ATARMAxxing
SACE English as an Additional LanguagePractice Examination 19
| Reading time | 15 minutes |
| Writing time | 2 hours |
| Total marks | 60 |
| Questions | 11 |
| Structure | Section 1A — 4 Q, 10 marks · Section 1B — 6 Q, 20 marks · Section 2 — 1 Q, 30 marks |
This paper covers
- 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
Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
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