Japanese Background Speakers
Syllabus
- Syllabus Introduction
- PDF version (3 pages, 68 KB)
- Word version (3 pages, 136 KB)
- Revised Syllabus (PDF, 35 pages, 376 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
- Japanese Background Speakers Syllabus (content unchanged)
- Published 22 October 2009
Assessment and examination materials
- Specimen HSC Examination Resources:
Acrobat PDF
37 pages (996k) - Examination Rubrics
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (28k) - Japanese Writing Booklet
Acrobat PDF
6 pages (56k)
- 2010 HSC and beyond
- Assessment and reporting in Japanese Background Speakers
- Published 15 September 2009
- Japanese Background Speakers – sample assessment schedule
- Published 24 September 2009
- Information regarding the 2010 HSC examination in Japanese Background Speakers – coming soon
- Japanese Background Speakers – Summary of HSC examination specifications and assessment requirements
- Published 18 February 2009
- Japanese Background Speakers – HSC examination rubrics – to be published early Term 1, 2010
Other support materials
- Course Prescriptions 2009-2013
- Published 29 October 2007
- 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 Japanese 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 Japanese 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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