MATSEC AM English case studies
MATSEC AM English · Put your knowledge to work in context.
MATSEC Advanced Level English is an Advanced Matriculation (AM) subject examination set by the MATSEC Examinations Board, which is part of L-Università ta' Malta and is based at the University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta. The Board publishes its own regulations, guidelines and policies, syllabi, current session information, past papers, and marking schemes and exemplars on its website, so candidates should treat those documents as the authoritative statement of what the examination requires. The MATSEC AM English case studies are 5 cases and about 3,348 words.
1The Statistic That Answers the Wrong Question
Mira is sitting a Year 11 mock for Paper 1, Section A. The passage is a 480-word opinion column arguing that a pedestrianisation trial in a town square should be made permanent.
788 words, about 4 min2The Word 'Proven' in a 380-Word Essay
Dan has 35 minutes to write a 350–400 word argumentative essay: 'Should secondary schools start at 8:45 rather than 8:00?' He has three sources. The first is a survey of 40 Form 4 students at his own school, in which 78% agreed they 'often feel tired in first lesson'.
621 words, about 3 min3Naming Devices Instead of Reading the Turn
Elena has 40 minutes to write one essay on an unseen poem. The poem is a 14-line lyric in which a speaker addresses a second person who is leaving.
669 words, about 3 min4Ten Minutes of Proofreading Under a Marks Grid
Marco is proofreading his portfolio piece, a 700-word report on a school recycling scheme, before submitting. The assessment grid awards up to 8 marks for 'Accuracy' and states that errors obstructing meaning are penalised more heavily than slips of surface punctuation.
653 words, about 3 min5Formal, Informal, and Nothing in Between
Paper 2 asks candidates to compare two short texts about the same issue. Text A is a 120-word press statement from a water utility announcing that a hosepipe ban begins on 1 July.
617 words, about 3 min