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DSE 2020 | Candidates say that it is not difficult to deal with anxiety and wear masks to hinder performance

2020-04-28T09:29:24.219Z


Under the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, the English reading and writing paper for the Secondary School Diploma exam will begin today (28th). The reading paper will talk about the activation and conservation of the Central Pavilion and the kite culture in Hong Kong. Many candidates believe that the two English papers are not deep enough to cope with it. However, some candidates worry that under the epidemic situation, they must wear a mask to take the test and affect the performance of the test.


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Written by: Hu Jiaxin

2020-04-28 17:21

Date of last update: 2020-04-28 17:21

Under the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, the English reading and writing paper for the Secondary School Diploma exam will begin today (28th). The reading paper will talk about the activation and conservation of the Central Pavilion and the kite culture in Hong Kong. Many candidates believe that the two English papers are not deep enough to cope with it. However, some candidates worry that under the epidemic situation, they must wear a mask to take the test and affect the performance of the test.

Self-study student Lao believes that wearing a mask to take an exam can affect breathing and may affect exam performance. (Photographed by O'Gallery)

The self-study student of the HKDSE said that last year's English examination was grade 4 and thought it was easy to answer the two papers this year. "Reading the paper is easy." I am confident that I can get 5 **. He pointed out that the epidemic situation definitely has an influence on the exam. Wearing a mask to take the exam, breathing is more difficult, which affects thinking and metabolism. He also criticized that the government maintains public anti-epidemic measures, but the diploma exam is still open, describing the candidates as white mice.

Cancel the oral test, worry about one less paper, and take a long test

New student Wang said that the English oral test will be cancelled this year, and he is worried about missing one test paper to help him score points, but he will face it with ordinary heart and will not feel too much pressure to deal with the remaining three papers. . Under the epidemic situation, the diploma exam was postponed until the end of April and the test was started. Wang believed that "the prolonged test will be good, and all will feel good", hoping that the test performance will not be inaccurate.

Candidate Luo thinks that the two volumes of English can still be dealt with, with enough time to complete, and expects to pass Level 4. (Photographed by O'Gallery)

Candidates: enough time to complete

Another candidate, Luo, thought that the reading of the article in the volume was too long, and the B1 article was appropriate, but the whole was still manageable, and there was enough time to complete it. This year's English oral exam was cancelled and replaced by a higher proportion of the school-based assessment. Luo believes that the new arrangement will not have much impact on his scores. It is expected that the two exams will achieve Level 4 today.

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Deng Meiyi, the director of the English Department of the Manufacturers' Association Middle School as a proctor, said that 8 people were absent from the test room today, and 148 candidates overall took the test. In addition, one candidate forgot to bring the admission ticket and can use the ID card to enter the exam, but the school will submit a report to the assessment bureau.

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Source: hk1

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