VCE Arabic study guide
VCE Arabic · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
VCE Arabic is a Victorian Certificate of Education study in Arabic, accredited for Units 1 and 2 from 2019 and Units 3 and 4 from 2020. It suits students who already work in Arabic and want formal recognition of their speaking, listening, reading and writing, whether they are First Language Learners or Second Language Learners. Enrolment at Units 3 and 4 requires students to declare that status on the Declaration for enrolment in VCE Modern Languages Units 3 and 4 form and submit it to their home school. External assessment has two parts: an oral examination and a written examination, each with its own published examination specifications, assessment criteria and descriptors. Topics on this exam: Oral examination and Written examination. The VCE Arabic study guide has 2 sections and about 1,578 words.
01Oral Examination: Conversation, Discussion and the Detailed Study
The VCE Arabic oral is a live performance, not a recitation. You must sustain a conversation on familiar topics (family, school, leisure, technology, migration, identity) and then a discussion based on your Detailed Study - a topic you have researched, linked to a text, film, or authentic source from the Arabic-speaking world. Marks come from communication , content , language , and pronunciation and intonation . Register : formal fuṣḥā for the discussion; controlled colloquial only if the task invites it.
412 words, about 2 min02Written Examination: Section 1 - Listening and Reading Comprehension
The written paper opens with listening and reading comprehension in Arabic, answered in Arabic or English as instructed. Texts are authentic in style: news items, interviews, advertisements, letters, blog posts, short stories. You are tested on main ideas , specific detail , inference , and purpose/tone . Skimming for gist before reading questions, then scanning for names, numbers, dates, and negations.
1,166 words, about 6 min