NESA has published the 2019 oral examinations timetable:
​​https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/key-dates-exam-timetables/hsc-languages-oral-examinations

NESA has announced that HSC Presiding Officers will no longer receive CDs of audio files for the listening component in the HSC exam for languages – Beginners, Continuers,[Language] in Context and [Language] and Literature.

Please note, this notice is effective immediately and CCAFL courses are not affected.

Principals are now required to nominate an authorised school representative to download the MP3 audio files, which replace the CDs previously provided. Audio files will be available for download in Schools Online 1 hour before the relevant exam.

For more information, please visit the NESA Official Notice page. 

Are you interested in developing the HSC exams?
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Each year NESA accepts applications from teachers and academics with appropriate experience and qualifications.

The 2020 HSC exam development application information is now available. Please visit the NESA website to access the application and more information.

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NESA has released the exam timtable for the HSC oral examinations. The exam timetable period will run from 8 August to 14 September. ​

Visit the NESA website for full details.

NESA Liaison Officers will conduct the following two workshops for new Executives, Year Advisers, and/or Career Advisers. Participants can attend one or both workshops.

- ROSA and HSC Eligibility/Credentialing (one hour of NESA registered PD addressing standards 6.2.2 and 7.4.2)
- Schools Online/Students Online (one and a half hours of NESA registered PD addressing standards 6.3.2 and 7.4.2)

Both workshops will provide opportunities for collegial discussion and evaluation of school procedures.
More information about each workshop can be obtained directly from the NESA website.

For further information conduct Heidi O'Brien by email or phone 6659 3274.

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

Registration is now open for Languages at Sydney: Go Global 2018, an initiative by the University of Sydney's School of Languages and Cultures (SLC).

This event is catered towards students continuing with a language, as well as students who want to learn a language from scratch, as the event will give them a taste of the programs and languages that the University of Sydney has to offer. Events on the day will include language-specific immersion, career opportunities for languages students, introduction to languages at SLC and a campus tour.

Languages at Sydney: Go Global is for:
- Year 12 languages students (HSC, IB, NSW School of Languages)
- Year 12 students interested in languages at university
- Year 11 and 12 languages teachers and careers counsellors.

Event details
Date: Friday 2 March 2018, 1:30-4:30pm
Venue: University of Sydney
Registration closing date: 30 November 2017

To register, follow the registration link. Every student and teacher will need to submit an individual registration via the registration link.
For further enquiries, contact languages.admin@sydney.edu.au

The amended Stage 6 Chinese and Literature Course Prescriptions 2019-2023 are now available from the syllabus section of the NESA website. Implementation for the new course prescriptions will commence from Term 1 2018 with Year 11.

Schools are reminded that study of the texts prescribed for the Year 12 course may not begin before the completion of the Year 11 course. This also applies to the study of a prescribed text in another medium, such as the film of a novel.

For more information, contact:
Lyn Sully
Inspector, Languages
lyn.sully@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152
@LanguagesNESA