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Schools are advised that   there have been significant changes to the curriculum for many interstate language courses. An email was sent by the Language Team at the end of Term 1 to all non-school candidates, schools and community language schools informing them of the relevant course documents available on the respective jurisdictional host website.

For Chinese: Background Language and Japanese: Background Language, the external practical (oral) examination design brief has changed. It now includes eight minutes of preparation time to answer two questions. The questions are written in the course language (i.e. Chinese or Japanese). An interview of up to seven minutes follows the preparation.

A sample of the question sheet can be found by clicking on the links and following the instructions below. Please note that the sample questions are written in English, but the questions in the examination itself will be written in the relevant course language.

Chinese: Background Language:
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-languages/in-context/chinese-context-syllabus-2023.

Scroll down to ‘Assessment and examination materials’, click on ‘Chinese in Context Stage 6 Syllabus (2023): Annotated sample oral examinations.’

Japanese: Background Language
https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/stage-6-learning-areas/stage-6-languages/in-context/japanese-in-context-syllabus-2023.

Scroll down to ‘Assessment and examination materials’, click on ‘Japanese in Context Stage 6 Syllabus (2023): Annotated sample oral examinations.’

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