HSC Korean Beginners (NSW) study guide
HSC Korean Beginners (NSW) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
HSC Korean Beginners is a New South Wales Stage 6 course and external examination for students who are new to Korean, usually taken in Year 11 and Year 12. It is designed for learners with little or no prior study of the language, so the course starts from everyday vocabulary and sentence patterns rather than assuming background knowledge. The HSC Korean Beginners (NSW) study guide has 5 sections and about 1,777 words.
01The Personal World: Family, Friends, Home and School
This domain rewards precise vocabulary organised into families: kinship terms (아버지, 어머니, 할머니, 오빠/형, 언니/누나, 동생), counters (명 for people, 마리 for animals, 개 for objects, 살 for age), and honorific forms used when speaking about elders (계시다, 드시다, 연세). Learn home and neighbourhood words (집, 방, 부엌, 화장실, 아파트, 시장, 은행, 공원, 버스 정류장) with the position words above, under, next to, in front of, behind (위, 아래, 옆, 앞, 뒤).
391 words, about 2 min02The Korean-Speaking Communities: Daily Life, Leisure and Traditions
This domain moves from your own life to Korean community life : shopping and transport (지하철, 편의점, 시장, 카드, 현금), leisure (영화, 축구, 등산, 노래방, 여행), and traditions and celebrations (설날, 추석, 한복, 세배, 떡국, 송편, 차례). Learn the calendar words (설날은 음력 일월 일일) and the fixed phrases used on these days (새해 복 많이 받으세요, 잘 먹겠습니다, 잘 먹었습니다).
349 words, about 2 min03Listening and Responding Skills
Listening tasks test gist , detail , purpose and inference . The recordings are short exchanges or announcements set in school, home, shops and transport.
360 words, about 2 min04Reading and Responding Skills
Reading tasks use notices, timetables, messages, letters, diary entries and short articles . You must decode text type quickly, locate specific information, understand purpose, and infer meaning from context.
331 words, about 2 min05Writing Skills
Writing tasks require a short message, diary entry, email or description of about 50-120 words depending on the task. Marks come from task fulfilment, range of vocabulary and grammar, accuracy, and appropriate register .
346 words, about 2 min