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- No regard to argumentative type essays.
• Source based exercises
- General reliance on old question papers, without taking the
annual adaptations into account. This reflects a lack of
understanding of the different levels of source-based questions.
• The research work (assignment)
- Lack of provincial guidance.
- Lack of understanding of the skills that need to be assessed.
• Standardised Tests and trial Exams:
- No clear planned structure on the skills that were assessed.
• The trial examination, which is provincially set and moderated
has serious flaws, e.g. almost no differentiation between HG and SG;
vague questions in Paper 1SG Q4.1.3 and 4.2.4 marking guideline
does not answer the question posed e.g., Paper 1SG, Q4.1.3;
4.1.5; and Paper 1 HG Q 6.1.5 and 6.1.6.
• Of serious concern is the assessment tasks developed for research
work. There is clear evidence of a lack of understanding of:
- what historical research is.
j. In Limpopo, the following was found in Afrikaans:
• Not all prescribed writing styles were assessed in Afrikaans. The focus
appeared to be mainly on the narrative style. Descriptive, reflective,
expository, argumentative and discursive modes of writing were only
found in portfolios from Ellisras High School and Harry Oppenheimer
Agricultural School.
• In the shorter pieces of writing (functional writing), the main focus is on
the letter. Very few included diary entries, reports, obituaries, dialogues,
speeches, etc.
• There is still a heavy reliance on past examination papers.
• The standard of texts used for comprehension passages are often
inappropriate. Teachers at Ellisras High School tended to select texts that
were too complex for second language learners, whilst those at Tabudi
Secondary selected texts that were too easy .
• The standard of assessments tasks in most instances were below
expectations. Questions tended to require learners to merely recall
or regurgitate information. This was evident even in the Literature
questions.
- how to use sources and acknowledgment thereof.
- how to compile a rubric for research work.
k. From the Afrikaans portfolios in KwaZulu Natal it was evident that
in Comprehension and Literature, the questions tend to be geared
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