QCAA Chinese case studies
QCAA Chinese · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Chinese General senior syllabus is a Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority (QCAA) senior secondary syllabus for students studying Chinese as a senior language subject. The 2025 version is published for implementation with students who will complete their study of the course in 2026 or beyond. It sits within the Languages learning area of the senior subjects, alongside subjects such as Chinese Extension, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. The syllabus is supported by associated material, including a Language elements document, and by a substantial resource library: external assessment past papers from 2020 to 2025 (each with an audio stimulus, marking guide, question and response book and stimulus book), sample assessment instruments for Units 3 and 4, subject reports from 2020 to 2025, an endorsement subject report for 2026, and quality assurance information about confirmation. The QCAA Chinese case studies are 5 cases and about 1,941 words.
1Negotiating a School Exchange Schedule
You are the student coordinator for a sister-school exchange between your Brisbane school and a school in Chengdu. Twelve Year 11 students will visit for ten days in July.
414 words, about 2 min2Choosing Register for a Complaint Letter
Your class has been corresponding with a partner class in Taiwan about a joint environmental project. Your school's supplier delivered 40 reusable water bottles printed with the partner school's name, but 12 of them have the school name misspelled.
357 words, about 2 min3Interpreting a Survey on Language Maintenance
You are analysing survey data for a report on Chinese language maintenance among 200 students at your school. Of the 200, 150 study Chinese at school.
436 words, about 2 min4Adapting a Speech for a Different Audience
You have written a five-minute speech in Chinese for a school assembly about reducing single-use plastic. It opens with statistics about ocean plastic, uses the phrase 我们必须立即行动, and ends with a call for students to bring reusable containers.
391 words, about 2 min5Deciding What a Source Can Support
You are writing a research report in Chinese on changing family structures in China. You have three sources.
343 words, about 2 min