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Syllabuses, Support Documents and Specimen HSC exams

Preliminary and Higher School Certificate - G List

Proposed changes to HSC examinations and school assessment

Subject Syllabus Introductions and Syllabus Support materials
(resource lists and other documents)
Assessment and Examination materials
(includes Performance Bands and HSC Examination resources)

General
Mathematics

(see Mathematics)




Geography

Syllabus Introduction:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
4 pages (137k)

Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF
46 pages (108k)
MS Word 97 file
46 pages (164k)
Updated 20 Sept 2002

Consultation Report:
Acrobat PDF
17 pages (332k)

Support doc:
MS Word 97 file

Draft Performance Bands:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (20k)

Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre

Specimen HSC Examination Resources:
Acrobat PDF
26 pages (1.1Mb)
Updated 29 Mar 2001

Examination Rubrics
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (28k)

German
Beginners

Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF (38 pages, 260KB)
Microsoft Word (38 pages (320KB)

Draft Syllabuses Consultation Report October 2005
Acrobat PDF (27 pages, 252KB)
Microsoft Word (27 pages (228KB)

Consultation Report Appendix Quantitative Analysis
Acrobat PDF (42 pages, 316KB)
Microsoft Word (42 pages (624KB)

A Guide to the Revised German Beginners Stage 6 Syllabus
Acrobat PDF (4 pages, 252KB)
Microsoft Word (4 pages, 84KB)

Advice on Programming and Assessment:
Acrobat PDF
17 pages (444KB)
MS Word 97 file
17 pages (148KB)

2002 HSC Examination Paper incorporating spelling reform changes

Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre

2008 Specimen HSC Examination Resources package
PDF (37 pages, 920 KB)
includes:
  • Introduction
  • 2008 HSC specimen examination
  • (Section I - Listening) transcript
  • Mapping grid
  • Marking guidelines
  • Oral marking guidelines
  • Performance bands
Published 23 May 2007
Examination rubrics
Published 20 September 2007
HSC Languages Courses - Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 132 KB)
Word (4 pages, 512 KB)
Published 1 August 2008
Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 140 KB)
Word (4 pages, 60 KB)
Published 1 August 2008

German
Continuers

Syllabus Introduction:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
3 pages (68k)
MS Word 97 file
3 pages (136k)

Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF
33 pages (390k)

Consultation Report:
Acrobat PDF
27 pages (303k)

Revised Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF
33 pages (390k)
Published 30 July 2008

Resource list:
Acrobat PDF
6 pages (20k)

Summary of changes to revised syllabus
– effective for the HSC Exam in 2009

Published 30 July 2008

Draft Performance Bands:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (16k)

2002 HSC Examination Paper incorporating spelling reform changes

Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre

Specimen HSC Examination Resources:
Acrobat PDF
33 pages (472k)

Examination Rubrics
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (28k)

HSC Languages Courses - Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 132 KB)
Word (4 pages, 512 KB)
Published 1 August 2008
Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 140 KB)
Word (4 pages, 56 KB)
Published 1 August 2008

German Extension

Syllabus introduction:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
3 pages (68k)
MS Word 97 file
3 pages (136k)

Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF
27 pages (204k)

Revised Syllabus:
Acrobat PDF
27 pages (204k)
Published 30 July 2008

Resource List:
Acrobat PDF
MS Word 97 file

Course Prescriptions 2007-2008
PDF (3 pages, 40 KB)
Word (3 pages, 156 KB)
Course Prescriptions 2009-2013
PDF (4 pages, 48 KB)
Word (4 pages, 148 KB)
Published 26 October 2007
Summary of changes to revised syllabus – effective for the HSC Exam in 2009
Published 30 July 2008
Text Types
  • Amendments to the list of text types for productive use (Section 8.3) have been made to ensure that there is no duplication of text types that are prescribed in the Continuers syllabus.
  • ‘Narrative account’ has been glossed to clarify ways in which this text type can be addressed.
HSC External Examination Specifications
  • The inclusion of a wider range of texts for productive use (Section 11.6 HSC External Examination Specifications Section I: Response to prescribed text Part B) allows more opportunity for students to engage with German.
(See Official Notice BOS 32/08, Vol 17 No 3)

Draft Performance Bands:
HTML
Acrobat PDF
2 pages (20k)
MS Word 97 file
2 pages (24k)

2002 HSC Examination Paper incorporating spelling reform changes

Past HSC Examination Paper and Notes from the Marking Centre

Specimen HSC Examination Resources:
Acrobat PDF
22 pages (456k)

Examination Rubrics
HTML
Acrobat PDF
1 page (28k)

HSC Languages Courses - Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 132 KB)
Word (4 pages, 512 KB)
Published 1 August 2008
Oral Examination
General Information for Teachers
PDF (4 pages, 140 KB)
Word (4 pages, 68 KB)
Published 1 August 2008

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