Transcript Edexcel New GCSE in Chinese Writing paper

香港大學教育學院 中文教育研究中心
(11-12)非華語學生中文學習支援計劃
教師工作坊(二)
GCSE 校本寫作評核和教學策略
主講者：宋小萍老師
2011年10月8日
EDEXCEL GCSE CHINESE
WRITING CONTROLLED
ASSESSMENT
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FEATURES
• Part of the short course 3CN0W
(Writing + Reading)
• Part of the full course 2CN01
(Writing +Reading + Speaking
+Listening)
• Available in June Series
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OVERVIEW
• Student chooses 2 topics from the themes
• Write 2 essays of 100-150characters each
• 2 1-hr sessions supervised by the teacher
• Sample stimuli provided
• Centres can create their own topics &
stimuli
• Send to Edexcel for marking
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Themes
• T-1:
• T-2:
• T-3:
• T-4
• T-5
Media and culture
Sports and Leisure
Travel & Tourism
Business, work & Employment
Centre devised option
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T- 1:
e.g.
MEDIA AND CULTURE
a. Music/film/reading
b. Fashion /celebrities/ religion
c. Blogs/internet
T- 2: Sport and leisure
e.g.
a. Hobbies/interests
b. General interests
c. Sporting events
d. Lifestyle choices
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T- 3: Travel and tourism
e.g.
a. Holidays
b. Accommodation
c. Eating, food, drink
T- 4: Business, work and
employment
e.g.
a. Work experience
b. Part-time jobs
c. Product or service information
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How to incorporate writing
task in teaching
(1)
Match each Unit
with the Theme
in the
Scheme of Work
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(2)
LESSON PLANNING
Plan and write
In the
Vocabulary
Structures
Sentence patterns
Activities
PLAN DRAFT
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(3)
WRITING PRACTICE
• Select a task, brain-storming in class to
elicit possible answers
• Form a mind-map
• Students note down the points and start
to write sentences.
• Link the sentences to form paragraphs,
then an essay.
• Teacher gives feedback for improvement.
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MIND MAP - SAMPLE
TOPIC: MY HOME TOWN
公園
設施
倫敦
交通
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MIND MAP - SAMPLE
TOPIC: MY HOME TOWN
公園
設施
倫敦
交通
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Practice:
• Design a plan draft for
“Visiting Hong Kong”
• Ref material:
Accessing Chinese Pg 62 – 75 香港遊
• Target:
Be able to talk / write about tourist
attractions in Hong Kong
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Collaborative Learning
• Prepare a folder / notebook
• Collect useful information
– In class : vocab, sentences
– Outside class: pictures, magazine, newspaper
– From internet: weblinks, researches
• Resources for Controlled Assessments
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Preparation for
The controlled assessment
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Up to 2 weeks’ preparation time
Up to 6 hours’ guidance from the teacher
Choose a Topic from the Themes
Decide on the Writing Task
Sort out the Stimulus
Research and make notes on the Notes Form
Practise writing – No feedback from the teacher*
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Sample Stimulus
(Sample Assessment Materials)
Possible writing tasks (Sport and leisure)
Task 4
You have been to a summer camp. Write an email to a
Chinese-speaking friend about it. You could mention:
• why you went to the summer camp
• the different sports and activities you enjoyed
• the friends you made there
• a typical day at the camp
• the food
• how the summer camp could be improved
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Example of Notes-form
(CA4)
公園
設施
倫敦
交通
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Conducting The Controlled
Assessment
• Assign a 45 min - 1hr session for the
writing assessment
• Supervised by a teacher under exam
situation
• Can bring in notes form, stimulus, and
dictionary (Not drafts!)
• Write on any A4-size paper
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Documentation
• Fill in details in the Mark Sheet
• Sign the Authenticity columns
• DO NOT give marks
• Send the 2 Essays with
Notes Forms, Stimuli,
Mark Sheet with Authenticity Form
to Edexcel
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Remarks:
• Student can make several attempts for the
controlled assessment
• Teacher can choose two best written ones
to send to Edexcel before the deadline
(Mid-May)
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Notes to the teacher
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Task and Stimulus Sheet
•The rubric – “CAN”, “MAY”,
“SHOULD”, “MUST”
•Include bullet points to elicit opinions
•Varied stimuli for different students
•Preferably not in Q & A form
•Check that the student understands
the task & write accordingly
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The Notes-form (CA4)
• Plan for the essay – bullet points, mind-map
• No sentences, paragraphs or drafts directly copied
into essay
• Word limit:
– 30 English words or
– 50 Chinese Characters or
– 30 Chinese Characters + 20 English words
– Pin-yin is regarded as English
– Can add 5 small diagrams if needed.
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The word-count
100 – 150 characters (excluding
punctuations) for each essay.
Below 100 characters, content marks
will be severely affected
No upper limit – no penalty nor credit
for excessive writing
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The Mark-sheet
1 mark-sheet for both essays
Fill in the details at the top part
Sign the authenticity columns for
teacher & student
Send to Edexcel for marking
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The Essay
Check the relevance with the Title and
Task & Stimulus sheet
Check if the important bullet points in
stimulus are included
 Do not give MODEL essay or paragraphs
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The Essay
Check if any enhancement can be added:
–Linking words
–Adjectives / Adverbs
–Descriptions
–Different tenses
–Opinions
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The Essay
• Proofread and correct mistakes
• Encourage neat and correct character writing
• Do not miss any dots / strokes or miss-place them
• Do not split 1 character into 2 halves and place in
different squares
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References
• http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gcse/gcse0
9/mfl/chinese/Pages/default.aspx
• Ask the expert at Edexcel.com
• My email: [email protected]
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Have a Break!
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Edexcel GCSE Chinese
Writing Exemplar
Materials
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MARKING
Assessment Criteria
• Communication & Content - 15
• Knowledge & Application of Language - 10
• Accuracy - 5
Total = 30 marks
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Sample 1 & 2
Theme – Media and Culture
Topic – My home town
Task - You want to encourage young people to visit your
local area. Write an entry for your blog in Chinese.
Stimulus - You could mention:
• a description of your local area and your opinion of it
• the reasons why young people should visit the area
• what you and your friends have done there recently
• what is going to be done to improve the area for young
people.
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Sample 1 – My hometown
Word count : 78 characters
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Sample 2 – My hometown
Word count : 212 characters
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Sample 3 &4
Theme: Culture and Celebration (Centre devised topic)
Task: You’ve attended a party recently. Write an account
of the party.
Stimulus: In your account you could
• give the reason for having the party
• say how many people came and who they were
• talk about the weather and what people wore at the
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party
describe the food and drinks
say something else about what people did at the party
say what you like best, and why
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Sample 3 – A Birthday party
昨天是我朋友的生日，所以我們晚上
去她的家吃晚飯。在她家有很多的人，有
的是她的朋友，還有的是她的家人。一共
有一百人左右。我們吃了很多好吃的東西
。我最喜歡吃的東西是她媽媽做的羊肉，
好極了！除了羊肉以外，我們也吃了土豆
和米飯。晚飯以後我們喝咖啡和茶。
Word count : 110 characters
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Sample 4 – A Birthday party
上星期六是我好朋友小玉的生日，所以我們晚上去她家
吃晚飯，一起慶祝她十七歲的生日。雖然她請我們吃晚飯，
但是生日會下午兩點就開始了。在她家有很多人，有的是她
的朋友，有的是她姐姐的朋友，還有的是她的家人，一共有
一百人左右。那天出太陽，天氣非常好。大家都穿夏天的衣
服。客廳裡有粉紅色的氣球，公園裡有五顏六色的花，真漂
亮！
我們吃了很多好吃的東西。我最喜歡吃的東西是她媽媽
做的烤羊肉串，好吃極了！除了羊肉以外，我們也吃了炒麵
和米飯。晚飯以後大家先喝茶，然後一邊聽音樂一邊跳舞。
最後我們吃蛋糕，祝小玉生日快樂。切蛋糕的時候，小玉說
她希望明年同學們都會上有名的大學。
我覺得那真是一個又快樂又有意思的生日慶祝會。
Word Count : 269 characters
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Suggestions
(1) Centre-devised stimulus
• Rubrics – “must include…” or
“can include…” ?
• Bullet points to guide writing facts –
“What” “When” “Who” “Where”
• Bullet points to elicit ideas and opinions “How” “Why” “What would you …if…”
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Suggestions
(2) Writing The Controlled Assessment
• Write sentences in response to the bullet
points in the stimulus
• Add adjective, linking words, etc to
enhance the sentences
• Add descriptions & opinions
• Extend ideas
• Link the piece into a whole
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Suggestions
(3) Proof-read The Writing to check:
• Word count – Min : 100 characters
Max : no upper limit
• relevance to Task & Stimulus
• linking of ideas and coherence
• fluency
• errors – characters & structures
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THE END
Good Luck!
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