HIGHER - Reading Past Paper: final "justify" question

How to answer the final question from your Reading PP

- you know that 2 marks

"justify question" ?!?

the justify question in our MFL past paper

is not the same as English, but there is a cunning plan….

maximum marks for the question: 2 marks - so there are three options:

General advise from the marking scheme

for each of the three possibilities

So really a 2 points answer will contain

• the main view of the text? positive / negative / balanced

• justification 1

• (justification 2)

and you will only get 1 mark if:

• yes / no

• justification 1 is a bit off

But how do we decide if overall the text shows a positive, negative, or balanced opinion of that topic?

• when reading through the article for the first time: put plus or minus in the margin next to each paragraph

• at the end count up the number of + or -

• = that should give you the outcome

ATTENTION: a justification

• cannot be a quote

• cannot be in French/German

• cannot be evidence that you’ve already mentioned in the translation or question answers

• can give a line number and explain in English

so really while you are reading the text, you want to:

• highlight the sections you’ve used as answers for the questions, so you know where is left to look

• in time emergency:

• focus on intro + conclusion

• & quotes from people can also be useful

one example of unbalanced view (positive here) + justifications

The writer is positive about young people travelling & in the conclusion, they mention that the next adventure is around the corner

one example of a balanced view

the author takes a balanced view about the popularity of language learning

She writes that the Scottish government is investing in primary language learning.

However, she concludes on a negative saying that secondary pupils numbers continue to drop

Multiple Select

What are the strategies that can be used?

• highlight sections not used

• highlight sections used

• focus on introduction and conclusion when short of time

• add plus/minus in the margin next to each paragraph

• use fresh evidence (not used one)

Multiple Select

Which one is correct?

• Quotes in French can be used

• Information used as answers for questions can be reused

• Answer has to be in English