MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

[Pages:80]MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

NAMIBIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE

ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE SPECIMEN PAPERS 1 - 4 AND MARK

SCHEMES ORDINARY LEVEL

GRADES 11 ? 12

THESE PAPERS AND MARK SCHEMES SERVE TO EXEMPLIFY THE SPECIFICATIONS IN THE LOCALISED NSSC ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE ORDINARY LEVEL

SYLLABUS

2006

Ministry of Education National Institute for Educational Development (NIED) Private Bag 2034 Okahandja Namibia

? Copyright NIED, Ministry of Education, 2005 NSSCO English Second Language Specimen Paper Booklet Grades 11 - 12

ISBN: 99916-58-78-5

Printed by NIED

Publication date: 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Paper 1: Reading And Directed Writing Specimen Paper (Core).............................................1 Paper 1: Mark Sheme.............................................................................................................17 Paper 2: Reading And Directed Writing (Extended) Specimen Paper ...................................23 Paper 2: Mark Sheme.............................................................................................................39 Paper 3: Listening Comprehension Specimen Paper (Core And Extended)...........................45 Paper 3: Mark Sheme.............................................................................................................51 Paper 4: Oral Assessment (Teacher/Examiner Notes) Specimen Paper.................................55 Paper 4: Oral Assessment (Oral Assessment Card) Specimen Paper .....................................63 Paper 4: Oral Assessment (Oral Assessment Cards A ? E) Specimen Paper .........................69

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Namibia Senior Secondary Certificate (NSSC) ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE: ORDINARY LEVEL

PAPER 1: READING AND DIRECTED WRITING SPECIMEN PAPER (CORE)

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Dictionaries are not allowed.

FOR EXAMINER'S USE Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 TOTAL

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PART 1

Exercise 1 Questions 1-4

Below is an advertisement for the Moholoholo Forest camp. Read the content carefully and answer the questions on the opposite page.

Experience Africa... Experience:

MOHOLOHOLO

FOREST CAMP AND RANGER TRAINING CENTRE

Nestled deep in the MOHOLOHOLO forest, on the slopes of the mystical Drakensberg mountain range a very special African Experience awaits you. Visit the famous MOHOLOHOLO Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and come face to face with our many endangered animals. Our thatched cabins provide the ultimate Bushveld retreat. Only 4 hours drive from Johannesburg and 20 minutes from Eastgate Airport. ? Self guided or guided game walks. ? Night drives. ? Over 300 species of birds and plenty of game.

GAME FARM MANAGEMENT COURSES: Experience a touch of the true life of a game ranger by attending a game farm management course of eight days in the Timbavati Nature Reserve and MOHOLOHOLO game farm.

Covering subjects: ? 4x4 skills ? Tree identification ? Tracking down of big '5' ? Handling of a fire arm ? Identification and treatment of snake bite ? Firebreaks and block burning ? Game capture ? Handling of injured birds and animals.

All this gives a basic understanding of African wildlife. Ideally suited for people wanting an introduction to a conservation-orientated career, or wishing to improve their own wildlife knowledge of the African bush.

MOHOLOHOLO -"The very great one awaits you!"

Booking is essential. For more details contact:

Tel: (015) 7955236 or P.O. Box 1476 Hoedspruit 1380 South Africa

Website: moholo@interweb.co.za

Source: Wildlife Society of South Africa Brochure (adapted)

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1. Where can you find the Moholoholo camp and training centre? ................................................................................................... [1]

2. Apart from the management courses, name two activities offered at the centre. .......................................................................................................... ................................................................................................... [1]

3. Which subjects at the Game Farm Management Course would be of particular interest to animal lovers? Name two. .......................................................................................................... ................................................................................................... [2]

4. Where can you find more information on Moholoholo? ................................................................................................... [1] [5]

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Exercise 2 Questions 5-8 Read the article below and answer the questions on the opposite page. PERSONAL TIME: YOUR HEALTH

The Breath of Life

Inhaled steroids now seem to be safe for children with moderate asthma. What you should know.

DOCTORS HAVE LONG BEEN AWARE THAT DAILY treatment of inhaled steroids is critical to saving the lives of patients with. Although the drugs cannot stop an asthma attack (medications are needed for that), inhaled steroids are very good at counteracting the chronic inflammation that predisposes the lungs to asthma attacks in the first place. Until now, however, many physicians have hesitated to use inhaled steroids to treat milder cases of asthma in children. The drugs have side effects ? most notably an apparent slowing of bone growth ? that make them seem less than ideal for youngsters, whose bones are still developing. But two reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine conclude that the benefits of inhaled steroids outweigh the risks in children after all. In the first study, which tracked more than 1,000 North American kids ages 5 to 12 suffering from mild to moderate asthma, researchers found that boys and girls on inhaled steroids were much less likely to be rushed to the emergency room to need treatment with even more powerful drugs. While these kids were indeed about 1 cm shorter than children on non-steroid drugs after the first year of treatment, the lag in growth rates quickly disappeared. Results from the children's X rays indicate there should be no measurable difference in adult height. Similarly, in the second study, of 211 adults from Denmark who started treatment with inhaled steroids as children, researchers found no long-term effect on height. These results should reassure parents who have been told their son or daughter needs inhaled steroids.

Source: Time, Aug 1999 (adapted)

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