Chinese Background Speakers
Syllabus
- Syllabus Introduction (PDF, 3 pages, 68 KB)
- Word version (3 pages, 136 KB)
- Revised Syllabus (PDF, 39 pages, 312 KB)
- Effective for HSC Exam in 2009
- Published 30 July 2008
- Tracked passages of syllabus showing amendments (PDF, 1 page, 60 KB)
- Published 8 September 2008
- 2010 HSC and beyond
- Chinese Background Speakers Syllabus (content unchanged)
- Published 14 September 2009
Assessment and examination materials
Specimen HSC Examination Resources:
Acrobat PDF
37 pages (1.2mb)
Examination Rubrics
Acrobat PDF
1 page (28k)
- 2010 HSC and beyond
- Assessment and reporting in Chinese Background Speakers
- Published 15 September 2009
- Chinese Background Speakers – sample assessment schedule
- Published 24 September 2009
- Information regarding the 2010 HSC examination in Chinese Background Speakers – coming soon
- Chinese Background Speakers – Summary of HSC examination specifications and assessment requirements
- Published 18 February 2009
- Chinese Background Speakers – HSC examination rubrics – to be published early Term 1, 2010
Other support materials
- Summary of changes to revised syllabus
- Published 30 July 2008
- Examination Specifications
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- The phrasing of all questions on the examination paper in both English and Chinese ensures consistency across all questions and examination papers.
- The inclusion of the reference to one of the related contemporary issues in addition to the reference to a theme allows more opportunity for students to engage with Chinese in the classroom and also allows more flexibility in the setting of questions.
- (See Official Notice BOS 30/08, Vol 17 No 3)
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