NSSCAS Khoekhoegowab First Language 8190 study guide
NSSCAS Khoekhoegowab First Language 8190 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
NSSCAS Khoekhoegowab First Language 8190 is the Advanced Subsidiary stage of Namibia's senior secondary certificate, intended for candidates who already use Khoekhoegowab (Nama/Damara) as a first or strong home language and want to take it further than the ordinary senior secondary course allows. It is the qualification that universities, colleges and employers look at when competence in Khoekhoegowab matters: admission to humanities and education programmes, language teaching, translation and interpreting, journalism, and heritage or community media work. The NSSCAS Khoekhoegowab First Language 8190 study guide has 5 sections and about 1,592 words.
01Reading comprehension and language structures
The Reading comprehension and language structures domain of NSSCAS Khoekhoegowab First Language 8190 tests unseen Khoekhoegowab prose and verse. You must show literal understanding, inference, attitude and vocabulary in context, and you must handle grammar inside comprehension answers.
334 words, about 2 min02Summary and information transfer
Summary and information transfer tests your ability to reduce a Khoekhoegowab passage to its main points and move information into a table, form, notice or short paragraph. The skill is selection: you keep the writer's central claims and discard examples, repetition and decoration.
324 words, about 2 min03Composition and directed writing
Composition and directed writing asks you to produce extended Khoekhoegowab for a named audience and purpose: a narrative, descriptive or argumentative essay, a formal letter, a report, a speech or a notice. Marks come from content, organisation, register and language accuracy.
329 words, about 2 min04Literature and extended texts
Literature and extended texts tests your study of prescribed Khoekhoegowab texts. You need plot, character, setting, theme, narrative technique and cultural context, and you must write analytical answers rather than retell the story.
304 words, about 2 min05Oral communication (listening and speaking)
Oral communication (listening and speaking) assesses spoken Khoekhoegowab: comprehension of announcements, dialogues and short talks, and your own presentation and discussion. Pronunciation carries meaning, so clicks, vowel length and tone are marked.
301 words, about 2 min