The Board of Studies joins with the rest of the community in wishing all students the best for their exams. For general information, facts and figures about this year's HSC, please see the newly released 2009 HSC Media Guide. Course: CCAFL languages - Continuers Armenian (28), Croatian (17), Dutch,(5), Filipino (37), Hindi (23), Hungarian (4), Khmer (16), Macedonian (27), Maltese (6), Polish (35), Portuguese (19) Serbian (32), Swedish (6), Tamil (27), Turkish (56), Ukrainian (3) Date: Tuesday October 20, 2009, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CCAFL (Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages) is a national framework for the development of languages syllabuses and the setting and marking of languages examinations. Under the CCAFL agreement, various state and territory curriculum, assessment and certification authorities develop examinations in a wide range of small candidature community languages. Because these examinations are used nationally, they are scheduled at a time suitable to all participating states. Each Continuers Language examination has three papers, all of which are compulsory. Paper 1 (30 marks) This paper consists of two parts. In Part A (20 marks) students listen to a number of listening texts and respond to questions in English. In Part B (10 marks) students listen to two listening texts and respond to questions in the target language. Paper 2 (30 marks) This paper consists of two parts. In Part A (20 marks) students respond in English to a number of question on two written texts, and in Part B (10 marks) students answer one question in the target language on a short written text by responding to the information, ideas and/or opinions in the text. Paper 3 (15 marks) Students are required to write a text in the target language. There are two to four questions, of which students must choose one. Questions are phrased in the target language and English. Each question is worth 15 marks. Read the full 2009 HSC examination timetable. Don't miss out! Get your Board news fast and from the source with our easy email news alerts. Just enter your email address in the box on the right, and don't forget to confirm your subscription.