ASSUMPTION ENGLISH SCHOOL 4NA SS Prelims 2019 LORMS

1 2175/2176/01/4NA/PRELIMS/19 SBQ LORMS Subject: Humanities (Social Studies) Level/Stream: Secondary 4 Normal (Academic) Date: 30 July 2019 Time: 0750 – 0935 hours Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes Assumption English School Preliminary Examination 2019

2 2175/2176/01/4NA/PRELIMS/19 Section A: Source-Based Case Study (35 Marks) (a) Study Source A. Why do you think the author drew this cartoon? Explain your answer, using details from the cartoon. [6] Question Target: Inference with Purpose Skill L1 REASON BASED ON DEVELOPED PROVENANCE/BLIND LIFTING [1] Example The author drew this cartoon because he wanted to talk about the discrimination faced by foreigners in Japan because Japanese are lying to foreigners. [answer based on lifting] L2 REASON (INFERENCE) BASED ON CONTENT, SUPPORTED. [Award 2 marks for one inference, unsupported] [Award 3 marks for one inference, supported] [2-3] Example The author [Author] drew this cartoon to show the Japanese [A] that they are not accepting towards foreigners. [M] OR/AND The author [Author] drew this cartoon to show the Japanese [A] that they are not accepting towards foreigners. [M] The evidence from the cartoon shows that the Japanese are being called “liar, liar, pants on fire” as they are responding to foreigners by saying “Your Japanese fluency is impressive” and “You manage to make language study fun!” [Ev] This means that people in Japan are not accepting towards foreigners because the Japanese are patronising the foreigners in their responses and are sarcastic towards the efforts of the foreigners to assimilate them into the Japanese society. [Ex] L3 REASON BASED ON PURPOSE/MOTIVE OF THE SOURCE, SUPPORTED [Award 4 marks for message, unsupported] [Award 5 marks for message, supported] [4-5] Example The author [Author] drew this cartoon to criticise [V] the Japanese [A] that they are not accepting towards foreigners [M] [4 marks] OR/AND The author [Author] drew this cartoon to criticise [V] the Japanese [A] that they are not accepting towards foreigners. [M] The evidence from the cartoon shows that the Japanese are being called “liar, liar, pants on fire” as they are responding to foreigners by saying “Your Japanese fluency is impressive” and “You manage to make language study fun!” [Ev] This means that people in Japan are not accepting towards foreigners because the Japanese are patronising the foreigners in their responses and are sarcastic towards the efforts of the foreigners to assimilate them into the J apanese society. [Ex] [5 marks] L4 L3 + IMPACT OF THE SOURCE [6] Example The author [Author] drew this cartoon to criticise [V] the Japanese [A] that they are not accepting towards foreigners [M] so that the Japanese will relook at their attitudes towards treating foreigners and be more accepting of them instead of being condescending towards them. [I] The evidence from the cartoon shows that the Japanese are being called “liar, liar, pants on fire” as they are responding to foreigners by saying “Your Japanese fluency is impressive” and “You manage to make language study fun!” [Ev] This means that people in Japan are not accepting towards foreigners because the Japanese are patronising the foreigners in their responses and are sarcastic towards the efforts of the foreigners to assimilate them into the Japanese society. [Ex]

3 2175/2176/01/4NA/PRELIMS/19 (b) Study Source B. What can you tell from this source about the attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners? Explain your answer. [5] Question Target: Inference with Message Skill L1 REASON BASED ON DEVELOPED PROVENANCE/BLIND LIFTING /NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION [1] Example The attitude of the Japanese towards foreigners is hardworking. [answer based on lifting] I can tell that the attitude of the Japanese towards foreigners is not typical because it only represents the view of one individual and the employees of a Japanese company who have been treated well and it does not represent the views of most foreigners i n Japan. [answer based on developed provenance] L2 INFERENCE BASED ON CONTENT, UNSUPPORTED. [Award 2 marks for one inference, unsupported] [Award 3 marks for two inferences, unsupported] [2-3] Example The attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is welcoming. [P] OR/AND The attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is one of optimism. [P] L3 INFERENCE BASED ON CONTENT, SUPPORTED. [Award 4 marks for one inference, supported] [Award 5 marks for two inferences, supported] [4-5] Example The attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is welcoming. [P] The evidence from Source B is “His employer, Yasutake Maeda of Saiseki Katawaku Kogyo, said foreign trainees are indispensable for his company. " Foreign trainees learn fas ter than Japanese," Maeda said. "They are more serious, more hardworking, and take fewer days off. They are keen to learn and work hard for money. Few young Japanese show such guts these days."” [Ev] This means that the attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is welcoming because foreigners in Japan are being accepted by the country when employers realise that foreigners are valuable to the long-term economic benefit of their companies with their positive work attitude. [Ex] OR/AND The attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is one of optimism. [P] The evidence is “"Foreign trainees learn faster than Japanese," Maeda said. "They are more serious, more hardworking, and take fewer days off. They are keen to learn and work hard for money. Few young Japanese show such guts these days." ” [Ev] This means tha t the attitudes of Japanese towards foreigners is one of optimism because Japanese companies are convinced of the positive attitude displayed by foreigners who display greater resilience in their jobs. [Ex]

4 2175/2176/01/4NA/PRELIMS/19 (c) Study Sources C and D. How far do Sources C and D agree with each other? Explain your answer. [6] Question Target: Comparison L1 AGREE BASED ON SOURCE TYPE [1] Example Sources C agrees with Source D as they are both textual sources. L2 AGREE BASED ON CONTENT, UNSUPPORTED [Award 2 marks for in content, unsupported Award 3 marks for 2 similarities, unsupported] [2–3] Source C agrees with Source D as both sources are similar in talking about how Japanese are not accepting towards foreigners. [C] OR/AND Source C agrees with Source D as both sources are similar when talking about Koreans being the target of discrimination. [C] L3 AGREE BASED ON CONTENT, SUPPORTED [Award 4 marks for one similarity in content, supported.] [Award 5 marks two similarities in content, supported.] [4–5] Example Source C agrees with Source D as both sources are similar in talking about how Japanese are not accepting towards foreigners. [C] The evidence from Source C is “This was also the year that the mask of “polite, peace-loving Japan” slipped a bit, with a number of demonstrations across the nation supporting outright hatred and violence towards non-Japanese. “Good Koreans or bad, kill them all,” proclaimed one protestor.” [Ev] This means that Japanese are not accepting towards foreigners because Japanese have been putting up a false pretence of being friendly towards foreigners and have become ag gressive in their xenophobic attitudes towards foreigners. [Ex] The evidence from Source D is “The group of about a dozen Japanese men gathered in front of an elementary school gate, using loudspeakers to call the students cockroaches and Korean spies .” [Ev] This means that Japanese are not accepting towards foreigners because they are publicly discriminating against Koreans by hurling verbal abuse towards them. [Ex] Hence Source C agrees with Source D. [C] OR/AND Source C agrees with Source D as both sources are similar in talking about Ko