HSC Chinese in Context case studies

HSC Chinese in Context is a New South Wales Stage 6 course and external examination for senior secondary students who already have substantial background in Chinese, typically through family, community or prior schooling, and who are studying the language as a heritage or near-native learner rather than as a beginner. It develops the ability to understand, produce and analyse Chinese across personal, community, workplace and broader societal contexts, and to move between Chinese and English with awareness of register, audience and cultural nuance. Assessment is conducted in the four macroskills, with listening and reading comprehension, production of written Chinese in different text types, and speaking assessed through an oral component where applicable. Because the course assumes existing fluency, marks depend less on raw vocabulary and more on accuracy, structure, appropriateness of tone and depth of ideas. The HSC Chinese in Context case studies are 5 cases and about 2,276 words.