Are people masters of their own lives? | Engelsk fellesfag eksamen | Vår 2014

Task 1
Short answer
Write concise answers to either 1A or 1B

1A
Use the information about Sebastian Knowles in Appendices 1 and 2 below and Texts 1 and 2 in the preparation material to discuss whether he is qualified and suitable for the job advertised below.

1B
Read the text about Malala in the Preparation Material (Text 3). Show how the writer has used information and language to make the reader sympathetic towards Malala and critical of the Taliban.

TASK 2
Long answer
The following tasks are based on your preparation topic: “Are people masters of their own lives?”
Answer either 2A, 2B, 2C, or 2D comprehensively and thoroughly.

2A
Use the text about Malala Yousafzai in Text 3 in the preparation material to compare and contrast her actions with those of another person who has protested against injustice. This could be a fictional character, a historical figure or somebody who has been in the
news recently, but the person must be from an English-speaking country.

Give your text a suitable title.

2B
Create a text in which you inform tenth graders about a job that interests you. Use your own knowledge of development and changes in modern working life and information from Text 4 in the preparation material.

Your text should include the following:
• examples of how and why employees’ tasks and the working environment have developed in recent years
• positive and negative consequences of the changes you have described
• what workplaces are doing to attract and keep good employees
• the extent to which people today can influence developments and changes in their workplace

Feel free to add other relevant points. Give your text a suitable title.

2C
In Text 6 in the preparation material, Junior is struggling to make important decisions in life. Compare and discuss Junior’s dilemmas and personal choices with those of another fictional character you have studied in your English course.

Give your text a suitable title.

2D
Use information from Text 1 in the preparation material and your knowledge about controversial issues in English-speaking countries to discuss the issue of taking action to influence controversial decisions.

Your text should include:
• a brief presentation of the fracking issue in Text 1
• another social, political or environmental issue in an English-speaking country
• a discussion of different ways of influencing decisions
• your reflections on what personal sacrifices you would be willing to make in these cases

Feel free to add other relevant points. Give your text a suitable title.