SACE Stage 2 Korean (beginners) case studies
SACE Stage 2 Korean (beginners) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Korean (beginners) is a Stage 2 SACE subject, code 2KOB20, worth 20 credits. It is the second year of a two-year beginners sequence designed for students with little or no previous knowledge or experience of Korean before they began Stage 1, so it suits learners starting the language at senior secondary level rather than heritage speakers. The SACE Stage 2 Korean (beginners) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,064 words.
1Weighting the School Assessment Folio
A Year 12 Korean beginners class of 14 students completes four school assessment tasks across the year. The school's approved assessment plan assigns: an oral interaction (20%), a written response in Korean (20%), a listening and reading comprehension test (30%), and a final in-school examination (30%).
441 words, about 2 min2Moderation and Comparable Judgement
Two teachers at the same school each teach a Korean beginners class. Teacher A's students receive school assessment marks averaging 82, while Teacher B's average 68.
420 words, about 2 min3Oral Examination Under Time Pressure
In the external oral examination, a student must sustain a conversation in Korean for approximately ten minutes with an assessor. The student, Priya, has prepared a topic on school life and can recite a memorised paragraph fluently.
389 words, about 2 min4Choosing Evidence for the External Assessment
A student, Daniel, must submit an external assessment task that combines a written response in Korean with a reflective statement in English. He has drafted a 250-word Korean response about a school excursion and a 150-word reflection.
406 words, about 2 min5Authenticity and Outside Help
During preparation of an external assessment task, a teacher suspects that a student's Korean written response was produced with substantial help. The response is markedly more sophisticated than the student's classwork: complex honorific forms, varied connective endings, and vocabulary well beyond the course list.
408 words, about 2 min