A small number of students who do not have a face-to-face venue available to them will be examined online.
If you have any questions regarding the oral examinations, please contact the Language Support Team at NESA on (02) 9367 8065 or via email.
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The HSC oral examinations for languages are taking place across a range of venues, face-to-face. Student Confirmation Sheets, with details of venues, are available on Students Online.
A small number of students who do not have a face-to-face venue available to them will be examined online. If you have any questions regarding the oral examinations, please contact the Language Support Team at NESA on (02) 9367 8065 or via email.
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The Languages and Culture team has developed videos with advice to students on how to approach the HSC Beginners and Continuers examinations. You can find the videos in the HSC hub, along with downloadable guides with advice for Beginners, Continuers, Extension, [Language] and Literature and [Language] in Context students.
The department's HSC hub contains high-quality, on-demand resources that teachers can provide to their students to help them prepare for their exams. Aligned to NSW syllabuses, the hub is a carefully curated central repository for items created by the NSW Department of Education, including Aurora College and WooTube. There is also third party material available. For copyright reasons, some items will require a NSW Department of Education log in. We have just published HSC examinations in Beginners language courses – advice for students on our website, as well as updated the HSC examinations in Continuers language courses – advice for students document.
Access them from the Stage 6 section of our website (choose your language and then the appropriate course from the menu). We hope you find these useful as your Stage 6 HSC students prepare for their upcoming examinations. The 2020 HSC written exam and updated oral language exam timetables are now available on the NESA website.
What’s changed? The written and oral exam timetables will each start a few days later than originally planned to give students more face to face time with their teachers to revise, ask questions and seek support in the lead up to exams:
Results will be released on 18 December. In response to your queries about preparing students for the upcoming oral examinations, we have developed advice, covering: - approaches to answering effectively - you in the role of the examiner - how to prepare your students in a blended classroom - different styles of feedback. ![]()
We are aware that many of you have questions concerning the HSC oral examinations for 2020. We encourage you to forward your questions and concerns to NESA, who facilitate these exams.
Through communicating directly to NESA, they will be aware of the types of concerns you have, as well as how many of you have these concerns. For any questions related to COVID (including oral exams or school-based speaking assessments), email/call the COVID hotline covid19support@nesa.nsw.edu.au or call 1300 138 323. The HSC Languages oral examinations timetable for 2020 will be released in March. Important information for schools scheduling students' oral examinations is now available on the NESA website.
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 official notice – update to process for audio files for the listening component in HSC exams25/7/2019 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?
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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