2008 Chinese SL Written Exam

Gloamglozer · 20 Nov 2008, 5:48 PM

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For those who did Chinese SL, what did you think of the 2008 written exam?

I thought it was harder than the previous exams probably because they shortened the listening comprehension and added translation into the exam.

I also found that story about the frog and the turtle a pain... I was sitting there during reading time going, "Wtf?"

EDIT: What essay topic did everyone do? Just out of curiosity...

Illuminuest · 20 Nov 2008, 7:18 PM

which essay did everybody write?
I wrote the restaurant essay
BUT! what format was it?
newspaper or report?

iamnerd · 20 Nov 2008, 7:19 PM

yea this exam was definitely harder then previous years but i think i handled it ok. For the essay I did that letter where u had to persuade ur friend to go the china instead of europe.

o well its over now =]

shadezofemerald · 20 Nov 2008, 10:12 PM

looking back now i prob lost 1-2 for content for the essay (i did the last one), all the other bits were good! i've actually heard of the fable we were given before ..like 2 years back..lol ..but i was confused at the end when we had to tick a box -i chose the one about the ignorant turtle, not 100% but sure it's not the dreaming options, it's either the last or the first one. I found it pretty ok, wouldn't be surprised if many people scored highly in this exam tho...

iamnerd · 20 Nov 2008, 10:49 PM

glad to hear that some1 else did the persuading ur friend to go to china essay! All my friends did the restaurant 1 and i felt so left out =/

and for the above post its not the ignorant turtle, that was a trick question it was the frog that was ignorant =/

shadezofemerald · 21 Nov 2008, 6:52 AM

^ omg!!! i'm kicking myself, didn't read the damn Q properly...awwww, i can't believe it..grrrrrrr

iamnerd · 21 Nov 2008, 9:15 AM

its ok! few of my friends also made the same mistake so dont dwell over it too much!!^^
Just wondering does any1 remember that listening question where it asks when that chick is free to work, did it only ask for the days? cos all i wrote was that she was free to work on thursday and saturday.

Gloamglozer · 21 Nov 2008, 4:24 PM

iamnerd, I wrote Thursday & Saturday morning. I think they only asked for the days because they didn't provide any other information... Did they?

With the question where you had to tick the boxes, then would the answer be, "A frog's dream" or something like that?

shadezofemerald · 21 Nov 2008, 5:27 PM

^ i wrote for that one, she will work on saturday morning, but she was also able to work (even though she didn't need to) on Thursday morning as well.

iamnerd · 21 Nov 2008, 5:39 PM

That listening question only asked when she CAN work and not when she WILL work yea, coz i only replied when she can work =/

And i ticked a frogs dream but i have a feeling its wrong maybe i was thinking too deep =/ I was thinking that the frog had a dream to visit the outside world.. but accidental meeting fits that extract more appropriately. fingers crossed or a frogs dream tho =x

shadezofemerald · 21 Nov 2008, 6:39 PM

^ my sister thought it was an accidental meeting. thinking back now, i'm not sure what gave us the indication it was a dream? i thought it was only a story?!

danielak · 22 Nov 2008, 7:18 AM

What did you guys think of the reading section about Mr. Li? I thought the questions were really broad and I sort of felt like I didn't know where to start answering. That said, I managed to answer all the questions and I'm hoping they're right. What did you guys write for each question -- what you can remember, of course.

shadezofemerald · 22 Nov 2008, 10:17 AM

^ yea i get what you mean, a few questions were a lil iffy of what what we were suppsoe to write but i wrote everything that could've been the answer. the first one i basically put down what was given in the last paragraph coz i thought it was a lil vague. His way of learning chinese was easy. Then i put everything to do with his family in the one asking what were his family's relation to china.

BTW, how did u guyz find the translation bits? i thought it was pretty good...prob best part of the exam

iamnerd · 22 Nov 2008, 12:18 PM

Yea the Mr.Li thing was a bitch! But like shadez did i wrote everything! huge huge blobs of anwsers haha xD The trouble with that is there were no marks indicated for each question so u dont really know how many points to give =/
I agree the translation was easiest! anyways u guys really shld stop worrying about chinese and start enjoying my holidays!

shadezofemerald · 22 Nov 2008, 12:23 PM

^lol, i'm guessing many pplz wrote lots there too.. haha yea, now that the holidays have realli started, it feels kinda odd coz there's suddenly no more studying! woot! now gotta wait till Dec 15th...ooooo

20 Nov 2008, 5:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gloamglozer Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 145 Last Activity: 14 Jun 2009, 5:53 PM	2008 Chinese SL Written Exam You can hide this advertisement by registering. For those who did Chinese SL, what did you think of the 2008 written exam? I thought it was harder than the previous exams probably because they shortened the listening comprehension and added translation into the exam. I also found that story about the frog and the turtle a pain... I was sitting there during reading time going, "Wtf?" EDIT: What essay topic did everyone do? Just out of curiosity...

20 Nov 2008, 7:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Illuminuest New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 8 Last Activity: 8 Aug 2009, 10:33 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam which essay did everybody write? I wrote the restaurant essay BUT! what format was it? newspaper or report?

20 Nov 2008, 7:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
iamnerd New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Last Activity: 14 Sep 2009, 10:06 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam yea this exam was definitely harder then previous years but i think i handled it ok. For the essay I did that letter where u had to persuade ur friend to go the china instead of europe. o well its over now =] __________________ VCE 2008(3/4): Chinese SL(35)[46] Biology(43)[44] VCE 2009(3/4): Further maths Math methods Specialist maths Physics English

20 Nov 2008, 10:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam looking back now i prob lost 1-2 for content for the essay (i did the last one), all the other bits were good! i've actually heard of the fable we were given before ..like 2 years back..lol ..but i was confused at the end when we had to tick a box -i chose the one about the ignorant turtle, not 100% but sure it's not the dreaming options, it's either the last or the first one. I found it pretty ok, wouldn't be surprised if many people scored highly in this exam tho...

20 Nov 2008, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
iamnerd New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Last Activity: 14 Sep 2009, 10:06 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam glad to hear that some1 else did the persuading ur friend to go to china essay! All my friends did the restaurant 1 and i felt so left out =/ and for the above post its not the ignorant turtle, that was a trick question it was the frog that was ignorant =/ __________________ VCE 2008(3/4): Chinese SL(35)[46] Biology(43)[44] VCE 2009(3/4): Further maths Math methods Specialist maths Physics English

21 Nov 2008, 6:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam ^ omg!!! i'm kicking myself, didn't read the damn Q properly...awwww, i can't believe it..grrrrrrr

21 Nov 2008, 9:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
iamnerd New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Last Activity: 14 Sep 2009, 10:06 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam its ok! few of my friends also made the same mistake so dont dwell over it too much!!^^ Just wondering does any1 remember that listening question where it asks when that chick is free to work, did it only ask for the days? cos all i wrote was that she was free to work on thursday and saturday. __________________ VCE 2008(3/4): Chinese SL(35)[46] Biology(43)[44] VCE 2009(3/4): Further maths Math methods Specialist maths Physics English

21 Nov 2008, 4:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Gloamglozer Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 145 Last Activity: 14 Jun 2009, 5:53 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam iamnerd, I wrote Thursday & Saturday morning. I think they only asked for the days because they didn't provide any other information... Did they? With the question where you had to tick the boxes, then would the answer be, "A frog's dream" or something like that?

21 Nov 2008, 5:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam ^ i wrote for that one, she will work on saturday morning, but she was also able to work (even though she didn't need to) on Thursday morning as well.

21 Nov 2008, 5:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
iamnerd New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Last Activity: 14 Sep 2009, 10:06 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam That listening question only asked when she CAN work and not when she WILL work yea, coz i only replied when she can work =/ And i ticked a frogs dream but i have a feeling its wrong maybe i was thinking too deep =/ I was thinking that the frog had a dream to visit the outside world.. but accidental meeting fits that extract more appropriately. fingers crossed or a frogs dream tho =x __________________ VCE 2008(3/4): Chinese SL(35)[46] Biology(43)[44] VCE 2009(3/4): Further maths Math methods Specialist maths Physics English

21 Nov 2008, 6:39 PM	#11 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam ^ my sister thought it was an accidental meeting. thinking back now, i'm not sure what gave us the indication it was a dream? i thought it was only a story?!

22 Nov 2008, 7:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
danielak Junior Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Female Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 30 Last Activity: 28 Mar 2009, 8:20 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam What did you guys think of the reading section about Mr. Li? I thought the questions were really broad and I sort of felt like I didn't know where to start answering. That said, I managed to answer all the questions and I'm hoping they're right. What did you guys write for each question -- what you can remember, of course.

22 Nov 2008, 10:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam ^ yea i get what you mean, a few questions were a lil iffy of what what we were suppsoe to write but i wrote everything that could've been the answer. the first one i basically put down what was given in the last paragraph coz i thought it was a lil vague. His way of learning chinese was easy. Then i put everything to do with his family in the one asking what were his family's relation to china. BTW, how did u guyz find the translation bits? i thought it was pretty good...prob best part of the exam

22 Nov 2008, 12:18 PM	#14 (permalink)
iamnerd New Member HSC: 2009 Gender: Male Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 22 Last Activity: 14 Sep 2009, 10:06 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam Yea the Mr.Li thing was a bitch! But like shadez did i wrote everything! huge huge blobs of anwsers haha xD The trouble with that is there were no marks indicated for each question so u dont really know how many points to give =/ I agree the translation was easiest! anyways u guys really shld stop worrying about chinese and start enjoying my holidays! __________________ VCE 2008(3/4): Chinese SL(35)[46] Biology(43)[44] VCE 2009(3/4): Further maths Math methods Specialist maths Physics English

22 Nov 2008, 12:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
shadezofemerald Junior Member HSC: 2008 Gender: Female Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Last Activity: 28 Jan 2009, 9:50 PM	Re: 2008 Chinese SL Written Exam ^lol, i'm guessing many pplz wrote lots there too.. haha yea, now that the holidays have realli started, it feels kinda odd coz there's suddenly no more studying! woot! now gotta wait till Dec 15th...ooooo

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