Category: NESA

Planning Stage 6 school-based assessment programs

18/11/2019

NESA has published information on preparing Year 11 assessment programs for 2020. You can find advice on:
- developing school-based assessment programs in Stage 6, including checklists for teachers
- formal assessment schedules
- adjustments for students with a disability.

Check your syllabus "Assessment and Reporting" documents available on syllabus pages for course specific requirements.

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NSW curriculum review – have your say!

22/10/2019

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The NSW Curriculum Review Interim Report has now been released, with reform direction 4 including "learning a language other than English from primary school".

Public consultation is now open on the report, open until 13 December 2019.

Your feedback will inform the final recommendations of the review, and it's vital that language teachers continue to make our voices heard.

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NSW curriculum review

22/10/2019

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The NSW Curriculum Review Interim Report has now been released. Independent Review Lead, Professor Geoff Masters, has developed the Interim Report as a basis for further public consultation. The Interim Report includes 15 reform directions.

Reform direction 4 includes "learning a language other than English from primary school".

Public consultation on the Interim Report will help inform a final report, to be delivered to the Minister for Education and Early Childhood in early 2020.

Thank you to all the language teachers who participated in the consultation process, ensuring our voices were heard.

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New K-10 syllabuses for Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil

16/9/2019

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The new Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil K–10 syllabuses and Course Performance Descriptors are now available on the NESA website. The syllabuses are available to download as PDF and Word documents.
Schools will begin implementing the new syllabuses from Term 1 2020. Additional advice about implementation is available on the syllabus pages.
For more information, contact:
Melissa Gould-Drakeley
Inspector, Languages
Melissa.Gould-Drakeley@nesa.nsw.edu.au
(02) 9367 8152

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Reminder – consultation for Chinese/Japanese/Korean in Context draft syllabuses ends 8 September

3/9/2019

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The consultation for Chinese/Japanese/Korean in Context draft syllabuses ends 8 September (this Sunday).

NESA is seeking feedback on the Performance Band Descriptors on the following matters:

- Is outcome 6.2 covered in the PBD or is it better represented in the suggested changes in pink on the attached document?
- Does dot point 4 of the PBD align clearly to the outcomes?

NESA appreciates your feedback so have your say and complete the survey online or submit a written response to:
- Belinda Munro-Laylim for Japanese and Korean in Context
- Gianna Pagni for Chinese in Context.

language_in_context_performance_band_descriptions_september_2019.docx
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NESA has revised French and Italian extracts for Stage 6 Extension courses

20/8/2019

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NESA has made minor amendments to the course prescriptions for French and Italian, for implementation with Year 12 from Term 4 2019. For full details, visit the NESA official notice.

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NESA has published the oral examination dates

5/8/2019

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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

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NESA official notice – update to process for audio files for the listening component in HSC exams

25/7/2019

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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.

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NESA seeks feedback on the Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL)

24/7/2019

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In NSW, CCAFL Languages syllabuses have been developed using the CCAFL Framework.

Please complete the online survey to tell NESA what you think about the framework. Feedback will be considered in revising the new CCAFL Framework and future NSW syllabuses.

The survey will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and will close on Friday 26 July 2019.

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2020 HSC exam development applications now available

4/7/2019

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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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Planning Stage 6 school-based assessment programs

NSW curriculum review – have your say!

NSW curriculum review

New K-10 syllabuses for Hindi, Macedonian, Persian, Punjabi and Tamil

Reminder – consultation for Chinese/Japanese/Korean in Context draft syllabuses ends 8 September

NESA has revised French and Italian extracts for Stage 6 Extension courses

NESA has published the oral examination dates

NESA official notice – update to process for audio files for the listening component in HSC exams

NESA seeks feedback on the Collaborative Curriculum and Assessment Framework for Languages (CCAFL)

2020 HSC exam development applications now available

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