Category: Extension

HSC Languages Extension Course Prescriptions

23/11/2017

Official notice

Effective: Immediately
The current HSC Course Prescriptions 2014–2018 for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses have been extended to include the 2019 HSC examinations.

New course prescriptions for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses for HSC examinations from 2020 will be published on the NESA website in 2018.

The 2014-2019 HSC Course Prescriptions for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek, and Spanish Extension courses are available to download in the syllabus section of the NESA website.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
@LanguagesNESA

Stage 6 Languages Extension course prescriptions

24/10/2017

The current HSC course prescriptions 2014–2018 for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses have been extended to include the 2019 HSC examinations.

New course prescriptions for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses for HSC examinations from 2020 will be published on the NESA website in 2018.

The HSC course prescriptions 2014–2019 for Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish Extension courses are available to download in the syllabus section of the NESA website.

EOI - Seeking experienced Stage 6 Extension teachers to develop support resources

4/9/2017

The Languages and Culture team is seeking experienced departmental (DoE) teachers of Stage 6 Extension courses to create high-quality support materials for the new Stage 6 Languages Extension course prescriptions (2019-2023) that will be implemented in Term 4 2018.

We are seeking teachers for:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Modern Greek
- Spanish.

Participation in the writing project will be over a period of 5 days:
- Monday 4 December 2017
- Tuesday 12 December 2017
- Wednesday 13 December 2017
- Thursday 15 February 2018
- Friday 23 February 2018.

Non-metropolitan teachers are welcome to apply - travel and accommodation reimbursements are available.

Should you wish to participate, please complete the EOI form attached below and email the completed form to aris.cao1@det.nsw.edu.au.

Closing date for applications: Friday 22 September 2017.

Queries: Janelle Byrne, 9266 8540.

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NESA Official Notice: Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Continuers exam specifications

15/2/2017

To provide more flexibility in the development of exams, minor amendments to the exam specifications for Stage 6 Languages Continuers: Section I – Listening and Responding have been made in the following courses:

- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Modern Greek
- Spanish.

The following amended exam specifications will be implemented from the 2017 HSC exams:

- maximum text length has been increased from approximately 60 seconds to approximately 80 seconds
- exams will have approximately nine items instead of approximately 10 items.

The revised specifications are in the Stage 6 Continuers Languages Assessment and Reporting document and available to download via the HSC syllabus page.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au

NESA Official Notice: Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Extension exam rubrics

15/2/2017

Minor amendments have been made to the exam rubrics for Stage 6 Languages Extension: Section II – Writing in the following courses:

- Arabic
- Chinese
- French
- German
- Indonesian
- talian
- Japanese
- Modern Greek
- Spanish.

The following amendments to the rubrics will be effective for 2017 HSC exams:

- ‘present and explain or justify a point of view’ has been changed to ‘present and justify a point of view’ to improve clarity
- ‘write text appropriate to context and/or purpose and/or audience’ has been changed to ‘write text appropriate to audience, purpose and context’ to more closely align with the intention and wording of the exam specifications.

The revised exam rubrics can be downloaded from the HSC syllabus page for each of the Stage 6 Languages Extension courses.

For more information, contact:
Tracey McIntosh
Manager, Examining and Testing
tracey.mcintosh@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8233

Extension and Background Speakers Prescriptions Survey

27/6/2015

The Board of Studies, Teaching and Educational Standards NSW (BOSTES) is currently seeking text nominations for the 2019–2023 Higher School Certificate course prescriptions for both the Languages Extension courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish as well as the Background Speakers courses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean.

Languages teachers, academics and professional associations are invited to submit nominations. Have your say at http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/languages-fbs-ext-prescriptions-survey.html

Official Notice: Languages Extension and Background Speaker Course Prescriptions Survey

16/3/2014

http://news.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/index.cfm/2014/3/13/Official-Notice-Languages-Extension-and-Background-Speaker-Course-Prescriptions-Survey

Board of Studies News via kwout

Stage 6 Extension: Support materials for the new Course Prescriptions

27/8/2013

The Board of Studies NSW has set new Course Prescriptions 2014-2018 for the Stage 6 Extension courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish. Download the new Course Prescriptions from http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/languages.html
(click on the appropiate Extension course, and there will be a link to the Course Precriptions 2014-2018 at the bottom of the
page).

In response to the new Course Prescriptions, the NSW Department of Education and Communities has developed
support materials for each language. These can be accessed from http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/secondary/languages/languages/index.htm
Click on "Find support for your languages" and then the Extension course. The link to the support materials is in the heading of the first paragraph.

Extension workshops

31/7/2013

To support teachers in developing their knowledge and understanding of the new Stage 6 Extension Course Prescriptions in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek and Spanish, the NSW Department of Education and Communities is holding a series of workshops.

The workshop will include:

information about the Extension course
related HSC requirements
an introduction to the support materials developed by the Department and the NSW Association of Independent Schools
programming
developing sample tasks.

The workshop dates are:

Thursday, 22 August 2013 – German, Modern Greek and Japanese (Event ID: 64740)
Friday, 23 August 2013 – Indonesian and Italian (Event ID: 64742)
Monday, 26 August 2013 – Arabic and Spanish (Event ID: 64744)
Tuesday, 27 August 2013 – French (Event ID: 64745)

Enrolment is via MyPL@EDU - look out for an email from your language-specific consultant!