HSC Korean Beginners (NSW) study plan

Build a personal vocabulary bank of 80 words covering family members, housing types, rooms and neighbourhood places, recording each word with its romanisation and English meaning

Produce and self-record 10 short spoken introductions describing your family, your home and your street, then replay each recording to note two pronunciation fixes

Write 8 present-tense sentences using polite endings to describe who lives with you and what is near your home

Practise distinguishing the plain, aspirated and tense consonant sets by ear using minimal-pair dictation until you score 90% accuracy

Describe your daily school or study routine in 12 sequenced sentences using time expressions and frequency adverbs

Listen to five short dialogues about school life and home and answer who, where and when questions in note form

Convert 15 statements between polite informal and polite formal registers and state which register fits a teacher, a friend and a shopkeeper

Role-play asking for and giving directions to three neighbourhood landmarks, recording each exchange aloud

Draft a 120-word informal message to a friend describing your neighbourhood, your school day and one weekend plan

Apply and self-check correct use of particles for topic, subject and object across the draft

Revise the draft twice, cutting repetition and adding two linking words to improve flow

Write a 60-word reply to a prompt asking about your family, timed at 15 minutes without a dictionary

Map 60 new words and phrases onto daily-life and leisure topics such as transport, shopping, hobbies and weather, grouping them by situation

Read four short authentic-style texts (a timetable, a menu, a notice and a message) and extract specific details to answer questions

Summarise each of the four texts in two Korean sentences without copying phrases from the original

Explain in writing how three Korean leisure habits differ from your own, using at least two comparison structures

Describe three Korean traditions or celebrations in 8 to 10 sentences each, naming the occasion, the food and one custom

Read two longer passages about traditions and identify the main idea plus two supporting details per passage

Infer meaning of 10 unfamiliar words from context and verify each guess against a dictionary

Compare one Korean celebration with one celebration you observe, writing five contrastive sentences

Listen to six short spoken passages on daily life and leisure and complete gap-fill and true-or-false tasks under timed conditions

Write a 150-word informal email inviting a friend to a celebration, including date, place, food and one request

Deliver a two-minute unprepared spoken description of a leisure activity, pausing no more than three times

Correct 10 deliberately flawed sentences for particle, ending and word-order errors

Complete two full timed listening sections and two full timed reading sections under exam conditions, then log every error by cause

Write a 200-word formal-style text such as a notice or short report on a community event, using consistent register

Rehearse three prepared speaking prompts aloud and record them, targeting smoother intonation and fewer hesitations

Rewrite your five weakest error types into correct model sentences for later review

Sit one full timed mock covering listening, reading and writing, then mark it honestly against criteria

Redo every item missed on the mock until each is answered correctly without notes

Write two 200-word responses in 40 minutes total, one informal and one formal, to practise register switching

Consolidate a 40-item personal error list into a one-page pre-exam checklist and recite it aloud