NSSCO Khoekhoegowab First Language 6098 case studies
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NSSCO Khoekhoegowab First Language (subject code 6098) is a Namibian senior secondary Ordinary Level qualification for candidates who already speak Khoekhoegowab - Nama, Damara, ǂAakhoe or Haiǁom - and can read and write it with confidence. It is not a beginners' language subject: examiners assume control of idiom, an active written vocabulary, and command of the click and tone orthography, and candidates write their answers in Khoekhoegowab. The NSSCO Khoekhoegowab First Language 6098 case studies are 5 cases and about 3,109 words.
1The elder's reduced click in a live oral summary
During the Grade 12 oral examination, a candidate listens to a 2 minute 40 second recording played twice. In it, a community elder and a clinic nurse discuss why the local clinic has had no water for nine days.
674 words, about 3 min2Rhetorical question and concessive in a dam opinion piece
A 220-word opinion piece in a school magazine discusses a proposed dam on a seasonal river. The writer, a livestock farmer, begins by describing the dry riverbed and then says: 'If the committee had come to the river last year, would they still call it a dam site?' Later: 'It is not that we reject development; it is that we reject being spoken for.' The piece ends with a proverb glossed in the margin as 'the pot breaks at the handle', used after a sentence about the weakest households.
639 words, about 3 min3ASCII clicks and missing tone in a typed essay
A candidate types a 400-word essay in the school computer room. The computer has no Khoekhoegowab keyboard layout, so the candidate uses ASCII substitutes: '!' for ǃ, ' ' for ǀ, '//' for ǁ, and '≠' for ǂ.
608 words, about 3 min4A football anecdote submitted for an elder's story prompt
The composition prompt is: 'Tell a story that an elder in your community might tell, and let it carry a lesson for young people.' Candidates have 50 minutes and 300–350 words. One candidate writes about a school football match: the team loses because the best player refuses to pass; the narrator scores the winning goal in a replay.
595 words, about 3 min5Hyperbole and audience refrain in a live praise poem
At a school culture day, a candidate watches a praise poem performed for a bride. The performer names the bride's family, praises her mother's cooking, and says, 'You have fed the whole valley with one pot.' The guests respond with a refrain after each line.
593 words, about 3 min