HSC Korean Continuers study plan

Diagnose current reading level by completing one full past-paper reading section untimed and logging every error by type (vocabulary, grammar, inference, text-type unfamiliarity)

Build a personal vocabulary log of 60 high-frequency Korean words drawn from the diagnostic reading texts, recording each with example sentence

Identify and write out the five Korean text types most common in the exam (notice, advertisement, letter, diary entry, informative article) with their typical layout and formulaic phrases

Set up a weekly study timetable that allocates at least 3 of the 6 hours to reading practice

Practise skimming three unseen Korean texts for main idea in under 3 minutes each, writing a one-sentence summary in Korean for each

Drill inference questions by underlining the textual clue that justifies each chosen answer

Memorise 15 connective adverbs and discourse markers (그러나, 따라서, 반면에, 즉 etc.) and use each in an original sentence

Complete two timed reading sections and compare accuracy against the week-1 diagnostic

Analyse how formal vs informal register shifts meaning in reading passages by annotating speech levels in three sample texts

Answer short-answer reading questions in Korean using full sentences that recycle vocabulary from the passage

Expand the vocabulary log to 150 entries and self-test recall of 50 randomly chosen items

Review all grammar points missed so far and write one original sentence per point

Sit a full-length timed reading section under exam conditions (no dictionary, strict timing)

Score the section against the marking criteria and identify the three weakest question types

Rewrite corrected answers for every wrong response, explaining in Korean why the original was wrong

Consolidate reading strategy notes into a one-page checklist for exam day

Listen to 20 short Korean audio passages (announcements, dialogues, monologues) and write the gist of each in one Korean sentence

Practise note-taking while listening, capturing numbers, times, places and names accurately in 10 of the passages

Train prediction by reading question stems before listening and writing the expected answer type

Transcribe two difficult passages verbatim to expose listening gaps in sound-spelling mapping

Complete two timed listening sections and record accuracy per item type (detail, inference, attitude, main idea)

Identify and drill five recurring listening traps (negation, hedged answers, distractors, numbers, register shifts)

Shadow three audio passages aloud to improve processing speed and intonation

Re-listen to all missed items and write the exact phrase that carried the answer

Write one 200-word informative text and one 200-word personal text in Korean, each planned with a 5-minute outline

Practise using 10 varied sentence structures (relative clauses, reported speech, causal and concessive connectors) in original sentences

Self-edit both drafts against a checklist covering register consistency, particle accuracy and connector variety

Rewrite each draft once, reducing errors by at least half

Sit one full mock exam covering listening, reading and writing under strict timing

Score all sections and compare results against the week-1 diagnostic and week-4 and week-6 checkpoints

Rewrite the weakest writing response with a focus on the errors flagged in the mock

Compile a final one-page revision sheet of recurring errors, key connectors and exam timing plan