French Paper 3 Questions - Maranda High Pre Mock Exams 2023

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(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:  

  1. You will be expected to talk about the topic overleaf  
  2. You will have 10 minutes to prepare for the task  
  3. You will be expected to talk for two minutes  
  4. 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  

  1. 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.  
  2. Each candidate should be given a maximum of ten minutes to prepare for the topic on the card that he  has picked.  
  3. 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
  •  will be given to the ‘Oui/Non’ followed by silence or where there is no real  communication between the examiner and the candidate. 
 1-3
 Very poor
  •  will be given to the candidate who responds after a lot of effort from the examiner and  whose responses are often inappropriate and contain many serious errors.  
 4-5
 Poor
  •  will be given to the candidate who constantly requests for repetition of the examiner’s  question and yet sometimes responds inappropriately, making many errors. 
 6-7
Pass
  •  will be given to the candidate who responds to questions but whose responses are  limited, hesitant and contain many errors. 
 8-9
Quite good
  • will be given to the fairly forthcoming candidates whose answers contain quite a  number of errors. 
10-11
Good
  • will be given to the candidate whose responses are good, and fairly fluent but he / she is  rather hesitant and makes a few errors. 
12-14
Very good
  •  will be given to the candidate whose responses are confident, spontaneous, idiomatic  and fluent but with a few errors. 
 15
Excellent 
  •  should be given to a really outstanding candidate whose French is perfect

 

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