新加坡O水准2014年最新考试大纲 Literature in English
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
GCE Ordinary Level
(Syllabus 2065)
November Only
AIMS OF TEACHING SYLLABUS
The aims of the syllabus are to enable students to:
?discover the joys of reading Literature and become aware of new ways of perceiving the world around them;
?appreciate the aesthetic value of language;
?engage personally with a variety of texts and draw connections between self, texts and the world in order to develop intellectual, emotional, socio-cultural, and global awareness;
?articulate perceptive and analytical thinking when discussing and writing about literary texts; ?explore how the elements of different genres function in literary works to achieve specific effects; and ?appreciate the importance of the contexts in which literary texts are written and understood.
ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES
Candidates will be assessed on their ability to:
(i) demonstrate, through close analysis, knowledge of the literary texts studied;
(ii) respond with knowledge and understanding to a variety of literary texts of different forms;
(iii) demonstrate understanding of the ways in which writers’ choices of form, structure and language shape meanings;
(iv) communicate a sensitive and informed personal response to what is read; and
(v) express responses clearly and coherently, using textual evidence where appropriate.
The Assessment Objectives are inter-related. Candidates will be assessed on their attainment of these Assessment Objectives in an integrated and meaningful way.
SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT
Two papers will be set (Papers 2065/01 and 2065/02). Candidates are expected to answer a total of four questions. Total examination time will be 3 hrs 10 minutes. There will be separate sittings for Papers 1 and 2.
Please see table below.
Paper
Duration and Weighting Details of Paper and Sections Paper 1:
Prose and
Unseen Texts 1 hour 40 minutes [50%] ? There will be two sections in this paper. ?
Candidates will select one question from each of the two sections. ? In total, candidates will answer two questions. ? Each question is 25% of the total weighting.
Section A: Prose [25%]
? For each of the seven set texts in this section, one passage-based question and two essay questions will
be set.
? Candidates will answer one question [25%] based on one of the seven set texts.
? For every year of examination, one or two Singaporean texts will be set.
Section B: Unseen Prose and Poetry [25%]
? There are no set texts in this section. ? Two questions will be set – one on an unseen prose extract, and one on an unseen poem.
? Candidates will answer one of the two questions [25%]. ? For every year of examination, one question will be set on a Singaporean text.
Paper 2: Drama 1 hour 30 minutes
[50%] ?
Candidates will read one text from any of the six set texts. ?
For each of the six set texts, one passage-based question and two essay questions will be set. ?
Candidates will answer one compulsory passage-based question and one essay question on the selected text. ? Each question is 25% of the total weighting. ? For every year of examination, one or two Singaporean texts will be set.
PRESCRIBED TEXTS
Paper 1: Section A Prose
1. Pearl S. Buck: The Good Earth
2. Anita Desai: Fasting, Feasting
3. E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread
4. William Golding: Lord of the Flies
5. Gwee Li Sui (ed.): Telltale: 11 Stories
6. Alan Paton: Cry, the Beloved Country
7. Mildred D. Taylor: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Paper 2: Drama
1. Athol Fugard: ‘Master Harold’… and the Boys
2. Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman
3. William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
4. Jean Tay: Everything but the Brain
5. Oscar Wilde: An Ideal Husband
6. August Wilson: The Piano Lesson
Notes: All texts are also set for 2015.
Screenplays or abridged versions of texts should NOT be used for study.