(Reading aloud)
Reading Aloud
CARD A
La province du Québec se trouve au Canada et le fleuve divisant la région s’appelle le Saint-Laurent. Le climat est dur – il fait chaud en été et en hiver il neige beaucoup et il fait très froid. Presque la moitié de la population provinciale vit à Montréal et près de 80% des québécois vivent sur une bande de terre au bord du Saint-Laurent. Il y a énormément des forets et de lacs dans la province. Comme la population, l’agriculture est concentrée dans le sud de la région et la production de papier est une industrie importante québécoise.
Reading Aloud
CARD B
Le Québec est une province au Canada connue pour ces industries de production de papier. Le français y est la langue la plus parlée. Il s’y trouve des lacs, des forets énormes et un fleuve nommé Saint-Laurent qui divise la région en deux. Il fait chaud quelque fois, mais pendant l’hiver les québécois aiment bien faire du ski et le patinage grâce à la neige. 82 % de la population de cette région pratique l’agriculture, qui est censée d’être l’activité économique principale à Montréal, l’une des grandes villes québécoises.
Exposé
Instructions to candidates:
- You will be expected to talk about the topic overleaf
- You will have 10 minutes to prepare for the task
- You will be expected to talk for two minutes
- Don’t write on this paper.
Exposé
CARD A
C’est très important d’apprendre le français à l’école. Quel est votre opinion ?
Exposé
CARD B
Il vaut mieux être employé que faire ses propres affaires. Que pensez-vous ?
Exposé
CARD C
Comment peut-on réussir dans la vie ?
Exposé
CARD D
Pourquoi est-il nécessaire de travailler ?
MARKING SCHEME
Instructions to the examiners:
Section I of this examination will test reading aloud skills. There will be two reading aloud passages to be alternated between successive candidates. Candidates should study the passage for 5 minutes before entering the examination room.
Section II of the examination will be an expose based on the situation outlined on the examination card. Candidates should study the situation for 10 minutes and then be prepared to talk on the topic assigned to them. The examiner should tell the candidates when to start and should stop the candidate after the two minutes. The exposé should last for 2 minutes.
Section III of this examination will test the candidate’s conversational skills of a general nature. The conversation will be based on topics related to the candidate’s experience. It should last between 5-7 minutes.
All the three sections of the examination should be marked according to the marking scheme provided.
SECTION I
Reading Aloud Marking Scheme
Total =5 MARKS
NOTE: Award ½ marks where necessary
5 | Will be given for pleasing approximation to a native French speaker, convincingly sustained throughout the passage. |
4 | ( to be considered as ‘up down from 5’) will be given when the ‘Frenchness’ is not sustained throughout. |
3 | ( to be considered as ‘up from 2’) where there is a significant amount of pleasing rhythm and intonation |
2 | (the pass/fail line) will be given where there are signs of correct stress and intonation but a lot of distortion. |
1 | Will be given for the laboured and inaccurate. |
0 | Will be given for almost incomprehensible. |
Note: It is suggested that by the end of the first quarter of the passage, Examiners should have formed a clear idea of their ‘starting point’: Down from 5? Up or down from2? Up from 0? |
SECTION II
Exposé
- The cards provided contain one situation each. The candidates will pick a card by drawing lots from the set of cards provided. The candidates should not be made aware of the content of the cards prior to making their choice.
- Each candidate should be given a maximum of ten minutes to prepare for the topic on the card that he has picked.
- Each candidate should be given a maximum of 2 minutes to present the exposé. 4. The examiner may not interrupt the candidate before the expiry of the two minutes. 5. Only verbal communication will be assessed: marks will not be awarded for gestures, facial expressions or any other non-verbal forms of communication.
Exposé Marking Scheme
Total: 5 MARKS.
Marks will be awarded using the following scale.
SKILL | MAXIMUM MARKS | MARKS AWARDED |
Fluency | 5 | |
Relevance | 2 | |
Articulation | 3 | |
Intonation | 3 | |
Coherence | 2 | |
Total | 15 |
The exposé will be marked out of 15 marks based on the scale above. The total marks for the exposé being 5 marks, the examiner should scale down the candidate’s total marks by 3 to get the right score out of 5 marks.
SECTION III
Conversation
Total: 15 marks.
Time: about 5 minutes.
- It should be a conversation of a general nature related to the candidate’s experience and the content on page 281-282 of the KCSE Regulations and Syllabuses, 2006-2007, of the KNEC. The examiner is expected to ask specific questions on related topics and not just concentrate on one topic:
- You should allow the stipulated length of time for each candidate.
- You should start out from any point of interest noted earlier or ask a few general questions relating to everyday life such as school, family, etc. Not more than four (4) topics from the list on page 281-282 (KCSE Regulations and Syllabuses, 2006-2007) should be examined.
- Precise factual knowledge or information is not necessary.
- Be ready to pass on quickly to another subject if a candidate is out of his / her depth. ∙ Candidates should be expected to respond naturally to questions: their answers need not therefore be in the form of complete sentences. You should take care to avoid questions inviting simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ by using a variety of interrogatives (see list below). The examiners should use ‘vous’ when addressing the candidates during the examination.
- Questions should be adjusted to the candidates’ ability. Candidates should be prompted and encouraged where necessary.
- Long periods of silence should be avoided.
- Do not interrupt the candidates unless you are sure that he/she cannot complete the answer. ∙
- Incorrect answers should neither be corrected, nor answers supplied when none is given. ∙
- Questions should either be rephrased or allowed to go unanswered rather than be repeated. www.freekcsepastpapers.com www.freekcsepastpapers.com www.freekcsepastpapers.com
- The use of English vocabulary should be avoided.
List of Questions
(Guideline)
- Quels sont les avantages/inconvénients/problèmes………………………. ?
- Qu’est-ce que vous aimez/préférez ?
Pourquoi ? - Qu’est-ce qui vous intéresse ?
- Comment trouvez-vous……………………….. ?
- Que pensez-vous de…………………………. ?
- Quelle est í importance de……………………. ?
- Qu’aimeriez-vous faire/devenir ?
- Quelle sorte de………………. ?
- Pouvez-vous donner des exemples ?
- Qu’est-ce qui se passe…………………… ?
- Que peut-on faire……………………… ?
- Comment est-ce qu’on…………………… ?
- Que feriez-vous si………………………… ?
- Parlez-moi un peu de………………………
- Comparez………………………….
Conversation Marking Scheme
Total = 15 MARKS
NOTE : No half marks should be awarded.
The objective object here is to induce a spontaneous fluent conversation in which the candidate speaks more than the examiner.
0 |
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1-3 Very poor |
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4-5 Poor |
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6-7 Pass |
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8-9 Quite good |
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10-11 Good |
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12-14 Very good |
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15 Excellent |
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