2024 NYJC Prelim P2 Ans Scheme

1 2024 Prelim P2 Passage 1 1. Identify two ways in which the first paragraph is an effective introduction. [2m] From the text Suggested Answer Every year, a staggering 10 million international travellers, typically from North America and Europe, travel abroad to volunteer in impoverished communities. Students, youth groups, and other well- intended participants construct buildings, assist at orphanages, and pursue other short-term development projects in an effort to give back. Yet, to what extent do these volunteers actually benefit host communities, economically and socially? a) The statistics/information stated in the first line acts as a hook to establish [technique] the extensive impact of voluntourism [context]. b) [Any reasonable technique, e.g. the question at the end of the paragraph] to hint at/get readers to think about the dual nature/ contradictory/paradoxical nature of voluntourism [context]. Must have [technique]+[context] to be awarded 1m. For (a): Technique: should be about the volume of voluntourists; statistics Effect: to capture people’s interest; hook Context: should be about the significance of the volume of voluntourists For (b): Technique: should be about the question Effect: to hint; to get readers to think/reflect Context: should be about the dual nature of voluntourism 2. Why has the author placed brackets around the phrase in lines 9-10? [1m] From the text Suggested Answer As a $2 billion industry, voluntourism is one of the fastest growing trends in travel. Volunteer agencies advertise these short-term mission trips as an opportunity for participants to broaden their worldview and put their altruistic desires into action. While these A) He wants to include his opinion [function] that there is an element of showing-off to the participants’ desire to experience something deeply meaningful/ profound / significant / transformative when they go on international mission trips. [context] OR B) He wants to include his opinion [function] that the effort to help the local communities is not genuine but for recognition from online audience. [context] OR

2 trips may provide participants with life-changing experiences (that their Instagram and Facebook followers resoundingly applaud), the opposite is often observed in the communities impacted. Rather, voluntourism is imperialistic in nature. It economically disenfranchises local communities, creates relationships dependent on aid reliance, inefficiently manages resources and perpetuates harmful stereotypes. C) He wants to include his opinion [function] that there is also the desire to gain validation from one’s social media followers together with the desire to experience something deeply meaningful when participants go on mission trips. [cont