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SACE English as an Additional Language Practice Exams with Worked Solutions
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The 20 practice exams inside the SACE English as an Additional Language Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.
- Part A listening: Library orientation talk for new international students
- Part A skill: note-taking and a table
- Part B texts: Community tree-planting poster and assembly speech
- Part B emphasis: reliability of a poster; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should mobile phones be banned in secondary schools?
- Section 2 texts: opinion piece by a retired principal, survey report with data table, EAL student's personal account
- Part A listening: Science podcast segment on how honeybees communicate
- Part A skill: listed details and numbers
- Part B texts: Meal-kit subscription web advertisement and radio interview with its founder
- Part B emphasis: target audience and purpose; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should junk-food advertising be restricted during children's viewing times?
- Section 2 texts: dietitian's opinion piece, report extract with 2015/2025 data table, junior sport club president's account
- Part A listening: Lecture extract on urban stormwater and the water cycle
- Part A skill: inserting information in a diagram
- Part B texts: Council water-saving infographic and a talkback radio call
- Part B emphasis: interpreting an infographic; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should greywater recycling be compulsory in new homes?
- Section 2 texts: greywater fact sheet with cost table, home builders' opinion piece, rural resident's drought account
- Part A listening: Information session about a Year 11 work-experience program
- Part A skill: dates, requirements and a summary
- Part B texts: Gap-year volunteering pamphlet and a video testimonial
- Part B emphasis: testimonial and reliability; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Is overseas volunteering more helpful than harmful?
- Section 2 texts: development lecturer's opinion piece, host and volunteer survey with fee breakdown, Pacific school principal's account
- Part A listening: Radio feature on the history of the bicycle
- Part A skill: sequencing events in a timeline
- Part B texts: E-scooter hire webpage and a council meeting speech opposing it
- Part B emphasis: speaker's purpose and context; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should e-scooters be allowed on footpaths?
- Section 2 texts: trial evaluation with injury and survey tables, seniors' association opinion piece, shift worker's forum post
- Part A listening: Community health talk on preventing heat illness
- Part A skill: listed symptoms and advice
- Part B texts: Sunscreen advertisement and a public health radio advertisement
- Part B emphasis: emotive techniques; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should schools require sun-protective uniforms all year?
- Part A item mix: five 2-mark parts (definition, at-risk groups, symptoms, first-aid table, word-limited summary)
- Section 2 data: constructed monthly UV index table and hat-wearing survey by school policy type
- Part A listening: Ranger's guided commentary at a wetland bird sanctuary
- Part A skill: numbers and a map-style table
- Part B texts: Wildlife charity donation letter and a fundraising appeal speech
- Part B emphasis: emotive language and urgency; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Do zoos still have a place in the twenty-first century?
- Part A item mix: two figures, visitor rules, a three-row map-style table and species notes
- Section 2 data: constructed zoo association table of breeding programs, releases and spending
- Part A listening: Tutorial on academic integrity and AI writing tools
- Part A skill: notes from a tutorial
- Part B texts: AI study-app advertisement and a teacher interview
- Part B emphasis: fact versus opinion; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should students be allowed to use AI tools in assessments?
- Part A item mix: a definition, a three-level traffic-light notes table, acknowledgement details and risk notes
- Section 2 data: constructed student and teacher survey on AI use, presented as a described bar chart and table
- Part A listening: Pre-departure briefing for a school language exchange
- Part A skill: a schedule table
- Part B texts: Language-school brochure and a former student's podcast review
- Part B emphasis: comparing a brochure with a personal review; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should learning a second language be compulsory to Year 12?
- Part A item mix: three-row schedule table, pre-departure requirements and a 4-mark summary of host-family advice
- Section 2 model form: persuasive speech transcript for a school assembly, with spoken and written referencing
- Part A listening: University lecture on fast-fashion supply chains
- Part A skill: cause-and-effect notes
- Part B texts: Clothing brand social-media post and an interview with a textile recycler
- Part B emphasis: visual features of a social-media post; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should governments tax fast fashion?
- Part A item mix: a definition, reasons for overconsumption, cause-and-effect notes and a 4-mark essay plan built from the lecture
- Section 2 data: constructed clothing consumption and disposal table with a proposed per-garment levy
- Part A listening: Radio documentary on the shift from print newspapers to podcasts
- Part A skill: a summary of the talk
- Part B texts: Digital news subscription advertisement and a short student debate
- Part B emphasis: arguments in a short debate; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Can social media be a reliable news source for young people?
- Section 2 text types: opinion piece, survey report with two data tables, student blog
- Part A listening: Café induction talk on food-safety rules for new casual staff
- Part A skill: rules and reasons in a table
- Part B texts: Supermarket recruitment poster and a radio interview on youth wages
- Part B emphasis: persuasive techniques in a recruitment poster; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should Year 12 students work part-time?
- Section 2 text types: careers column, Year 12 work-and-stress survey table, student anthology piece
- Part A listening: Public lecture on coral reef ecology
- Part A skill: planning an extended response from a lecture
- Part B texts: Reef-tour tourism advertisement and a marine scientist's podcast
- Part B emphasis: reliability of tourism advertising; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should tourism to fragile natural sites be limited?
- Section 2 text types: tour operator opinion piece, national park case study with data table, ranger oral history
- Part A listening: Podcast episode on the psychology of habits
- Part A skill: steps in a process
- Part B texts: Fitness-tracker advertisement and a doctor's television interview
- Part B emphasis: evaluating success against purpose; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Do wearable fitness devices improve health?
- Section 2 text types: technology column, 12-month randomised trial summary with two tables, student magazine reflection
- Part A listening: Public lecture on urban heat islands and tree canopy
- Part A skill: data heard in a lecture
- Part B texts: New housing-estate brochure and a resident's council submission
- Part B emphasis: perspectives of developer and resident; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should cities prioritise trees over car parking?
- Section 2 text types: trader’s letter to the editor, council trial evaluation with data table, older resident’s feedback comment
- Part A listening: Information session for a school robotics competition
- Part A skill: dates, rules and team roles
- Part B texts: Teen coding-camp advertisement and an interview with a software engineer
- Part B emphasis: target audience and inclusive language; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should coding be a compulsory school subject?
- Section 2 texts: industry association CEO's opinion piece, student survey report with data table by gender, EAL nursing student's blog
- Part A listening: Talk on a koala rescue and rehabilitation program
- Part A skill: listing ways people can help
- Part B texts: Reusable-cup campaign poster and a radio advertisement for a cup-sharing scheme
- Part B emphasis: calls to action; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should single-use coffee cups be banned?
- Section 2 texts: café owner's opinion piece, three-approach café trial with data table, migrant barista's community post
- Part A listening: Lecture on the ancient and modern Olympic Games
- Part A skill: comparing two time periods in a table
- Part B texts: Sports-drink advertisement and a sports scientist's podcast
- Part B emphasis: expert opinion versus advertising claims; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should esports be recognised as a school sport?
- Section 2 texts: physical education head's opinion piece, one-year esports program review with data table, Korean-born student's magazine article
- Part A listening: Seminar on budgeting for first-year university students
- Part A skill: amounts and percentages
- Part B texts: Buy-now-pay-later advertisement and a consumer-affairs radio segment
- Part B emphasis: fine print and reliability; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should financial literacy be compulsory in senior school?
- Section 2 texts: retired deputy principal's opinion piece, national youth money survey with comparison table, refugee-background volunteer's magazine article
- Part A listening: Interview with an author who writes in her second language
- Part A skill: a speaker's main points
- Part B texts: Book-festival poster and a panel discussion excerpt
- Part B emphasis: cultural perspectives in a panel; final comparison of persuasiveness (6 marks)
- Section 2 issue: Should schools encourage printed books over e-books?
- Section 2 texts: teacher-librarian's opinion piece, library loans and print-versus-tablet comprehension tables, Tongan-Australian student with dyslexia's anthology piece
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