2012 ATESOL Trial HSC Listening Paper

ATESOL NSW Inc

2012
TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION

Student Number

English (ESL)
Listening Paper

Total marks – 15
Attempt Questions 1-7

Answer the questions in the spaces provided.

In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: demonstrate understanding of the relationship between language, text, audience and purpose

The Listening Task

You are about to hear the first part of an ABC radio show called Thank God It’s Friday (TGIF) which was performed in front of a live audience. The presenter, Richard Glover, begins the program with a section called The News from Nowhere. In it Glover gives a humorous account of his son and his son’s friends studying for the HSC. He refers to his son as ‘Bat Boy’ and his wife as ‘Jocasta’.

Before you hear the recording you will have two minutes to read the questions printed in this paper.

As you are listening to the recording, follow the questions. You may write notes if you wish in the Candidate’s Notes spaces provided on pages 2-4. Anything you write in the Candidate’s Notes spaces will NOT be marked.

You will hear the recording, then the questions will be read aloud. You will hear the recording a SECOND time, and then you will be given time to write the answers.

You now have two minutes to read the questions.

Marks
Question 1 (1 mark)
What is the purpose of this radio show? 1

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CANDIDATE’S NOTES: These notes will NOT be marked.

Marks
Question 2 (2 marks)

Explain how ONE feature of the introduction engages the listeners. 2

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Question 3 (1 mark)
What does Glover mean by the word ‘procrastination’? 1
Tick the box that corresponds to the best answer.

(A) Delaying studying 
(B) Studying hard 
(C) Organising study time 
(D) Becoming well rounded citizens 
Question 4 (2 marks)
Give TWO examples