SACE Stage 2 Vietnamese (Continuers) flashcards
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- School assessment weighting
- In SACE Stage 2 Vietnamese (Continuers), school assessment contributes 70% of the final subject grade, covering the Folio and the In-depth Study components.
- External assessment weighting
- External assessment contributes 30% of the final grade and comprises a written examination plus an oral examination, both set and marked outside the school.
- Folio
- A school-assessed component made up of several tasks across the year that assess listening, reading, and writing in Vietnamese, marked against the performance standards.
- In-depth Study
- A school-assessed investigation into a negotiated topic linked to Vietnamese language and culture, producing a written response and an oral presentation with discussion.
- Performance standards A–E
- Grade descriptors that describe the quality of knowledge, skills, and understanding expected at each level; teachers match evidence to descriptors rather than to raw percentages.
- Moderation
- The process by which school assessment results are checked against the performance standards using submitted samples and annotated student evidence.
- Authenticity evidence
- Drafts, plans, notes, and source records kept for each assessment task so the teacher can verify that the submitted work is the student's own.
- Task sheet
- The document specifying a school assessment task's conditions, text type, audience, purpose, length, and criteria; it forms part of the retained evidence.
- Negotiated topic
- An In-depth Study subject agreed between student and teacher, chosen for its connection to Vietnamese language, culture, or contemporary issues, and recorded in a plan.
- Oral presentation and discussion
- The spoken part of the In-depth Study, delivered in Vietnamese, followed by teacher questions testing depth of understanding and language control.
- Register
- The level of formality in Vietnamese (for example, pronoun choice and honorifics) matched to audience and purpose, such as formal letter versus diary entry.
- Text type
- The genre a task requires, such as article, report, speech, letter, review, or diary entry; each carries expected structural and stylistic conventions.
- Listening task
- A school or external task in which students hear spoken Vietnamese and answer questions requiring comprehension of gist, detail, and speaker attitude.
- Reading task
- A task based on written Vietnamese texts where students identify main ideas, extract detail, and infer meaning from context rather than translating word for word.
- Writing task
- A task requiring production of a Vietnamese text of a set type, length, and purpose, assessed on content, organisation, vocabulary, grammar, and register.
- Written examination
- The externally set and marked paper assessing listening, reading, and writing in Vietnamese, including comprehension items and extended writing under timed conditions.
- Oral examination
- An externally conducted conversation in Vietnamese with assessors, covering personal world, the In-depth Study topic, and wider cultural or social themes.
- External assessor
- A trained marker outside the school who conducts or marks the oral examination and applies the performance standards to the student's spoken Vietnamese.
- Inference in reading
- Deriving meaning not stated directly in a Vietnamese text, using context, connectors, and tone, which external comprehension items frequently require.
- Authentic-style text
- Material written to resemble real Vietnamese sources such as news articles, interviews, or announcements, used in external reading and listening sections.
- Gist comprehension
- Identifying the overall meaning or main idea of a spoken or written Vietnamese text, distinguished from locating specific details within it.
- Extended writing
- A sustained Vietnamese text produced in the external examination, assessed for development of ideas, cohesion, range and accuracy of language, and suitability to audience.
- Fluency
- The ability to speak Vietnamese with reasonable speed and continuity, with limited hesitation, as judged in the external oral examination.
- Pronunciation and intonation
- Accuracy of Vietnamese sounds and tones and natural sentence melody, assessed in the oral examination because tone changes meaning.
- Range of language
- The variety of vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions a student commands; a criterion in both writing and oral assessment.
- Accuracy
- Correctness of grammar, word choice, and tone marking in Vietnamese production, weighed against communication success in assessment criteria.
- Special provisions
- Adjustments such as extra time or a separate room granted by the SACE Board for documented need, applying to external examinations.
- Subject grade
- The final A–E grade combining school assessment (70%) and external assessment (30%), determined by the SACE Board after moderation and marking.
- Topic development
- Sustaining and extending ideas in the oral examination, rather than giving short answers, by adding reasons, examples, and follow-up points in Vietnamese.
- Cultural theme
- A topic area such as family, festivals, migration, or modernisation, used in both school and external tasks to frame language use in context.
- Pronoun selection
- Choosing Vietnamese address terms (for example according to age and relationship) appropriate to the audience, a key element of register control.
- Time allocation
- The division of examination time across listening, reading, and writing sections, planned so extended writing receives enough time to be completed.