QCAA Russian (SEE) case studies
QCAA Russian (SEE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The QCAA Russian (SEE) designation refers to a Senior External Examination in Russian offered within the Queensland Curriculum & Assessment Authority's senior secondary framework. The examination is intended for external candidates - typically adult learners and Year 12 students who are not enrolled in a school-based Russian course - who wish to have their Russian language proficiency assessed and recorded within Queensland's senior schooling arrangements. The QCAA Russian (SEE) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,132 words.
1The Overlapping Invitation: Deciding What the Speaker Actually Committed To
You are listening to a recorded conversation between two colleagues, Ирина and Павел, for a QCAA-style listening task. The audio is played twice.
466 words, about 2 min2Register and Address Form in a Reading Passage About a School Exchange
A reading passage is a letter from a Russian host school to an Australian partner school. It opens: «Уважаемые коллеги!
393 words, about 2 min3Structuring a 120-Word Email: Choosing Between Two Plausible Openings
You must write a short formal email in Russian (about 100–120 words) to a host family, confirming your arrival and asking two questions. The task specifies: greet appropriately, state your arrival date and time, ask (a) whether you should bring bedding and (b) how to get from the station, and close politely.
407 words, about 2 min4Handling a Misheard Number in a Live Speaking Task
In a paired speaking task you must ask your partner about their travel plans and then report back to the class in Russian. Your partner says something that sounds like «в семь часов» but the context (a flight) and a later mention of «утра» make you unsure whether it was «семь» or «семнадцать».
420 words, about 2 min5Aspect Choice Under Time Pressure in a Written Narrative
You are writing a short narrative in Russian (about 120 words) about a trip that went wrong. You want to say: 'I was reading on the train when I realised I had left my ticket at home.' You draft «Я читал в поезде, когда я понял, что я забыл билет дома» and then wonder whether «читал» or «прочитал», and «забыл» or «забывал», are correct.
446 words, about 2 min