HSC Vietnamese Continuers (NSW) study guide
HSC Vietnamese Continuers (NSW) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The HSC Vietnamese Continuers course is a New South Wales senior secondary subject for students who already have substantial background in Vietnamese-typically those who speak it at home or have lived in a Vietnamese-speaking environment-and who want formal recognition of that ability within the Higher School Certificate. It is not a beginner's language course; the syllabus assumes you can already understand and produce connected Vietnamese and builds on that base toward analysis, argument and register control. The HSC Vietnamese Continuers (NSW) study guide has 6 sections and about 1,903 words.
01The Individual and the Vietnamese-speaking Community
This domain asks you to talk about personal identity, family, and the groups a person belongs to, all in Vietnamese. You need vocabulary for gia đình (nuclear and extended), thế hệ (generations), truyền thống (traditions), giá trị (values), kính trọng (respect), hiếu thảo (filial piety), cộng đồng (community), hội đoàn (associations), tình nguyện (volunteering) and hòa nhập (integration).
339 words, about 2 min02Vietnamese-speaking Communities and Australian Society
Here you discuss how Vietnamese Australians participate in, and contribute to, Australian society, and how institutions respond to them. Key concepts: đa văn hóa (multiculturalism), di dân (migration), tị nạn (refugee), định cư (settlement), hòa nhập (integration) versus đồng hóa (assimilation), phân biệt đối xử (discrimination), cơ hội (opportunity), việc làm (employment), doanh nghiệp nhỏ (small business), tiếng mẹ đẻ (mother tongue), song ngữ (bilingualism), chính sách (policy) and dịch vụ công (public services).
313 words, about 2 min03The Changing World and Vietnamese-speaking Communities
This domain covers change: technology, globalisation, environment, work, and how these reshape Vietnamese-speaking communities in Vietnam and abroad. Learn vocabulary for toàn cầu hóa (globalisation), công nghệ số (digital technology), mạng xã hội (social media), biến đổi khí hậu (climate change), ô nhiễm (pollution), đô thị hóa (urbanisation), việc làm (employment), kỹ năng (skills), thế hệ trẻ (younger generation), giữ gìn (preserve) and phát triển bền vững (sustainable development).
326 words, about 2 min04Listening and Responding Skills
Listening tasks test comprehension of authentic spoken Vietnamese: conversations, interviews, announcements and short talks. The skill is nghe ý chính (gist), nghe chi tiết (detail), suy luận (inference) and nhận diện thái độ (attitude).
305 words, about 2 min05Reading and Responding Skills
Reading tasks use authentic Vietnamese texts: articles, letters, advertisements, blogs, notices and literary extracts. You need đọc lướt (skimming for gist), đọc tìm ý (scanning for detail), suy luận (inference), and recognition of thái độ and mục đích (purpose).
305 words, about 2 min06Writing in Vietnamese
Writing tasks require you to produce coherent Vietnamese texts in a specified thể loại (text type): thư, bài báo, bài phát biểu, nhật ký, bài nghị luận . Marks reward nội dung (content), cấu trúc (structure), từ vựng (vocabulary range), ngữ pháp (accuracy) and sự phù hợp (register and audience).
315 words, about 2 min