SACE Stage 2 Korean (background speakers) cheat sheet

School assessment contributes 50% of the final subject grade; the external assessment contributes the remaining 50%.

School assessment is split into two assessment types: Assessment Type 1 (Interaction) and Assessment Type 2 (Text Production), each worth 25% of the final grade.

Assessment Type 1 (Interaction) requires an oral interaction in Korean, typically a conversation or discussion of about 5–7 minutes, assessed for communication, content and language.

Assessment Type 2 (Text Production) requires written texts in Korean produced for specified purposes and audiences, assessed for content, structure and language accuracy.

Performance Standards describe five levels of achievement (A–E); grades are awarded against the standards, not against fixed percentage cut-offs.

The required evidence for school assessment must be collected under supervised conditions where specified, and each assessment task must be mapped to the relevant Performance Standards.

Teachers must ensure that students' work is verified as authentic; drafts and planning evidence may be retained to support authentication.

Korean text types commonly assessed include personal and formal letters, diary entries, reports, reviews, articles, speeches and narratives, each with expected conventions.

Language features assessed include honorifics (존댓말/반말), speech levels, connectives, vocabulary range and grammatical accuracy appropriate to context and audience.

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

The external assessment consists of an oral examination and a written examination, each worth 25% of the final grade.

The oral examination is conducted by external assessors and typically involves a conversation or discussion in Korean based on topics studied during the course.

The written examination is typically 2 hours plus reading time, and includes listening, reading and writing components in Korean.

Written examination tasks commonly require comprehension of authentic texts, response in Korean, and production of extended written text for a specified audience and purpose.

External assessment tasks are marked against the SACE Performance Standards by trained external assessors, using the same standards applied to school assessment.

Students must not bring unauthorised materials into the examination room; dictionaries and electronic devices are generally not permitted unless specified.

The oral examination is recorded for moderation and marking purposes; students should be prepared to speak spontaneously on familiar topics.

Results from school and external assessment are combined to produce the final subject grade, reported on a scale from A to E.