QCAA Korean (SEE) case studies
QCAA Korean (SEE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Senior External Examination in Korean is one subject within the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority's Senior External Examination (SEE) program, a set of individual subject examinations offered to eligible Year 12 students and adult learners. It is designed for students in their final year of senior secondary schooling who cannot access certain subjects at their school because of timetable clashes or subject availability, and for adult students (17 years or older, or students under 17 who are eligible) who want credit towards a QCE, to meet tertiary entrance or employment requirements, or to study for personal interest. The QCAA Korean (SEE) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,867 words.
1The Overheard Number in a Market Scene
A Year 12 student listens once to a recorded dialogue set in a Busan fish market. The recording plays twice total.
602 words, about 3 min2Honorific Mismatch in a Written Complaint
A student drafts a 200-word email to a Seoul language school complaining that a homestay room was not as advertised. The student must revise while keeping the complaint clear.
575 words, about 3 min3Reading a Blog Review for Implied Evaluation
A student reads a short blog post about a café in Jeonju. The student answers "the café is bad" to the first and "weekends are busy" to the second.
565 words, about 3 min4Structuring a Persuasive Speaking Task Under Time Pressure
A student must give a 3-minute monologue in Korean arguing that a school should start at 9 a.m. Preparation time is 10 minutes with no dictionary.
557 words, about 3 min5Two Tasks, One Source: Listening and Writing Combined
In a school-based assessment, a student hears a 90-second announcement twice about a changed excursion: departure moves from 7:30 to 6:50, the meeting point changes from the front gate to the gym, students must bring a signed consent form, and lunch is no longer provided. The student then writes a 120-word Korean message to a classmate who missed the announcement.
568 words, about 3 min