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The document outlines exam practice tasks for students, including a timed writing exercise comparing two photographs and a blog article extract discussing the IPA chart in the classroom. Students are instructed to identify strengths and weaknesses in a provided text and answer questions regarding the advantages and disadvantages of phonemic symbols. The tasks are designed to be completed under timed conditions and submitted in Word format for tutor feedback.

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Exam Practice D v2_0122

The document outlines exam practice tasks for students, including a timed writing exercise comparing two photographs and a blog article extract discussing the IPA chart in the classroom. Students are instructed to identify strengths and weaknesses in a provided text and answer questions regarding the advantages and disadvantages of phonemic symbols. The tasks are designed to be completed under timed conditions and submitted in Word format for tutor feedback.

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Exam Practice D

Try and do it without looking up answers and do it in the recommended time. If you are happy working
on screen, you can do these tasks straight into Word. If you prefer paper and pencil, do the task under
timed conditions and then type it into Word to upload it (without changing anything). We ask for it in
Word and not scanned in as then tutors can comment on things electronically.

Save and name the document with your name e.g. exampracticeD_tessawoodward

Paper One Task Four (20 marks) – recommended time 17 minutes

The text for this task is reproduced below. It was said by a young learner at B1+ level in
response to the following task:

Look at the two photographs which show people spending time outside in different
situations. Compare the photographs and say what you think the people are enjoying about
spending time outside in these situations. You have one minute for this.

Focusing on the areas listed below, identify a total of four key strengths and weaknesses
of the text. Provide an example from the text of each choice. Include at least one strength
and one weakness in your answer.

• Task achievement / effect on the listener


• Organisation and cohesion
• Range and accuracy of grammar
• Range and appropriate use of lexis

For the first picture, they are having a picnic with their friends and their smiley face,
and everybody’s face. They seems very happy to chat with each other and spend
their time with the friends in the good weather.
And for the second picture, the girls are… uhm… hang out on the streets. They may
go shopping or looking for the restaurants. And they spend their time with best
friends and uhm enjoy with // the time with each other, just like shopping with each
other or… uhm // just // I think // because more people there so people might more
enjoy spending this because… uhm have more fun.
(1 minute 6 seconds)
NB // stands for a longer pause; … stands for a shorter pause

Write your answers in your answer booklet.


adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NEhEyusaEs

ITI Delta – Exam Practice D v2 0122 – based on past papers


Exam Practice D
Paper Two Task Three (40 marks) – recommended time 35 minutes

Below is a short extract from a blog article ‘IPA chart in the classroom: useful tool or
confusing symbols?’

As a learner, I remember very few teachers using the IPA chart in the classroom.
It was a set of quite strange symbols that more or less resembled letters, but they
weren’t actually letters. It was kind of an alternative alphabet that didn’t make
sense to me. My big question as a student was ‘Why do these symbols exist?
What for?’

a) What are the advantages to learners of knowing the phonemic symbols?


b) What are the disadvantages of learning and teaching the phonemic symbols?

Write your answers in your answer booklet.

retrieved from https://profesoringles.net/ipa-chart-in-the-classroom-useful-tool-or-confusing-symbols-study-of-vowel-sounds/

ITI Delta – Exam Practice D v2 0122 – based on past papers

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