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Syllabus topic: Family life, home and neighbourhood

Sample task 1

This is a Part A task. (4 marks)

You are staying with a Japanese host family. You have decided to go out with your friend. Leave a note to your host mother. Write approximately 100ji in Japanese.

The following is taken from the NSW Board of Studies Japanese Beginners 2008 HSC Specimen Examination Package.

In your answers you will be assessed on how well you:

demonstrate relevance of ideas, information or opinions
write texts appropriate to context, purpose and audience
sequence and structure information and ideas
demonstrate control of a range of vocabulary and language structures, and of the conventions of the writing system.

Marking guidelines

Criteria	Mark
Communicates ideas and information appropriate to audience, purpose and context Applies knowledge of vocabulary, language structures and features to the task Demonstrates good control of the conventions of the Japanese writing system	4
Communicates with some awareness of audience, purpose and context Demonstrates some knowledge of vocabulary, language structures and features Demonstrates some control of the conventions of the Japanese writing system	2-3
Produces some comprehensible language related to the task	1

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