VCE Korean First Language case studies
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VCE Korean First Language is a Victorian Certificate of Education study administered by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). The current study design carries an accreditation period from 2022, and the published study design document was updated in August 2021. The VCE Korean First Language case studies are 5 cases and about 3,109 words.
1Sijo Rewrite for a School Newsletter: Register and Line Count
You are editing the Korean-language page of your school newsletter. A Year 11 student submits a three-line poem in sijo form about leaving their hometown for study in Melbourne.
718 words, about 4 min2Formal Letter vs Message: Choosing Text Type for a Complaint
Your class visited a Korean cultural centre. The centre's volunteer guide arrived 40 minutes late, skipped two of the four scheduled exhibition rooms, and gave instructions in rapid dialect that several students could not follow.
632 words, about 3 min3Honourifics Under Pressure: Reporting on a Grandparent's Visit
For the theme of family and generations, you must write a 150-word Korean reflection on a visit to your grandmother's house in a rural town. Your draft contains these problems: you refer to your grandmother as '그녀' twice; you write '할머니가 밥을 먹었어요' when describing the meal she served you; you describe your own action as '제가 할머니께 진지를 드셨습니다'; and you use '우리 할머니' in the title but '저의 할머니' in the first line.
573 words, about 3 min4Persuasive Speech on a Local Issue: Balancing Pathos and Evidence
For the topic of community and environment, you must deliver a 3-minute persuasive speech (roughly 400 words) to your school council, arguing that the school should keep its small vegetable garden instead of paving it for extra parking. You have: one survey of 120 students (78 say they use the garden at least once a term), a maintenance cost of $600 per year, and a waiting list of 15 students for the gardening club.
635 words, about 3 min5Summarising Two Sources: Whose Voice Survives?
For the topic of technology and daily life, you must write a 200-word Korean summary comparing two short sources. Source A is a newspaper article reporting that a city library replaced half its desks with charging stations and that visits by teenagers rose 30% in six months.
551 words, about 3 min