Western Australian Certificate of Education

Examination, 2012
Preparation Booklet

ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE
OR DIALECT
Practical (oral) examination
Stage 3
Time allowed for this practical (oral) examination
Preparation:
Interview:

15 minutes
1012 minutes

Materials required/recommended for this practical (oral) examination

To be provided by the supervisor
One (1) coloured visual stimulus item
Pages for notes (included in this Preparation Booklet)
One (1) visual stimulus item with focus questions (included in this Preparation Booklet)

To be provided by the candidate

Standard items:

pens (black/blue preferred), pencils (including coloured), sharpener,

correction tape/fluid, eraser, ruler, highlighters

Special items:

print English language dictionary or a print English language learning

dictionary. No electronic dictionary or thesaurus is allowed. Dictionaries
used in the preparation room must not contain any notes or other marks.
Dictionaries are not permitted in the interview room.

Important note to candidates

No other items may be taken into the examination room. It is your responsibility to ensure that
you do not have any unauthorised notes or other items of a non-personal nature in the
examination room. If you have any unauthorised material with you, hand it to the supervisor
before reading any further.
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Copyright School Curriculum and Standards Authority 2012

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PRACTICAL (ORAL) EXAMINATION

STAGE 3

Structure of the examination

Stage 3 of the English as an Additional Language or Dialect WACE examination comprises a
written examination worth 75% of the total examination score and a practical (oral) examination
worth 25% of the total examination score.

Structure of this practical (oral) examination

Section and criteria
Preparation

Time allocated
(minutes)

Marks
available

Percentage
of total
exam

15 minutes

N/A

N/A

approximately
2 minutes

1.25

6
10
10

8.75

Interview
Part A: Introductory discussion

Interaction on familiar topics

Part B: Visual stimulus/focus questions

Fluency and clarity

Linguistic resources
Content (prepared response to visual
stimulus and focus questions)
Interaction on unseen question

approximately
34 minutes

Part C: Course issues/topics discussion

Fluency and clarity

Linguistic resources
Content (course issue/topic discussion
related to unit description and content)
Content (sociocultural understandings
and analysis)

Overall

Communication strategies

approximately
56 minutes

5
10
10

12.5

10

N/A

2.5

Total

25

Instructions to candidates
During the preparation time
1.

Prepare your responses to the visual stimulus item and focus questions and make notes
on the page provided in this booklet.

During the interview

1.

Participate in an introductory discussion with the marker.

2.

Talk about the visual stimulus item and chosen focus questions. You must aim to talk for
approximately three minutes.

3.

Do not read from your notes.

4.

Respond to an unseen question related to the visual stimulus item and focus questions.

5.

Nominate issues/topics related to the focus and content of each of the Stage 3 units.

6.

Participate in a conversation with the marker about the nominated issues/topics,

providing examples from texts you have studied.