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Victorian Certificate of Education 2017

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ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (EAL) Aural and written examination Wednesday 1 November 2017 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK Section

Number of questions

Number of questions to be answered

A – Listening to texts B – Analytical interpretation of a text C – Argument and persuasive language

2 28 2

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Percentage of total marks

20 40 40 Total 100

• Studentsaretowriteinblueorblackpen. • Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers, sharpeners,rulersandanEnglishand/orbilingualprinteddictionary. • StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/or correctionfluid/tape. • Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination. Materials supplied • Questionandanswerbookof23pages,includingassessment criteriaonpage23 • Taskbookof12pages Instructions • Write your student numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage. • AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish. At the end of the examination • Youmaykeepthetaskbook. Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room. ©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2017

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SECTION A – Listening to texts Instructions for Section A Youwillheartwotexts.Eachtextwillbeplayedtwice.Therewillbeashortbreakbetweenthefirstandsecond playingsofeachtext.Youmaymakenotesatanytime. Listencarefullytoeachtextandthenanswerthefollowingquestions. SectionAisworth20percentofthetotalmarksfortheexamination.

Background information Anewbook,Tea Drinking in Australia,hasjustbeenreleasedandtheauthor,EmmaSmith,isbeinginterviewedona nationalradioprogramthatreviewsnewlypublishedbooksofgeneralinterest.TheinterviewerisStefanLee. Question 1 (10marks) a. Stefansays,‘YouarelisteningtotheNewBooksprogram…’Whois Stefanreferringtowhenhesays‘You’?

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WhatdoesStefanmeanwhenhesaysheisacommittedcoffeedrinker?

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Provide twoexamplesfromEmma’schildhoodthatexplainwhysheis interestedintea.

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Tick()thecorrectbox. EmmasaysthestoryofteainAustraliais‘largelyanuntoldtale’. Thewords‘untoldtale’meanthatthestoryofteainAustralia

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isastoryoffiction. hasnotbeendocumented. isonlyrelevanttothepast. isnotinterestingenoughtotell.

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Emmaexpressesherviewofhistory.Giveanexampleofaphrasethat showsherview.

List tworeasonsEmmagivesforwhyyoungpeoplemightbeinterested inherbook.

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SuggesttwowordstodescribetheinteractionbetweenStefanandEmma attheendoftheinterview. 2marks

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TEXT 2 Background information GeorgeandLeoniearearetiredcouplewhohaverecentlyreturnedfromatripbycruiseshiptoAntarctica.Their friendMariavisitstohearabouttheirtrip. Question 2(10marks) a. GeorgeandLeoniehavedifferentrolesinplanningtheirholidays.What doeseachdo?

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George Leonie b.

LeoniethinksAntarcticahasthree‘awesome’characteristics.Listtwoof them. 2marks • •

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AccordingtoGeorge,whatisoneinterestingfeatureoftheArctictern?

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GeorgeandLeonieleftthecruiseshiptovisitCampbellIslandandthe BallenyIslands.Nameoneattractionofeach.

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Campbell Island

Balleny Islands

Attraction

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HowdoesLeonieshowherdisappointment?Supportyouranswerwithan exampleofherchoiceoflanguageanddelivery. 3marks

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SECTION B – Analytical interpretation of a text

SectionBrequiresstudentstowriteananalyticalinterpretationofaselectedtextinresponsetoone topic (eitheri. or ii.)ononetext.Thetopicscanbefoundonpages3–8ofthetaskbook. Yourresponseshouldbesupportedbyclosereferencetotheselectedtext. Ifyourselectedtextisacollectionofpoetryorshortstories,youmaywriteonseveralpoemsorstories,oron at least twoinclosedetail. Indicatewhichtextyouhavechosentowriteonandwhetheryouhavechosentoansweri. or ii.byshadingthe appropriateboxes. Yourresponsewillbeassessedaccordingtotheassessmentcriteriasetoutonpage23ofthisbook. SectionBisworth40percentofthetotalmarksfortheexamination.

Shadetheboxnexttoyourselectedtext. All About Eve...................................................................................................... directedbyJosephLMankiewicz Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity...............................KatherineBoo Black Diggers........................................................................................................................................TomWright Bombshells............................................................................................................................. JoannaMurray-Smith Burial Rites.......................................................................................................................................... HannahKent Cloudstreet.............................................................................................................................................Tim Winton Frankenstein........................................................................................................................................MaryShelley I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban............................................................................................... MalalaYousafzaiwithChristinaLamb I for Isobel............................................................................................................................................ Amy Witting Invictus...........................................................................................................................directedbyClintEastwood Island: Collected Stories...............................................................................................................AlistairMacLeod Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home........................................................ KentMacCarterandAliLemer(eds) Mabo.............................................................................................................................. directedbyRachelPerkins Measure for Measure.............................................................................................................. WilliamShakespeare Medea........................................................................................................................................................Euripides No Sugar..................................................................................................................................................JackDavis SECTION B – continued

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Old/New World: New & Selected Poems....................................................................................... PeterSkrzynecki Selected Poems......................................................................................................................................JohnDonne Stasiland.............................................................................................................................................. Anna Funder The Complete Maus......................................................................................................................... ArtSpiegelman The Crucible........................................................................................................................................ArthurMiller

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The Golden Age................................................................................................................................... JoanLondon The Left Hand of Darkness.............................................................................................................. UrsulaLeGuin The Lieutenant...................................................................................................................................KateGrenville The Thing Around Your Neck.......................................................................................ChimamandaNgoziAdichie The White Tiger..................................................................................................................................Aravind Adiga This Boy’s Life...................................................................................................................................... TobiasWolff Tracks............................................................................................................................................. RobynDavidson

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SECTION C – Argument and persuasive language Instructions for Section C

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SectionCconsistsoftwoquestions. Readthebackgroundinformationonpage9andthematerialonpages10and11ofthetaskbook,andthen complete bothQuestions1and2. Forthepurposesofthistask,theterm‘language’referstowritten,spokenandvisuallanguage. YourresponsetoQuestion2willbeassessedaccordingtothecriteriasetoutonpage23ofthisbook. SectionCisworth40percentofthetotalmarksfortheexamination. Questions1and2areequallyweighted.

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Question 1 (10marks) a. ThePrincipal,DeniseWalker,wantstogetridofunnecessarypackagingattheschool.Nameone environmentalbenefitsheexpectsfromthisnewidea.

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Identify onechangethePrincipalwouldlikemadebythe

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LouiseandthePrincipalhavedifferentviewsabouttakeawayfood.Identifytheirviews.

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ThePrincipal Louise d.

GivethreereasonswhyLouiseasksthePrincipaltoreconsiderherrequest.Donotincludetheirviews abouttakeawayfood. 3marks • • •

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WhydoesthePrincipalsay,‘Iknowreducingpackagingwillbeachallenge’?Supportyouranswer withevidencefromthetext.

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Question 2 (10marks) Analysethewaysinwhichthewritersuseargumentandwrittenandvisuallanguagetotrytopersuadeotherstoshare theirpointsofview.Inyourresponse,usethematerialonpages10and11ofthetaskbook.

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Assessment criteria SectionBwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria: • knowledgeandunderstandingofthetext,andtheideasandissuesitexplores,demonstratedappropriatelyin responsetothetopic • developmentofacoherentanalysisinresponsetothetopic • controlofexpressiveandeffectivelanguage,asappropriatetothetask

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Question2ofSectionCwillbeassessedagainstthefollowingcriteria: • analysisoftheuseofargumentandlanguagetotrytopersuade • controlofthemechanicsoftheEnglishlanguagetoconveymeaning

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Victorian Certificate of Education 2017

ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE (EAL) Aural and written examination

Wednesday 1 November 2017 Reading time: 9.00 am to 9.15 am (15 minutes) Writing time: 9.15 am to 12.15 pm (3 hours)

TASK BOOK

Instructions A question and answer book is provided with this task book. Refer to instructions on the front cover of the question and answer book. You may keep this task book.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room. © VICTORIAN CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY 2017

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SECTION B – Analytical interpretation of a text All About Eve directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz i.

‘In All About Eve, the world of the theatre is presented as a place of intense competition and intense relationships.’ Discuss. OR

ii. Howdoesthestructureofthefilminfluencetheaudience’sresponsetoEve? Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo i. 

‘In Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, there is life and death but no hope.’  Towhatextentdoyouagree? OR

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‘In Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, corruption presents an opportunity for some people and a problem for others.’ Discuss.

Black Diggers by Tom Wright i.

“… I wish to point out the gross injustice …” ‘None of the diggers received justice after the war.’ Discuss. OR

ii. Towhatextentdidthediggers’warexperiencecreateasenseofbelonging? Bombshells by Joanna Murray-Smith i.

How are the characters in Bombshellsinfluencedbytheirviewsofotherwomen? OR

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‘In Bombshells,individualsstruggletofindtheirownsolutionstolife’schallenges.’ Discuss.

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent i. 

‘The people Agnes interacts with are like the landscapes in this text – cold and hostile.’  Doyouagree? OR

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‘Whatever their social position, the characters in Burial Rites feel powerless.’  Doyouagree?

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Cloudstreet by Tim Winton i.

Sam tells Lester: “I’ve had a lot of bad luck.” ‘The characters in Cloudstreet make their own luck, good or bad.’ Discuss. OR

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‘Cloudstreetisaboutthesearchtofindmeaninginlifethroughconnections.’ Discuss.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley i. 

‘The novel Frankenstein demonstrates that people must have compassion to be human.’  Doyouagree? OR

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‘Shelley presents a natural world full of beauty but a society full of ugliness.’ Discuss.

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb i.

‘In this text, the lives of women are improved through the commitment of both men and women.’ Discuss. OR

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‘Malala demonstrates that there is power in unity and persistence.’ Discuss.

I for Isobel by Amy Witting i. WhydoesIsobelstruggletoacceptandloveherself? OR ii. 

‘Isobel’s imagination compensates for the loneliness of her life.’  Doyouagree?

Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood i.

‘Invictus demonstrates that forgiveness is more powerful than revenge.’ Discuss. OR

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In Invictus,howdoesMandelaleadthepeopleofSouthAfricatoacceptchange?

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Island: Collected Stories by Alistair MacLeod i. 

‘There is no place for sentimentality in the lives of the characters in Alistair MacLeod’s stories.’  Doyouagree? OR

ii. Towhatextentdoestheharshenvironmentcontributetothedifficultiesexperiencedbythepeople livinginCapeBreton? Joyful Strains: Making Australia Home by Kent MacCarter and Ali Lemer (eds) i.

‘This text suggests that some people never feel completely at home in a new country.’ Discuss. OR

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‘For many migrant families, the desires and experiences of previous generations will shape their own.’  Towhatextentisthistrueforthepeopleinthistext?

Mabo directed by Rachel perkins i.

‘Without Bonita’s loyalty, Eddie would feel lost.’ Discuss. OR

ii. ‘Thisfilmshowswhatqualitiesareneededtobealeader.’ Discuss. Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare i.

‘The Duke achieves justice through disguise and manipulation.’ Discuss. OR