WACE Punjabi Second Language ATAR case studies
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The WACE Punjabi Second Language ATAR is a Western Australian senior-secondary course and examination within the Western Australian Certificate of Education, administered by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA). It sits in the Languages learning area of the Years 11 and 12 curriculum. The WACE Punjabi Second Language ATAR case studies are 5 cases and about 1,980 words.
1Register shift when explaining a school event to grandparents
Harleen, a Year 12 student, is asked to speak for three minutes at a family gathering in Perth about her school's Punjabi cultural night. Her grandparents, who migrated from a village near Jalandhar in the 1980s, will be present, along with her cousins aged 8-12 who mostly speak English.
459 words, about 2 min2Choosing between ਤੂੰ and ਤੁਸੀਂ in a formal letter
Jaskaran is writing a formal letter in Punjabi to the principal of his school in Bunbury, requesting permission to hold a Punjabi poetry lunchtime event. He drafts the opening with 'ਤੂੰ' forms because his family uses them with familiar adults, and he closes with 'ਤੇਰਾ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ' (your student).
396 words, about 2 min3Tense consistency in a recount about migrating to Australia
Simran is writing a 200-word recount in Punjabi about her mother's migration: leaving Ludhiana in 1998, arriving in Perth, first winter, first job in a warehouse, and now running a small business. Simran's draft mixes past and present forms inconsistently: 'ਉਹ ਆਉਂਦੀ ਹੈ' (she comes) in one clause about 1998, then 'ਉਹ ਨੇ ਕੰਮ ਕੀਤਾ' (she did work) later, and ends with 'ਉਹ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਉੱਥੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੀ ਸੀ' (she still works there) for the present-day business.
389 words, about 2 min4Gendered verb agreement in a formal notice
A Punjabi community association in Melbourne asks a student, Aman, to draft a short notice in Punjabi inviting members to a fundraising dinner. The organising committee is mixed, but the notice's draft says 'ਸਾਰੇ ਮੈਂਬਰ ਆਪਣੀ ਟਿਕਟ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਵੇਗਾ' (every member will come having taken his ticket) and 'ਜੋ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਆਉਣਗੀਆਂ ਉਹ ਵੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਾਮ ਲਿਖਣਗੇ' (the women who come will also write their name).
361 words, about 2 min5Translating an idiom in a school newsletter
Preet is translating a 120-word English item for the Punjabi page of her school newsletter. The English says the fundraising team 'pulled out all the stops' and that the result 'was a real shot in the arm' for the club.
375 words, about 2 min