by making specific reference to the texts
- critically analyse information researched and provide an evaluation of the reliability of the texts
- draw their own conclusions and support their point of view with evidence from their texts.
Areas for students to improve include:
- referring to their texts with specific evidence to support their ideas and opinions regarding their topic of in-depth study
- learning and revising vocabulary and expressions pertinent to their topic of in-depth study
- linking their comments to their research and texts.
