Secondary 2 Chinese Language Performance Assessment

Table 6.1 Task description and IL dimensions of P5 Chinese Language PA (Continued)

Brief description of the

Question Question requirement IL

Dimensions

Highest Competence

Level Attained

Score

Able to search for the origins, customs, festive food for the Chung Yeung Festival and create a PowerPoint file, citing all references.

Access Advanced 4

Able to name the PowerPoint file as 「重陽 節」 and save it in the ‘My Documents’

folder.

Manage Basic 1

Able to use titles to categorize information, to allocate similar information under the same title or within the same page.

Integrate Proficient 2

Able to integrate all the information collected to make PowerPoint slides, taking into consideration the literacy level and interests of the target readers (P3 students), instead of simply cutting and pasting information from the original source.

Integrate Advanced 3 4 Students were required to

collect texts and pictures about the Chung Yeung Festival, making use of search engines or other online instrument and then create PowerPoint slides for Primary 3 (P3) students.

Able to make use of special effects, including font styles, colors, background, audio effects, pictures, animations and/ or slide transitions.

Create Advanced 5

The “manage” dimension, including Q1 and Q5, carried 9 marks in this PA. Q1 (7 marks) required students to arrange all the dynasties chronologically from the earliest to the latest in one table and name the file as 「文學作品」 (Literature works). The purpose of this task was to assess students’ competence in managing digital information with existing methods. Q5 (2 marks) required students to give appropriate titles to the information in the PowerPoint file, name the PowerPoint file as 「買櫝還珠」 and save it in the ‘My Documents’ folder.

The “integrate” dimension carried 10 marks in this PA. Q4 (4 marks) required students to summarize and report the morals of the story「買櫝還珠」 and request comments from the teacher. Q5 (6 marks) required students to create a PowerPoint file with complete content. It should include the actual content of the story「買櫝還珠」and its moral (2 marks). Besides, students were asked to select, filter and integrate information so that the PowerPoint file created would be appropriate for the target readers (P3 students) (4 marks).

The “evaluate” dimension carried 6 marks in this PA. Q3.1 (6 marks) required students to choose from the dictionary one or more than one meanings of a Chinese word in order to match with the scenario in the question.

The “create” dimension carried 6 marks in this PA. Q1 (2 marks) required students to create a table to match the literature works with the corresponding dynasties. Q5 (4 marks) required students to use special effects, e.g. font styles, color, background, to enhance the presentation of their PowerPoint file.

The “communicate” dimension carried 5 marks in this PA. Q4 required students to write an email, in which 1 mark would be awarded for the correct input of the email recipient; another 1 mark would be awarded for an explicitly stated email subject, another 2 marks would be awarded for adopting appropriate register and standard written Chinese when communicating with teachers.

The above question descriptions were presented using the IL dimensions as an outline. Table 6.2 provides a brief description of each task and the distribution of the seven IL dimensions in this assessment accordingly.

Table 6.2 Task description and IL dimensions of S2 Chinese Language PA

Brief description of the

Question Question requirement IL

Dimensions

Highest Competence

Level Attained

Score

Able to match literature works with their corresponding dynasties.

Access Advanced 6

Able to arrange in a table all the dynasties chronologically from the earliest to the latest.

Manage Advanced 4

Able to produce an appropriate title for the table.

Manage Proficient 2

Able to create a table and categorize literature works and dynasties into two sections

Create Proficient 2 1 Students were required to

use the information found in the Internet and appropriate software to create a table and match the different literature works with their corresponding dynasties.

Able to name the file as 「文學作品」

(Literature works) and save it in the ‘My Documents’ folder.

Manage Basic 1

2 Students were required to use online dictionaries to look for pronunciations of Chinese words and compare it with other characters with similar pronunciation so as to choose a correct answer.

Able to check the pronunciations for the options in the question with online Cantonese Pronunciation dictionaries and choose a correct answer.

Access Proficient 4

Q3.1 required students to define the meaning of the word 「 釋 」 within a particular sentence among all the different meanings of the word in the dictionary.

Able to explain the meaning of the word

「釋」 in 3 different contexts correctly.

Evaluate Advanced 6

Q3.2 required students to look for the meaning of the word using appropriate online dictionaries.

Able to look for the meaning of the word using appropriate online dictionaries.

Access Proficient 2 3

Q3.3 required students to identify correct and simple words and use it to look for the meanings of the word in dictionaries.

Able to identify correct and simple words and use it to look for the meaning of the word in dictionaries.

Define Proficient 2

Table 6.2 Task description and IL dimensions of S2 Chinese Language PA (Continued)

Brief description of the

Question Question requirement IL

Dimensions

Highest Competence

Level Attained

Score

Able to include two main points:

“morals of the story” and “request for teachers’ comments”.

Integrate Proficient 2

Able to induce the morals of the story

「買櫝還珠」 completely and report it to teachers in an email.

Integrate Proficient 2

Able to fill in the email recipient correctly.

Communicate Basic 1

Able to fill in the subject of the email explicitly.

Communicate Basic 1

Able to adopt an appropriate email format and style and clearly present the identity of recipient and sender.

Communicate Basic 1

4 Students were required to write an email to teachers to report the morals of the story 「買櫝還珠」 and at the end request teachers’

comments. An appropriate register and standard written Chinese should be adopted.

Able to communicate with teachers with appropriate register and standard written Chinese.

Communicate Proficient 2

Able to use special effects to create a PowerPoint file, e.g. font styles, colors, audio effects, pictures, animations and/or slide transitions.

Create Advanced 4

Able to include the complete story in the PowerPoint, starting with retelling the story of 「買櫝還珠」, followed by stating its morals.

Integrate Proficient 2

Able to integrate all the information collected to make PowerPoint slides, taking into consideration the literacy level and interests of the target readers (P3 students), instead of simply cutting and pasting information from the original source.

Integrate Advanced 4

Able to use titles to manage the content of the PowerPoint file.

Manage Basic 1

5 Students were required to use appropriate text, pictures and special effects to create a PowerPoint about the 「買 櫝還珠」story , which would be used as teaching materials to P3 students.

Able to name the PowerPoint file as 「買 櫝 還 珠 」 and save it in the ‘My Documents’ folder.

Manage Basic 1