Mini Resource: Language Exam Paper Gr 11-12 HL (2020)

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GRADE 11-12 HL LANGUAGE EXAM PAPER

Below is a brief analysis of the contents of this exam paper. We hope that you will find the information useful when looking for a question on a specific area of language for testing or when checking for questions which are not suitable for your learners.

Please note that the questions and memoranda are set according to the ‘Examination Guidelines’ from the DBE. The cognitive levels according to Barrett’s Taxonomy of Reading Comprehension have been indicated for the reading comprehension. We would like to point out that we found some variation in the interpretation of the type of questions in the papers we received from teachers. Some questions are more difficult to categorise but we have tried our best to ensure that they comply with the descriptors in Barrett’s Taxonomy. The cognitive levels are distributed according to the prescribed recommendations as far as possible so as to allow for the different levels of complexity at which the language is being assessed.

Reading for meaning and understanding: comprehension skills; emotive language; imagery; style; analysing a cartoon; political satire (meta-language: personification, diction, tone, euphemism)
Summarising in your own words: Summary skills/summarise 80–90 words in a concise, cohesive paragraph
Analysing advertisements: visual literacy; effect of font; antithesis; advertising techniques
Understanding other aspects of the media: understanding cartoons – visual literacy; use of irony
Using language correctly: use of punctuation in context – inverted commas; correct spelling (neighbours); tautology; correct pronoun; correct concord; explain the meaning of an idiom; explain style; write in the passive voice; correct punctuation

Total number of pages: 14 pages

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