HSC Macedonian Continuers study plan

Build a personal phrase bank of 60 high-frequency conversational formulas (greetings, requests, opinions, hedges) and record yourself saying each one aloud twice

Draft and rehearse a 2-minute self-introduction covering family, school, work and future plans, using at least five different verb tenses

Review Macedonian noun gender and definite article forms (three-postpositive-article system) and classify 40 nouns from your phrase bank by gender and article

Practise asking and answering 15 follow-up questions in a simulated first-meeting exchange, noting where you hesitate

Role-play four transactional exchanges (booking accommodation, ordering food, asking directions, making a complaint) and transcribe each one

Master verb aspect pairs for 25 common verbs and write one past-tense and one future-tense sentence for each

Practise the clitic order for object pronouns and reflexive clitics by rewriting 20 sentences into the past and future

Hold a 10-minute unscripted conversation on a familiar topic with a partner or language exchange app

Read six short Macedonian informational texts (news briefs, notices, brochures) and summarise each in three sentences

Identify the main idea, purpose and intended audience for each text and justify your choice with quoted evidence

Infer the meaning of 30 unfamiliar words from context before checking a dictionary, and log accuracy

Write two formal emails (an enquiry and a request) using appropriate register and formulaic openings and closings

Analyse two longer Macedonian articles for structure, argument and tone, annotating paragraph functions

Produce a 250-word structured response to one article, stating a position with two supporting reasons

Apply cohesive devices (connectives, pronoun reference, lexical chains) deliberately and highlight each use in your draft

Self-edit your draft against a checklist covering agreement, case, aspect and register, then rewrite

Listen to eight short authentic audio clips (interviews, announcements, dialogues) and take notes on key details

Answer detail, gist and inference questions on each clip, then check against a transcript

Shadow two clips to improve pronunciation, rhythm and stress placement, recording your version

Summarise one 3-minute spoken text orally in 90 seconds without notes

Transcribe a 2-minute authentic monologue and label its discourse markers and register features

Draft a 350-word extended text in a chosen genre (article, review or formal letter) planning structure before writing

Incorporate at least eight discourse markers and three complex sentence types into the draft

Compare your written version of a topic with a spoken version and note three register differences

Write two timed 400-word essays in 60 minutes each on different text types

Audit your own writing for the five most frequent errors from weeks 1-6 and drill each with ten targeted exercises

Expand vocabulary with 50 topic-specific terms across three exam themes and use each in a sentence

Practise paraphrasing ten sentences to demonstrate control of synonyms and sentence restructuring

Complete two full timed mock papers under exam conditions and mark them against criteria

Review every error from the mocks and classify it by domain and cause

Rehearse the oral component with three unseen stimulus prompts, speaking for two minutes each

Consolidate a one-page personal cheat sheet of recurring grammar and register reminders