English Language Syllabus 2007 Worksheet (An Overview)

New Eng. Syllabus 2007 Worksheet prepared by Ms S Chan of SJASS Sept. 05

Name: ______( ) Class: ______

Assessment: Component Weighting% Duration

Public examination Paper 1A ______1 hour Paper 1B ______hours Paper 2 ______hours Paper 3 Speaking ______12 minutes

School-based assessment (SBA) ______

Paper 1A ______Range of questions types -> multiple-choice, short responses, open-ended responses.

Paper 1B ______Task 1 -> ______words -> purpose of writing & situation given. Task 2-> ______words -> longer essay , more ______question set.

Assessment -> accurate content, planning & or______, right vocabulary & language pattern, tone, style, format & register.

Paper 2 ______Reading & Listening tasks – 1 theme. Writing tasks -> at least 1 piece -> ______words

A data file will be given including -> conversations, telephone ______, in______, lectures, articles, l______, tables, g______and flowcharts.

Assessment-> task completion, language -> s______structures, vocabulary, spelling.

1 New Eng. Syllabus 2007 Worksheet prepared by Ms S Chan of SJASS Sept. 05

Paper 3 ______Part A: Group discussion -> prompts given in various forms e.g. prose, flow charts, graphs, p______, tables. Preparation -> ______mins. Discussion -> ______mins. per group

Part B: Individual response -> based on group discussion task -> justify, decide, explain, a______for and against a position, etc. 1 candidate -> ______min.

School-based Assessment

The assessment is mainly on s______. Therefore, actually the weighting for the skill s______is 30% in total.

Students’ work: Sources ->> books, videos, films Read / View ______texts within 2 years (S.4 & S.5) from fiction (1 print & 1 non-print ) and non-fiction (1 print & 1 non-print ).

Texts -> Teachers/students choose 2 or more texts from the list provided by HKEAA. See -> www.hkeaa.edu.hk -> English-> SBA-> Subject info-> English Language under HKCEE -> English Language -> General Information -> Recommended Text

A very useful website in which you can get almost everything you (students) need to polish your English and know more about the new HKCEE Syllabus: http://www.hkedcity.net/english/

Film Channel: http://ec.hkedcity.net/film

Background information and resources for teachers: http://web.hku.hk/~sbapro/index.html