SACE Stage 2 Tamil (continuers) case studies
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Tamil (continuers) is a Stage 2 subject listed by the SACE Board of South Australia among its language offerings, appearing alongside other continuers-level languages such as Hindi, Nepali, Sinhala and Bengali. It is designed for students who already have a working background in Tamil and wish to extend their literacy, communication and cultural understanding within the South Australian Certificate of Education. The SACE Stage 2 Tamil (continuers) case studies are 5 cases and about 1,942 words.
1Choosing evidence for an oral presentation on a village festival
A student must give a 5-minute Tamil oral presentation about a temple festival in her grandparents' village. She has three sources: (1) a 1978 Tamil-language magazine article describing the festival procession, (2) a 2019 YouTube video with spoken commentary in Tamil, and (3) her grandmother's account recorded last month.
396 words, about 2 min2Register and audience in a formal letter
A Year 12 student writes a formal Tamil letter to a municipal officer requesting repairs to a damaged footbridge near her school. Her draft opens with a friendly greeting she uses with relatives, includes the phrase 'you people never do anything', and ends with 'reply fast'.
390 words, about 2 min3Translating a nuanced sentence into Tamil
In an external assessment translation task, a student must render this English sentence into Tamil: 'Although the scheme was announced with great fanfare, few families have actually benefited.' The student produces a Tamil sentence that says, in effect, 'The scheme was announced with fanfare, and few families benefited.' A classmate suggests adding a word meaning 'but' at the start of the second clause to fix it. The student worries that the translation now sounds like two separate statements rather than one concession.
386 words, about 2 min4Responding to a listening text with conflicting speakers
Students listen twice to a Tamil radio discussion about a coastal development project. A government official says the project will create 300 jobs within two years.
395 words, about 2 min5Structuring a persuasive essay under a tight word limit
A student must write a 400-word persuasive Tamil essay arguing that her school should offer a Tamil debating club. She has collected: a survey showing 62 of 180 students would join, a teacher's comment that rooms are already fully booked after school, a neighbouring school's report that its club grew from 15 to 40 members in a year, and her own experience of losing a debate because of weak speaking practice.
375 words, about 2 min