Primary 6
English Language
General Observations of
Student Performances
Progression of Student Performances
P3 TSA2004
P6 TSA2007
• Listening
• Reading
• Writing
• Speaking
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Percentages of Students Achieving English Language
Basic Competency in 2004 – 2007
Year
TSA 2004
TSA 2005
TSA 2006
TSA 2007
P.3
75.9
78.8
79.4
79.5
P.6
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70.5
71.3
71.3
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Progression of Student Performances
LISTENING
P.3 TSA 2004
• key words
- numbers & letters
- cues with options
• intonation
• sounds
P6 TSA 2007
• specific information
- identifying information with pictorial cues
 intonation
 sounds
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P.6 Student Performances in 2007
Listening
Strengths
• key words
• sequencing
• connection between ideas
• simple inference skills
(with pictorial clues)
Weaknesses
• main ideas
• inference skills
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Progression of Student Performances
READING
P.3 TSA 2004
•key words (with
pictorial cues)
•main ideas (in a sentence)
•connection between
ideas (in a sentence)
P6 TSA 2007
• specific information
• unfamiliar words
• main ideas (a stanza in a poem)
 simple inference
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P.6 Student Performances in 2007
Reading
Strengths
• text-types
• locating information
• personification (riddles)
Weaknesses
• main ideas
• rhymes (end consonants
differed in spelling)
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Progression of Student Performances
WRITING
P.3 TSA 2004
Content
• gave limited information
Language
•made grammatical mistakes in
simple sentences
•provided a small range of
vocabulary with many spelling
mistakes
P6 TSA 2007
Content
• provided some details
• showed an attempt to give justification
Language
• made many grammatical mistakes in
longer sentences
• provided a wider range of vocabulary
but with many spelling mistakes
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Progression of Student Performances
SPEAKING
P.3 TSA 2004
P6 TSA 2007
Read Aloud
• made mistakes in pronunciation, e.g. ‘cute’, ‘name’
• dropped end consonants, e.g. ‘kind’, ‘loves’
• showed difficulty with blends, e.g. ‘friends’, ‘children’
Picture Descriptions
Presentations
• provided brief answers (one to • had difficulty completing the
two-word answers)
tasks
• lacked vocabulary to express
• used a limited range of
their ideas
vocabulary & basic sentence
patterns
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LISTENING
Conclusion
• Exposure to different spoken texts including advertisements,
poems and instructions
READING
• Difficulty in using supporting details to deduce main ideas
WRITING
• Spelling mistakes in rudimentary words – inadequate grasp of
phonics
• Literal translation from Chinese – inadequate grasp of
language structures
SPEAKING
• Limited range of vocabulary and basic sentence patterns
• Difficulty in elaborating on the picture cues
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END
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