HSC Modern Hebrew Continuers study guide
HSC Modern Hebrew Continuers · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The NSW Higher School Certificate Modern Hebrew Continuers course is a senior secondary language subject for students who already have a working foundation in Modern Hebrew and want to extend it toward confident, independent use. It suits learners who can handle everyday conversation and short texts and who are ready to move into longer reading, more structured writing and discussion of ideas. The HSC Modern Hebrew Continuers study guide has 7 sections and about 1,819 words.
01The Individual and Society
This topic asks you to discuss the relationship between a person and the community around them: family roles, obligations to others, personal freedom versus collective expectation, gender roles, volunteering, and the tension between self-interest and the common good. You need vocabulary for values (ערכים), obligation (מחויבות), solidarity (סולידריות), and personal responsibility (אחריות אישית).
303 words, about 2 min02The Hebrew-Speaking Communities
This domain covers Hebrew-speaking communities in Israel and the diaspora: immigration waves (עלייה), absorption (קליטה), the revival of Hebrew, multilingual families, and cultural institutions such as kibbutzim, youth movements, and community centres. You should be able to describe how Hebrew functions as both a national language and a home language, and how communities preserve or lose it across generations.
249 words, about 1 min03The World of Work
Expect texts about job searching, CVs, interviews, workplace conditions, unemployment, volunteering as a path to employment, and the balance between work and family. You need vocabulary for employment (תעסוקה), salary (שכר), conditions (תנאי עבודה), employer and employee (מעסיק, עובד), and skills (כישורים).
259 words, about 1 min04The Changing World and Traditions
This domain asks you to discuss continuity and change: technology and social media, globalisation, environmental concerns, and how traditional practices such as festivals, family customs, and religious observance adapt or decline. Key vocabulary includes מסורת, שינוי, ערכים, טכנולוגיה, זהות, and דור (generation).
245 words, about 1 min05Listening and Responding Skills
Listening tasks in this course use authentic-style Hebrew: interviews, announcements, conversations, and short talks. You must extract main idea, specific detail, speaker attitude, and implied meaning.
247 words, about 1 min06Reading and Responding Skills
You will read articles, opinion pieces, letters, and literary extracts. You must identify main idea, supporting detail, purpose, audience, and tone, and recognise how Hebrew connects ideas: conjunctions (אך, לעומת זאת, לפיכך), pronouns referring back, and noun-heavy written style.
260 words, about 1 min07Writing Skills
You will produce texts such as letters, articles, diary entries, speeches, and short opinion pieces. Marks reward task fulfilment, range of vocabulary and structure, accuracy, and appropriate register.
256 words, about 1 min