SACE Stage 2 Nepali (continuers) study plan
SACE Stage 2 Nepali (continuers) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Initiating and maintaining interaction (oral) & Intercultural understanding and reflection
Record a 3-minute self-introduction in Nepali covering family, studies, work and future plans, then transcribe it and mark every hesitation or English switch
Build a personal lexicon of 40 register-appropriate greeting, leave-taking and small-talk phrases, tagging each as formal, neutral or informal
Practise opening and closing a conversation with three different interlocutor types (teacher, peer, elder relative) using recorded prompts
Identify five culture-specific interaction norms (for example honorific address, indirect refusal, asking about family) and note how each differs from your own habit
Your checkpoint
A 3-minute recorded monologue plus a written self-correction sheet listing at least 15 concrete fixes to fluency, register or pronunciation
Initiating and maintaining interaction (oral) & Understanding and responding to texts (listening, reading)
Sustain a 5-minute unscripted conversation with a language partner, deliberately using three repair strategies (paraphrase, ask for repetition, self-correct)
Listen to five short authentic audio clips (radio interview, announcement, phone message) and note the main idea plus two details from each
Shadow each clip twice for pronunciation, rhythm and sentence stress, logging unfamiliar words into your lexicon
Answer eight comprehension questions on the clips in Nepali, using full sentences rather than single words
Your checkpoint
A conversation log of one 5-minute recorded exchange with a partner, annotated with the repair strategies you actually used and five comprehension answers in Nepali
Understanding and responding to texts (listening, reading) & Producing texts in Nepali (writing)
Read four authentic texts of 200-300 words (news brief, notice, personal letter, opinion column) and summarise each in three Nepali sentences
Classify and practise the clause patterns that recur in those texts (relative clauses, conditional forms, reported speech)
Draft a 150-word formal letter (application or complaint) using an appropriate salutation, structure and closing
Compare your draft against a model register checklist and revise it once for tone and cohesion
Your checkpoint
Four text summaries plus one revised 150-word formal letter, with a marked-up first draft showing at least ten edits
Producing texts in Nepali (writing) & Intercultural understanding and reflection
Write a 250-word discursive piece on a cultural topic (festival, migration, generation gap) with a clear position, two supporting arguments and a conclusion
Use at least six discourse connectors appropriately and highlight them in the text
Explain in writing how a chosen cultural practice is viewed from inside and outside Nepali society, avoiding stereotype
Self-assess both pieces against a rubric covering task fulfilment, range, accuracy and cultural nuance
Your checkpoint
A 250-word discursive text plus a 150-word reflective commentary, both self-scored against the rubric with written justification
Initiating and maintaining interaction (oral) & Producing texts in Nepali (writing)
Deliver a 4-minute prepared talk on a cultural theme, then answer three unrehearsed follow-up questions
Convert the talk into a 200-word written summary in a different register (formal report style)
Practise three conversational functions aloud: giving an opinion, disagreeing politely, and making a suggestion
Record and review the talk, noting filler words, tense slips and misused honorifics
Your checkpoint
A 4-minute recorded talk with follow-up Q&A, plus a 200-word written summary and an error tally from the recording
Understanding and responding to texts (listening, reading) & Intercultural understanding and reflection
Complete two timed reading and listening sets (under exam conditions) and mark them against a checklist
Analyse the errors by type (vocabulary, inference, grammar, misreading the question) and rank them by frequency
Read two opinion pieces presenting contrasting cultural viewpoints and write a 200-word comparison in Nepali
Reflect in English on how your own cultural assumptions shaped your interpretation of those texts
Your checkpoint
Two timed practice sets with a scored error analysis table and a 200-word comparison text in Nepali
Producing texts in Nepali (writing) & Initiating and maintaining interaction (oral)
Write two full-length texts under time pressure: one 300-word persuasive piece and one 200-word informative piece
Revise both using a personal accuracy checklist covering agreement, aspect, postpositions and spelling
Run a 10-minute mock oral covering introduction, topic discussion and reflection, with a partner asking unpredictable questions
Log recurring errors from the mock oral and drill the five most frequent ones aloud
Your checkpoint
Two timed written texts with revised final versions, plus a recorded 10-minute mock oral and an error log of at least ten items
Initiating and maintaining interaction (oral) & Understanding and responding to texts (listening, reading) & Producing texts in Nepali (writing) & Intercultural understanding and reflection
Sit one full mock examination covering all four domains under realistic timing
Mark the mock against the official criteria and identify the three weakest sub-skills
Re-drill those three weak areas with targeted exercises and one short retest
Consolidate a one-page personal reference sheet of high-frequency phrases, connectors and cultural points for final review
Your checkpoint
A completed full mock with scores per domain, a ranked remediation list and a final one-page reference sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Sustain a 5-minute unscripted conversation without switching to English for more than two short lapses, confirmed by your partner
Week 4: Produce a 250-word discursive text that meets at least three of four rubric criteria at a satisfactory level, verified by self-assessment or a tutor
Week 6: Score at least 60 percent on both timed practice sets and show a written error analysis identifying your top three error types
Week 8: Complete the full mock across all four domains, with every domain at or above 60 percent and a written remediation plan for any domain below that threshold