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Official Notice: HSC Heritage Languages Discussion Sheet Stage 6 Heritage Languages courses in Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese and Korean
BOS 20/12
Who needs to read this notice:
HSC coordinators
Head teachers (Languages)
Heritage Languages teachers
Students studying the HSC Heritage Language courses in Chinese (Mandarin), Indonesian, Japanese and Korean are required to undertake a Personal Investigation. The Personal Investigation will form the basis of the oral component of the external examination.
To facilitate the oral examination process, students are required to complete a Heritage Languages Discussion Sheet, which identifies the issue, perspective(s) and context(s) of their Personal Investigation, and includes a brief summary of the investigation. The Discussion Sheet is to be brought to the oral examination. The examiner will use the information provided to direct the discussion.
The HSC Heritage Languages Discussion Sheet is available to download from Schools Online.
More information on the Personal Investigation is published in the relevant Syllabus document, available from the Board’s website.
For further information:
Howard Jacobs
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
howard.jacobs@bos.nsw.edu.au
Christos Panayi
Languages Examination Coordinator
(02) 9367 8259
christos.panayi@bos.nsw.edu.au