HSC Japanese Continuers (NSW) case studies
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HSC Japanese Continuers is a Stage 6 course and external examination offered within the New South Wales HSC system. It is designed for students who have studied Japanese as a second language, typically from Years 9–10 onward, rather than for background speakers; the syllabus sets out eligibility rules, and students with substantial home exposure to Japanese should check those rules or consider a different course. The HSC Japanese Continuers (NSW) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,097 words.
1The Part-Time Shift and the Family Budget
Yuki is 17 and in Year 12 at a Sydney high school. Her mother's factory in Western Sydney has moved to a four-day week, cutting the household income by about 18%.
699 words, about 3 min2The Homestay Complaint Nobody Wants to Raise
Kenji, 16, has been on a three-week exchange in regional NSW for eleven days. His homestay family, the Baileys, are warm but eat dinner at 5:30pm, and Kenji is used to eating at 8pm with his family in Osaka.
665 words, about 3 min3The Reading Task That Rewards the Wrong Answer
A reading passage in a practice paper describes a Japanese company introducing a four-day week. The passage says the company tried it for six months, that productivity rose slightly, but that customer enquiries handled per staff member fell, and that the company decided to continue the policy anyway because staff turnover dropped sharply.
603 words, about 3 min4Register Slip in a Thank-You Letter
A Year 12 student must write a 300-character thank-you letter in Japanese to a host family, the Suzukis, after a two-week stay. The student's draft opens: 鈴木さん、こんにちは。元気?
523 words, about 3 min5The Listening Question Where Two Answers Are True
In a listening task, a university student, Mika, is recorded talking about her decision to leave a large Tokyo company after one year to join a small design firm in Fukuoka. She says: the salary is lower; the commute is shorter; she has more say in projects; her parents were opposed at first; and her old colleagues were kind.
607 words, about 3 min