SACE Stage 2 Italian (beginners) case studies
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SACE Stage 2 Italian (beginners) is a South Australian Certificate of Education subject for students in their final year of secondary schooling who are taking up Italian as a new or near-new language. It sits within the SACE's languages offering, alongside beginner-level courses in French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Korean and Modern Greek, and is distinct from Italian (continuers), which assumes prior study. The SACE Stage 2 Italian (beginners) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,799 words.
1The Oral Interaction Mark That Doesn't Add Up
Two teachers are moderating a Year 12 Italian (beginners) oral interaction task. The task asks students to negotiate a weekend plan with a partner, and the school rubric has four criteria: Communication, Interaction, Range, and Accuracy, each out of 5.
460 words, about 2 min2Choosing the Right Internal Assessment Task Type
A school is designing its internal assessment program for SACE Stage 2 Italian (beginners). The coordinator proposes three tasks: (1) a written response to a holiday brochure, (2) a listening comprehension of a weather forecast, and (3) an oral presentation about the student's family.
588 words, about 3 min3The Exchange Student Who Won't Speak
Marco, a Year 12 Italian (beginners) student, has strong reading and writing scores (averaging 80 percent) but freezes in oral tasks. In the first oral assessment he produced two short sentences in five minutes and scored 1 out of 5 on Interaction.
555 words, about 3 min4Weighting the External Examination Components
A student is analysing their likely external examination result in SACE Stage 2 Italian (beginners). The external assessment has a written examination and an oral examination.
584 words, about 3 min5Moderation Flag: The Writing Task That Everyone Aced
A teacher submits a moderation sample for the external examination preparation unit. The internal writing task asked students to write 120 words about their ideal holiday.
612 words, about 3 min