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Higher School Certificate Examinations Monday 13 October 2014
Morning
English (ESL) Paper 1
Candidature: 2336 (as at 1 September 2014)
Paper 1 - Language Study within an Area of Study
Begins: 10:20 AM Ends 12:00 PM
The paper consists of two sections.
Section I (25 marks) consists of a number of short-response questions based on unseen texts.
Section II (20 marks) consists of one question requiring an extended response.
All questions are compulsory.
English (Standard) and English (Advanced)
Candidature: 58,873 (as at 1 September 2014)
Paper 1 - Area of Study
Begins: 10:20 AM Ends 12:30 PM
All students enrolled in English (Standard) and English (Advanced) sit for this examination. In addition, there are separate Paper 2 examinations for each course.
The paper consists of three sections.
Section I (15 marks) consists of one question with a number of short response parts based on unseen texts related to the Area of Study.
Section II (15 marks) consists of one question requiring students to compose or adapt a text for a specified context, purpose and audience.
Section III (15 marks) consists of one question requiring an extended response based on the Area of Study.
All questions are compulsory.
Afternoon
Hospitality
Candidature: 7409 (as at 1 September 2014)
Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 4:00 PM
The paper consists of four sections.
Section I (15 marks) consists of 15 multiple-choice questions answered on a separate machine- scored answer sheet.
Section II (35 marks) consists of short response questions answered in the spaces provided on the question paper.
Section III (15 marks) consists of one extended response.
Section IV (15 marks) consists of a structured extended response question for each of the streams. Students are to answer the question on the stream they have studied.
Indonesian Extension
Candidature: 13 (as at 1 September 2014)
Begins: 1:55 PM Ends: 3:55 PM
The paper consists of two sections.
Section I – Response to prescribed text (25 marks)
This section has two parts. In Part A, students answer a number of short-answer questions based on a short extract from the prescribed text. In Part B, the question relates to another extract from the prescribed text. Students respond in Indonesian to an extended-response question which is phrased in both English and Indonesian.
Section II – Writing in Indonesian (15 marks)
Students have a choice of two extended- response questions related to the prescribed issues and respond in Indonesian.