T “] S& rest cope 01219032 FORM TP 2021069 MAYIJUNE 2021 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION ENGLISH A/B Paper 032 ~ General Proficiency 2 hours READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. 1. This paper consists of THREE questions. Answer ALL questions. 2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet. 3. You are advised to take some time to read through the paper and plan your answers. 4. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the original page, you mustuse the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer. 5. Ifyou use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the question part beside the answer. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2020 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. Liorzis032,uesec 2021 (MA 0,0if * 7 Examine the THREE texts carefully and then answer the questions that follow. TEXT 1 — Article from a Newspaper Minister Taking Steps to Address Truancy The Ministry of Education will be appointing truancy officers as part of a concerted effort to arrest the chronic absenteeism among primary and secondary school students, a problem which is even ‘more pronounced in the western parishes. “We are striking a relationship with the police . .. if you are absent for more than three days without 5 a communicated excuse, somebody from the school must go for you, and if there is a difficulty finding you, or resistance, they must carry the police, not to lock up the parents — we haven't got to that stage — but to ensure that the full strength of authority in the society is at play.” the Education Minister told a Gleaner Editor’s Forum on Wednesday. Arecent survey by the ministry found that the overall average attendance is 82 per cent, with girls 10 spending more time in the classroom than boys. In addition, 1.8 per cent of these students drop out of school every year, with the figure rising to three per cent in western parishes. “I don’t have raw numbers, (but) you're talking about roughly 480 000 children in primary and secondary schools, but the point about the west is significant for us,” the Education Minister disclosed. “The principal of one of the high schools points out that she has very grave difficulty 15 keeping her Grade 10 boys in school because they see some of their peers outside a drive big car and flash gold teeth.” Attendance improvement ‘The minister also disclosed that the 82 per cent average attendance, which he considers woefully inadequate. is actually an improvement over the past three or four years. 20 “Prior to that, it was lower and also it tends to be seasonal, especially in agricultural areas, he shared, noting that the proportion of girls attending school on a regular basis is higher, with guardians and parents largely responsible for the children’s ongoing absence from class. “There is this pervasive cultural issue, which is that there are a lot of people in Jamaica and a lot of parents who don’t really check for education. They think that it is something that can help 25 you, if you bright, but it’s not necessarily the most important priority, which is the motif that the Ministry of Education is pushing, ‘Secondly, there are undoubtedly serious economic issues that affect families, and there isa difference between girls and boys because the proportion of girls attending is somewhat high —two or three per cent higher — which reinforces a cultural predisposition that the girl is probably going to do 30 better...,” the minister advised. However, he admitted that the education system was also at fault in some respects. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 le“One of the difficulties of inadequate sanctions for misbehaviour in schools is that one of the most frequent punishments is suspension, but suspension is a let-off for most people who get it because they just go home, and they are away from school.” 35. The decision to put a cap on the chronic absenteeism by implementing a system that involves accurately tracking the attendance of students will also get support from the Ministry of National Security. Christopher Sergu, “Minister Taking Steps to Address Truancy”, The Gleaner, 28 August 2015. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01219032/Ms/CSEC 2021 IL =|r = 7 TEXT 2— Cartoon Unu High School “This is not the exam results, headmaster. ‘This is the truaney figures.” GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE ft 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 Ler TEXT 3—Poem 10 15 20 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 L ‘Truant Our high school principal wagged his finger ‘over two manila folders lying on his desk, labeled my boyfriend and me — called to his office for skipping school. our names — The day before, we ditched Latin and world history to chase shadows of clouds on a motorcycle. We roared down rolling asphalt roads through the Missouri River bottoms 5 beyond town, our heads emptied of review tests and future plans. We stopped on a dirt lane to hear a meadowlark’s liquid song, smell heart-break blossom of wild plum. Beyond leaning fence posts and barb’ a tractor drew straight lines across the field Unfurling its cape of blackbirds. Now forty years after that geography lesson in spring, I temember the principal’s words. How right he was in saying: This will be part of your permanent record. Margaret Hasse, “Truant”. In Earth's Appetite, Nodin Press, 2013. Retrieved from hups://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/5744 l/rruant. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE |ag 1. @_ Outline the main idea or issue presented in EACH of the THREE texts on pages 4-7. Text 1 Text 2 Text3 .. (6 marks) (6) Choose ONE of the three texts on pages 4~7 and assess the appropriateness of the text you have chosen for the purpose of communicating the idea or issue. (@ marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Bu 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 Lr * a (©) For any TWO of the texts given on pages 47, choose ONE language technique used in EACH and explain its effectiveness. Title of text . Technique used Effectiveness Title of text .. ‘Technique used . Effectiveness ... (6 marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021a (a) (b) PI0e “1 Inmaking a presentation itis important to consider the composition of the audience. Explain THREE other factors which a speaker must consider when making an oral presentation. Factor 1 Factor 3 .. (6 marks) You have been asked to make an oral presentation based on the main idea or issue in the the oral presentation. three texts on pages 4-7. List THREE points you would discus: Point 1 Point2 ... marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 Le pa-1- al (©) Think of a group of persons who may be interested in the issues outlined in the oral presentation in (b) on page 10. List THREE characteristics of the group to which the presentation would be made and THREE techniques that you would use to keep the group interested in the presentation. Characteristies of the group ee Q eo) ‘Techniques 2 is @ (6 marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 {N00 00IF “2 1 3. Create a response based on ONE of the issues or ideas listed in I (a) on page 8. You can use drama, poetry, lyrics to a song, prose or any other suitable form. Write your answer on the RULED PAGES provided, pages 13 and 14. Your response will be assessed for the following: Relevance of content Organization of ideas Effective use of language Vivid word choice Unique voice/style GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01219032/MI/CSEC 2021 1 TL aes “9 7 You MUST write your answer to Question 3 on this page. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE | 01219032/MJ/CSEC 2021 =