SACE Stage 2 Hungarian (continuers) cheat sheet

School assessment in SACE Stage 2 Hungarian (continuers) is internally marked by the school and externally moderated by the SACE Board; it contributes 50% of the final subject grade.

The school assessment component is organised into assessment types: Assessment Type 1 (Folio) and Assessment Type 2 (In-depth Study), each weighted at 25% of the total subject grade.

Assessment Type 1: Folio requires students to produce a range of responses (written, oral, multimodal) in Hungarian across the year, developed from texts and topics studied in class.

Assessment Type 2: In-depth Study requires an extended investigation into a chosen aspect of Hungarian language and culture, presented in Hungarian with a written and an oral or multimodal outcome.

Performance standards describe five levels of achievement (A to E); each assessment type is judged holistically against the standards, not against percentage marks.

Evidence must be in Hungarian except where the task specification allows English (for example, a short research statement or bibliography accompanying the In-depth Study).

Moderation requires schools to retain and submit samples of student work across the grade range, plus the task sheets and the assessment plan, so that judgments can be verified.

Plagiarism and external assistance are managed through student declaration and teacher verification; unacknowledged use of translation tools or others' work can result in the work not being counted.

External assessment contributes 50% of the final subject grade and is set and marked by the SACE Board, not by the school.

The external assessment consists of a written examination (three hours) and an oral examination (approximately 15 minutes), each weighted at 25% of the total subject grade.

The written examination comprises three sections: Section 1 Listening and Responding, Section 2 Reading and Responding, and Section 3 Written Production in Hungarian.

Listening and Reading sections use authentic Hungarian texts (spoken and written) followed by questions in Hungarian and/or English, testing comprehension, interpretation and analysis.

Written Production requires students to produce extended texts in Hungarian in specified text types (for example, article, report, letter, speech, review) for a stated audience and purpose.

The oral examination consists of a conversation with the examiner in Hungarian, covering personal, social and cultural topics studied, and is assessed on communication, content and language accuracy and range.

Dictionaries (monolingual or bilingual) are permitted in the written examination according to the SACE Board's subject-specific instructions; electronic devices are not.

Externally assessed work is judged against the same performance standards (A to E) as school assessment, and results combine with moderated school assessment to give the final grade.