Comm Studies P
Comm Studies P
Comm Studies P
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
PAPER I
1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
TERM II MARCH 2023
END OF TERM EXAMINATIONS
Items 1-7 constitute Section A ofthis paper:. Theyare based on an extract, which I will read to you. You will be given
two minutes to look at the items before you listen to the extract. Then I will read the extract to you twice.
You are required to listen carefully to the extract before answering the items. You may make notes while you listen to
the reading. You must NOT begin to answer the items until you are told to do so.
You are required to respond to the items on your answer sheet byselecting the correct option from the
four options lettered A-D.
Now listen carefully while I read this extract twice. Remember,you may make
notes as Iread.
Read the following extract twice at normal reading pace.(DO NOT dictate the passage for
candidates to write.)
It was the time ofthe petit-carême now, and in this pause, this summer's breath in the midst of
wet weather; the forest bees came quick in blue sunshine to new blossoms, and fresh-feathered
birds flitted with song and love-calls from boughs to the wild flowers. In cocoa fields, the guardian
immortelles were in sporadic bloom, and farmers were busy picking the little harvest of cocoa
which they hoped to dry before the rains commenced again.
Kumaca was beautiful at this time of the year, with yellow unclung leaves drifting in the wind,
pouis spotting the hillsides with fistfuls ofgold, and parrots squawking like matriarchal fishwives,
crossing low over the forest where somersaulting monkeys howled in dark voices.
In the village, all the talk was of the road which was to come through from Valencia.
Adapted from Earl Lovelace, The School Master (Caribbean Writers Series),
Heinemann,1997
5. After you have read the extract, pause for a few seconds and then say to the candidates:
6. After you have read the extract a second time, pause for a few seconds and then say to the
candidates:
8. Seventy-five minutes later, tell candidates that they have 15 minutes left.
9. Fifteen minutes later, at the end of the allotted 90 minutes, collect all papers and dismiss
candidates.
Communications Studies 2015 Paper 1
Solutions
Instructions: You will hear an extract. It will be read twice. Listen carefully before
answering the questions based on the extract.
Items 8-11
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 8-11.
The media is filled with reports of teenagers being distracted by digital technology and
neglecting their school work as a result. Haldane, a sociology student, decides to investigate
this phenomenon at his school which is located in the countrysidc. He intends to use interviews
to collect data.
At a recent meeting with the principal of Mansfield High School,the Ministry of Education revealed that a
check of the most recent census documents shows that some senior students of the school have been
irregularly attending classes. The ministry decided to hire a research company to investigate the likely
reasons for the students' irregular attendance.
The boy come back home for a few days holiday, see some crabs Crosby have in a
barrel. This is the son: “Dad, what are those thangs there?” Talking like Englishman.
Crosby ain't tell him nothing. When he poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch
hold of him, he bawl: “Pa! The crab! The crab!” A well-educated boy, yes. Lawyer,
economist or something.
“Sonny's Lettah”
Dear Mama
Good day
I hope that when these few lines
Reach you they may
Find you in the best of health
I don't know how to tell yu dis
For I did mek a solemn pramise
To tek care a lickle Jim
An try mi bes fi look out fi im.
(A) England
22. The register of the poem may (B) Jamaica
be described as (C) America
(D) Barbados
(A) formal
(B) frozen
(C) intimate
(D) consultative
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Items 26-28
Instructions: The following conversation about a funeral service took place between these
two persons in a shoe store in Jamaica. Read it carefully then answer Items 26-28.
Percy:
Mildre I can't believe that Mavis gone, but I'm really glad she had a great funeral.
d:
The kids and grandkids came from foreign for the funeral?
Percy:
Yes, Ma'am. One of them talk so nice, like the people in the television shows. But
the other one?! Poor Mavis must bespinning in her grave.
Mildre
d: What you mean?
Percy: Well, I couldn't understand a thing he was saying during the eulogy he was giving.
All I could hear was “I and I this” and “I and I that". He should know that people
don't talk so in church.
26. From Percy's statements, what are the two varieties of language MOST likely spoken by
Mavis' grandchildren?
27. What does Percy's statement "He should know that people don't talk so in church"
suggests?
28. Which of the following technologies would NOT help to enhance the deliveryof the
eulogy?
(V) Step-sister
(B) Eye-water
(C) A waa gwaan
(D) Chaka-chaka house
(A) Noise
(B) Sender
(C) Medium
(D) Message
Instructions: Read the following conversation carefully then answer Items 31-35.
32. The man's body language in Box 1 Auspac Media. The Feature People.
indicates that he is Retrieved 19 November 2013 from
www.auspacmedia.com.au
(A) sky
(B) bag
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(A) Anger
(B) Disdain
(C) Dismay
(D) Consolation
Items 37-39
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 37-39.
An election campaign is taking place for a vacant parliamentary seat. The candidates are willing
to use every means at their disposal to win the support of the voting public.
38. Which of the following verbal strategies would NOT help candidates to effectively get
their message across?
(A) Sarcasm
(B) Statistics
(C) Party slogans
(D) Public service announcements
39. Websites established for the purpose of wooing voters would MOST likely include
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II only
(D) I and III only
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Itèms 40-43
Instructions:The following scene shows the effects of inappropriate postings on social media by three persons.
Read it carefully and then answer Items 40-43.
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 44-45.
A student submitted the following draft conclusion for her expository essay on “Types of Luxury
Cars".
If you are going to buy a luxury car, you must carefully consider what you want. There are various
brands of luxury cars on the market - Cadillac, Infiniti, Volvo, Land Rover, Lamborghini, Porsche,
Mercedes Benz, Lexus, BMW, Audi. Some luxury cars can damage the environment and then
our children would suffer the consequences.
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