HSC Korean and Literature (NSW) case studies
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The HSC Korean and Literature course is a New South Wales senior secondary subject for students who already handle Korean with reasonable confidence and want to work with authentic texts rather than textbook drills. It suits heritage speakers consolidating literacy, learners returning from time in Korea, and strong second-language students who enjoy reading and discussing literature. Assessment is external and written, and it is organised around four interacting skill areas: listening and responding, reading and responding, writing in Korean, and Korean literature and culture. Expect to hear or read a passage, then answer in Korean or English depending on the task, and to produce extended Korean prose that is accurate, well organised and appropriate in register. The HSC Korean and Literature (NSW) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,353 words.
1The Overheard Announcement: Partial Comprehension Under Time Pressure
You are sitting the HSC Korean Listening and Responding section. The recording is played twice with a short pause between playings.
694 words, about 3 min2Register and Relationship in a Short Dialogue
A listening item presents a 30-second exchange between a student and a teacher. You transcribe fragments: the student says "선생님, 혹시 시간 괜찮으세요?" and later "그럼 내일까지 해 오면 될까요?".
501 words, about 3 min3Two Texts, One Claim: Reading Against the Grain
You are given two short Korean texts in a Reading and Responding item. Text A is a blog post arguing that students should be allowed to use smartphones during breaks, citing stress relief and emergency contact with parents.
552 words, about 3 min4Honorific Consistency in a Formal Email
You are writing a 200-word email in Korean to a homestay coordinator, asking to change your arrival date from 3 March to 10 March and to confirm whether airport pickup is still available. You are confident about vocabulary but less sure about sentence endings.
718 words, about 4 min5Reading a Poem's Turn: Interpreting a Short Lyric
You are analysing a short modern Korean lyric in a Literature and Culture item. The poem has three stanzas.
888 words, about 4 min