Changes to writing piece length - VCAA

[Vermilliona]

"Each VCE Languages study design and examination paper includes an expected length of response for Section 3 of the written examination. This is expressed as a word range or as an approximate number of words. The expected length of response is an important guideline, given the amount of time available in the examination. Students will not be penalised if they exceed the expected length. When responses for Section 3 are assessed, the whole response is considered against the assessment criteria. While penalties are not applied for exceeding the expected word length, it is important that responses are carefully planned and address the question selected."

(From vcaa website)

No more calculating whether or not you're 10% over, yay

[Tasmania Jones]

Interesting. I assume this applies to all languages? Is there a link to the VCAA page because I can't find it.

[datfatcat]

This is interesting. I remember the time when I needed to count the number of lines that I wrote to make sure I didn't exceed the word limit. 

[Vermilliona]

Link - http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Pages/correspondence/bulletins/2014/June/vce_general.aspx#top

[Vermilliona]

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