SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) study materials
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SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) study plan

SACE Stage 2 Romanian (continuers) · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

School assessment

  • Map every School assessment task type (oral interaction, text production, response to text) against the weighting so you can rank which skills carry the most marks

  • Draft a personal vocabulary bank of 150 high-frequency Romanian words and collocations drawn from your own writing, tagging each by theme

  • Write one 250-word persuasive text in Romanian under timed conditions to establish a baseline score against the assessment criteria

  • Record and self-assess a 3-minute spoken monologue, noting three specific fluency or grammar weaknesses to target

Your checkpoint

A one-page diagnostics sheet listing baseline scores for one written and one spoken task plus the three weakest criteria you must fix

Week 2

School assessment

  • Build a reusable structure template for each School assessment text type (argumentative, informative, reflective) with Romanian connective phrases

  • Practise converting informal spoken Romanian into formal register across ten sentence pairs

  • Complete two timed 300-word text productions and compare them against the assessment criteria descriptors

  • Memorise and drill 40 advanced grammatical structures (subjunctive after conjunctions, conditional, passive) in original sentences

Your checkpoint

Three polished text-production pieces of 300 words each, annotated with the criteria they satisfy

Week 3

School assessment

  • Rehearse oral interaction by scripting and performing five 4-minute dialogues on likely School assessment themes

  • Refine pronunciation of difficult Romanian vowel and consonant clusters using recorded playback comparison

  • Compile a bank of 30 opinion and hedging phrases to deploy spontaneously in discussion

  • Self-record two full oral interactions and score them against the oral criteria, logging errors

Your checkpoint

An error log from two recorded oral interactions with a corrected version of each transcript

Week 4

School assessment & External assessment

  • Sit a full mock of the School assessment under exam timing and mark it strictly against the criteria

  • Identify the three highest-yield weaknesses from the mock and write a corrective action for each

  • Begin mapping the External assessment format: list every section, its weighting, and the skill each tests

  • Start a weekly spaced-repetition deck covering all vocabulary and grammar errors logged so far

Your checkpoint

A marked mock result with a written corrective plan naming three priority weaknesses and the drills to fix them

Week 5

External assessment

  • Analyse the External assessment reading section by completing three past-format passages under time and classifying each error by cause

  • Build a strategy for unfamiliar vocabulary in reading texts using context and morphology rather than guessing

  • Practise listening comprehension with three Romanian audio extracts, taking structured notes and answering in Romanian

  • Draft a comparison of your reading versus listening accuracy to decide where to spend remaining time

Your checkpoint

Three completed reading passages and three listening tasks with a scored error-cause analysis table

Week 6

External assessment

  • Write four timed External-style responses to text, each within the prescribed word range and register

  • Drill the skill of extracting and reformulating information from a source text without copying its wording

  • Complete two full listening sections under exam conditions and transcribe the answers you missed

  • Refine your written accuracy by proofreading your own four responses against a personal checklist of recurring errors

Your checkpoint

Four timed written responses, each proofread and corrected, with a checklist of recurring errors and their fixes

Week 7

External assessment

  • Sit two complete External assessment mock papers under strict timing and mark them against the official criteria

  • Target the lowest-scoring section from the mocks with three focused drill sessions

  • Rehearse spoken production for any oral component by delivering five impromptu 2-minute talks on unseen prompts

  • Consolidate the spaced-repetition deck, retiring mastered items and adding new errors

Your checkpoint

Two fully marked mock papers with a score trend showing improvement in your weakest section

Week 8

School assessment & External assessment

  • Run a final full mock of both assessment types back to back to build stamina and timing control

  • Review every logged error across the eight weeks and confirm each has a corrected example you can recall

  • Rehearse exam-day routines: reading time allocation, planning before writing, and checking word counts

  • Complete a final self-assessment against all criteria and list the two remaining risks to manage on the day

Your checkpoint

A final revision dossier containing the full mock results, a corrected example for every logged error, and a two-item exam-day risk list

Milestones

Week 2: You can produce a 300-word Romanian text in the required register within the time limit and name the criteria it meets

Week 4: A full School assessment mock is completed, marked, and accompanied by a written corrective plan with three priorities

Week 6: Reading and listening accuracy are both above your week-4 baseline, with error causes classified rather than just counted

Week 8: Two External mocks and a combined final mock are complete, every logged error has a corrected example, and scores trend upward