ASSEB HSLC Elective Santhali case studies
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The ASSEB HSLC Elective Santhali examination is the elective paper in Santhali offered within the Assam High School Leaving Certificate programme, administered by the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB). It is taken by Class X candidates who have studied Santhali as an elective subject and who wish to demonstrate competence in reading, interpreting and producing written Santhali, a language written in the Ol Chiki script and carrying Scheduled Language status in India. The ASSEB HSLC Elective Santhali case studies are 5 cases and about 3,894 words.
1The Three-Mark 'Why': Grading Inference in an Unseen Santhali Passage
The half-yearly paper for Class X Elective Santhali allots 12 of its 80 marks to unseen comprehension. This term's passage runs to about 150 words, describes a weekly village market, and must be read in 15 minutes.
804 words, about 4 min2Two Readings of the Refrain: Judging a Poetry-Appreciation Answer
You set a four-line practice poem, built on the refrain pattern the poetry unit uses: 'Water, water, water - / the cracked field opens its mouth; / the seed lifts its head and laughs; / water, water, water.' The 5-mark question is: 'What is the mood of this poem? Support your answer with two features of the language.' In a class of 31, 17 scripts say the mood is grief or lament 'because there is no rain', 11 say it is joy 'because the rain has come', and 3 say 'the poet is confused by the water'.
775 words, about 4 min3Biography in a Theme Question: What Actually Earns the Marks
The prose unit your class is on includes an autobiographical extract: the narrator, now studying at a town school, comes home for the harvest and finds he has forgotten the Santhali names of the digging tools his father uses. The class has read it twice and answered short factual questions on it.
801 words, about 4 min4Re-marking a Grammar Section Built on Borrowed Categories
Your 20-mark grammar section was set straight from the categories printed in the textbook: (i) sandhi - join two words and name the type (4 marks); (ii) samas - classify a compound (3); (iii) karak - name the case-relation of an underlined noun in a Santhali sentence (5); (iv) verb form - fill in the correct agreement (4); (v) transformation - turn an active sentence into a passive (4). In a class of 40, 33 scored zero or near-zero on (i) and (ii), most gained partial marks on (iii), and (iv) and (v) split the class.
780 words, about 4 min5Word Count, Register and the Grid: Moderating a 10-Mark Letter
The composition section carries 20 marks: a 10-mark formal letter (application to the headmaster for a library book, or for leave) and a 10-mark essay of 200–250 words. At moderation three scripts are disputed.
734 words, about 4 min