NSSCAS Rumanyo First Language 8195 case studies
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NSSCAS Rumanyo First Language (8195) is an Advanced Subsidiary qualification in Namibia's senior secondary system, taken after the NSSCO and examined by the national examinations authority. It is intended for candidates who already speak Rumanyo - the language of Kavango communities in north-eastern Namibia - and who want to study it as a formal subject rather than simply use it. The NSSCAS Rumanyo First Language 8195 case studies are 5 cases and about 2,600 words.
1Oral Assessment: Code-Switching and a Noisy Recording
At a secondary school in Rundu, 24 candidates complete the internally assessed oral. Candidate M presents for 3 minutes 48 seconds on the topic 'How young people can keep Rumanyo strong in towns'.
603 words, about 3 min2Reading Item with a Defensible Distractor
A 45-candidate trial of a 20-mark reading paper includes an inference item on a passage about a grandmother's vegetable garden. The key is C: 'She is careful with money.' The item statistics show difficulty 0.31 and discrimination 0.18; 14 of the 16 candidates in the top quartile chose D: 'She is anxious about being cheated.' The relevant sentence reads: 'She counted the coins twice, not because she doubted the buyer, but because the school fees were due on Friday.' The passage also says she has sold at the same market for 19 years.
573 words, about 3 min3Summary Marking: Paraphrase, Copying and the Word Limit
In a mock examination, candidates summarise a 480-word article on traditional grain storage in 120 words. The mark scheme awards 10 marks for content points, 5 for paraphrase and 3 for length.
478 words, about 2 min4Oral Tradition Variant in a Literature Answer
A candidate answers a 25-mark literature question on the prescribed collection of Rumanyo folktales. The question asks: 'Discuss how the trickster hare is characterised in the set text.' The candidate retells an ending in which the hare is killed by the hyena, and argues this shows that tricksters are eventually punished.
489 words, about 2 min5Two Markers Disagree on a Creative Essay
A 650-word creative/discursive essay task asks candidates to write about a young person leaving a village for the city. Candidate T writes 638 words in three long paragraphs.
457 words, about 2 min