REVISION

EXAMINATION FORMAT

FAZLINAH SAID
Exam paper is divided into 2 sections
Section A : 4 structured questions (answer all)
Section B : 3 questions (answer TWO only)

Section A (60 marks)

Each question is divided into 2 parts:
1 a (5 marks), 1b (10 marks)
2a (5 marks) , 2b (10 marks)
3a (5 marks) , 3b (10 marks)
4a (5 marks) , 4b (10 marks)
Section B (40 marks)
3 essay questions but only answer TWO.

Each question 20 marks

Suggested time allocation
Section A spend about 20 minutes for each question.
Therefore, for 4 questions spend only 80 minutes

Section A spend 30 minutes for each question.

Therefore for 2 question about 1 hour.
That leaves about 10 minutes for injury time (for you to
re-read and review your answers)
Allocation of topics
Section A:
Question 1 - Listening skills e.g. types of listening skills, effective
note-taking skills
Question 2 Reading skills e.g. types of reliable sources,
importance of reliable sources, differentiating fact and opinion
Question 3 reading comprehension skills and strategies e.g.
i) types of reading skills use for comprehension such as
skimming, scanning, predicting, making conclusion etc.
ii) reading strategies e.g. SQ4R and KWL
Allocation of topics
Section A:
Question 4:
Writing skills
i) incorporating work of others via summarising,
paraphrasing and quoting
ii) issues on plagiarism
iii) incorporation of data / sources
Allocation of topics
Section B:
Question 1 : Speaking skills effective presentation skills, the
importance of verbal and non-verbal features in presentations,
issues related to speaking skills
Question 2: writing skills style of writing:
cause and effect, argumentative,
compare and contrast
Question 3 : writing skills e.g. critical and synthesising skills, issues
on plagiarism, incorporation of sources (e.g. writing a report
based on given data in a form of tables, statistics, graphs, pie
charts etc.
Lets try the following questions on
your own:
Structured questions:
2a) Briefly describe the purpose of any two
significant publication details when identifying a
new academic text. [5 marks]
Suggested answer:
1a) Suggested answers

Title to contextualize the publication in the discipline, and determine

its scope and limitations
Author(s) to situate the author(s) in the discipline, and recognize
their relevant prominence and contribution to the discipline
Date of publication to determine the currency of a text, i.e. how
current / up to date it is
Publisher to situate the publisher in the discipline, and assess their
relevant prominence and contribution to the discipline
Place of publication (books) to position the publication in the
world
Try another one!
4a) State the five steps of writing a summary.
[5 marks]