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Major Changes since 2 nd Consultation

Third Consultation on the New Senior Secondary Literature in English Curriculum and Assessment Framework. Major Changes since 2 nd Consultation. More details about public assessment provided Two sets of texts to choose from instead of three. Feedback from International Benchmarking Exercise.

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Major Changes since 2 nd Consultation

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  1. Third Consultation on the New Senior Secondary Literature in English Curriculum and Assessment Framework

  2. Major Changes since 2nd Consultation • More details about public assessment provided • Two sets of texts to choose from instead of three

  3. Feedback from International Benchmarking Exercise Key Comments from 2nd Consultation Benchmarking Consultants • Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Australia • National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), UK Major Comments • Many of the learning aims and objectives reflect those of the subject at senior secondary level in other countries • Extensive guidance for teachers on teaching strategies and on planning and delivering the curriculum

  4. Key Comments from 2nd Consultation Feedback from Teachers • Aims and objectives • Design and structure • Suggested teaching ideas and sample analyses of texts Proposed curriculum generally well received

  5. Key Comments from 2nd Consultation More details regarding public assessment (sample examination papers + SBA) needed to facilitate curriculum planning

  6. Details of HKDSE will be explained by HKEAA • Close alignment between learning, teaching and assessment

  7. Key Emphasis of the Curriculum • Study of set texts • Literary appreciation of seen and unseen texts • Portfolio work using a variety of learning and teaching approaches To develop students’ ability to respond sensitively to literary texts and analyse them critically through

  8. Key Comments from 2nd Consultation Concern about the level of difficulty of the literature course Set texts need to • reflect more closely students’ interests • cater to a wide range of student abilities

  9. Timeline for the Finalised Text Lists • Proposed ‘live’ text lists will be ready for circulation to schools for feedback in April/May 2007 • Finalised text lists will be published in April/May 2008

  10. Criteria for selection of texts • Short stories – from the same collection of stories • Poems – from the same anthology • Balance between classical and contemporary literature • Interesting, manageable and sufficiently challenging for students • In line with key emphases of the literature curriculum

  11. Sample text sets • Two sets, each consists of: • 1 novel • 1 play • 1 film • 10 short stories • 20 poems from the works of four to five poets • One set more traditional, the other more modern and ‘international’ • Both sets comprise texts currently in use for the CE and AS level • Set 1 entirely made up of previous set texts for the purpose of setting sample papers and for teachers’ easy access

  12. Supporting Measures Professional Development Programmes • ‘Understanding and Interpreting the New Senior Secondary Literature in English Curriculum’ (2005-06; 2006-07) • NSS Literature in English Curriculum: Assessing student learning (2007-08) • NSS Literature in English Curriculum: Learning and teaching strategies (2008-09)

  13. Supporting Measures Resources • Resource package on ‘The Learning and Teaching of Poetry (Senior Secondary)’ • ETV programmes on the learning and teaching of drama and film

  14. Public Assessment Public Examination • Paper 1 Appreciation 30% • Paper 2 Essay Writing 50% School-based Assessment (SBA) • The Portfolio 20%

  15. Paper 1 Appreciation 2½ hours • Three sections, each with two questions • Students answer three questions in total, one from each section

  16. Section A (40%) • Multi-part questions requiring critical analyses or comparison of one or two extracts from fiction or drama set texts

  17. Section B (40%) • Questions focus on poems from the set texts • May include two or three poems by the same or different poets • Will follow current CE Literature in English exam format

  18. Section C (20%) • Questions focus on unseen poems • May cover one or two poems

  19. Paper 2 Essay writing 3 hours • Two parts • Students answer three questions in total, two from Part I and one from Part II • All questions will require essay-type answers, with some inviting imaginative expansion of texts

  20. Part I (60%) • Four sections, A to D, (novel, short story, drama, film set texts) • Two questions in each section • Students answer questions from two different sections

  21. Part II (40%) • Six to eight questions requiring comparison of two or more of the set texts • Students answer one question which covers those genres that they have not discussed in Part I

  22. School-based Assessment (20%) The Portfolio • Extended essay of 1500 – 2000 words on a theme/work/writer connected to learners’ study in the subject (60%) • EITHER a review of a film/play/performance of about 600 words OR a piece of creative work (40%)

  23. Standards and Reporting of Results Standards-referenced Assessment • Levels 1-5, with Level 5 being the highest and Level 1 the lowest • Descriptors spell out the standards required for different levels of performance • Samples of students’ work at various levels of attainment to illustrate the requirements of different levels

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