2023 TKSS PRELIM P2 MS

CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1184/02 Paper 2 Comprehension 11 August 2023 1 hour 50 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper Booklet. Additional Materials: Insert READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, index number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black ballpoint pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue, correction fluid/tape or highlighters. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper. The Insert contains the texts for all the sections. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Sections A & B Mark Scheme Prepared by Chng Woei Ling TANJONG KATONG SECONDARY SCHOOL Preliminary Examination 2023 Secondary 4

2 Section A [5 marks] Refer the online advertisement (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) on page 2 of the Insert for Questions 1 – 4. 1 Look at Text 1. Tick (✓) the most effective title for the image in this advertisement.  No place for ageism at work ☐ An inclusive society, Our priority ☐ Equal worth, Equal respect [1] Two-thirds of the candidates chose the correct option. It is worrying that almost a third of the candidates chose the two other wrong options. Candidates need to unpack the image carefully. The image show s two old people holding cards with words showing discrimination at the workplace. It is clear that they are discriminated for being old. The image is further explained by the second paragraph of Text 1. In the third paragraph, there is a call for action to end workplace discrimination. Options ‘ An inclusive society, Our pr iority’ and ‘ Equal worth, Equal respect ’ are overarching and generic aims of the TAFEP. 2 The advertisement states that ‘it could happen to your parents or grandparents too’. What effect is this intended to have on the reader? It is to create empathy/concern or personal relevance for the reader so that he or she will support the fight against ageism at the workplace too. [1] Only the stronger candidates were able to gain the mark for this question. This is a more challenging question as the candidates must identify the emotion evoked or impact on the reader before linking it to the action the writer wants the reader to take . Majority of the candidates simply skipped to the action required of the reader without explaining the effect of the sentence. Others were inaccurate in identifying the impact of the sentence. Accepted alternatives for creating empathy or personal relevance: makes reader feel personally involved, emotionally invested, relate to the problem Inaccurate explanations which are not accepted include: make re