SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) case studies
SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Romanian (continuers) is a Stage 2 subject within the South Australian Certificate of Education, listed by the SACE Board among its Stage 2 language offerings. It is designed for students who already have substantial prior knowledge of Romanian - typically background speakers or learners who have studied the language over several years - rather than for absolute beginners, and the Board publishes a separate eligibility rule for languages at continuers level. The SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,642 words.
1The Oral Presentation That Outgrew Its Evidence
At a SACE Stage 2 Romanian school assessment, students must give a 6-minute oral presentation in Romanian, followed by 4 minutes of questions, on a topic linked to a Romanian-speaking community. Ioana has chosen the 1989 Revolution in Timișoara.
549 words, about 3 min2The Written Response and the Borrowed Paragraph
For a school assessment, students write a 500-word response in Romanian to an unseen prompt, using a short set of provided stimulus texts. Andrei's draft on urban migration is strong, but one 90-word paragraph closely follows the wording and structure of a stimulus article, with two phrases changed and no quotation marks.
536 words, about 3 min3Choosing the Research Project Question
In the Romanian continuers research project, students investigate a question connected to Romanian language or culture and present findings in Romanian. Mira proposes: 'What is Romanian food like?' Her supervisor notes the question invites description and a list, offers no arguable position, and could be answered by a cookbook.
531 words, about 3 min4The External Exam's Unfamiliar Text
In the external examination, students respond in Romanian to an unfamiliar written text, then complete a short listening task and a piece of extended writing. Andrei opens the unfamiliar text and meets a dense paragraph about rural depopulation containing several words he does not know: 'despăduri', 'recul', 'gospodărie'.
532 words, about 3 min5Group Oral: When One Member Cannot Sustain the Interaction
In a school-assessed interactive oral, three students discuss in Romanian whether Romanian should be taught to second-generation children at home or only at weekend community school. Each is assessed individually on interaction, range, and accuracy, though the conversation is joint.
494 words, about 2 min