WACE Japanese: Second Language ATAR study plan

Produce a 2-minute self-introduction covering family, school, hobbies and future plans, recording it and noting three self-corrections

Build a personal vocabulary log of 60 high-frequency nouns, verbs and adjectives drawn from two listening clips on daily life

Shadow two short authentic dialogues (30-45 seconds each) three times, marking where pitch and sentence rhythm differ from your own reading

Write 10 questions you could ask a conversation partner to extend a discussion about weekends and free time

Sustain a 4-minute spoken exchange on school life, using at least five follow-up questions and three opinion phrases

Transcribe 90 seconds of a natural-speed monologue, then check accuracy against a replay and log every missed word

Practise polite and plain register shifts by re-saying eight of your own sentences in the other register

Identify the main point, two supporting details and the speaker's attitude in three short listening texts

Summarise five listening texts of 1-2 minutes in three Japanese sentences each, capturing main idea and speaker stance

Skim three 400-character articles to extract the topic sentence and the writer's conclusion within four minutes each

Compile 25 discourse markers and connectors and classify them by function (contrast, addition, cause, concession)

Answer inference questions on two written passages where the answer is implied rather than stated

Analyse two opinion articles of 500 characters, mapping claim, evidence and counter-argument in a three-column table

Write a 400-character opinion piece on a familiar social issue using at least four connectors and two concessive structures

Paraphrase ten complex sentences from reading texts into simpler Japanese without losing meaning

Self-edit one piece of writing for particle errors, tense consistency and register, logging each correction type

Draft a 500-character structured essay with introduction, two body paragraphs and conclusion, within 45 minutes

Compare formal and informal written styles by rewriting one paragraph in each and listing the grammatical markers that changed

Read two longer passages (700 characters) under timed conditions and answer six detail questions each

Integrate five new kanji compounds from reading into your own original sentences

Listen to two 3-minute talks and take notes in Japanese using abbreviations, then reconstruct the content aloud

Role-play two transactional scenarios (making a request, resolving a problem) with recorded responses in under 30 seconds each

Identify numbers, times and dates accurately in five fast-paced listening extracts

Deliver a 3-minute spoken opinion with a clear reason and example, limiting pauses to fewer than five

Complete one full timed mock under exam conditions covering listening, reading and both writing tasks

Mark the mock against criteria and rank your three weakest error categories by frequency

Redo every incorrect listening and reading item and write why the correct answer is right

Rewrite your weakest writing task from the mock, improving structure and accuracy

Repeat a full timed mock and compare scores and error categories against week 7

Drill your two weakest error categories with 20 targeted items each until accuracy exceeds 80 percent

Rehearse five likely speaking prompts aloud, recording and reviewing each for fluency and register

Finalise a one-page personal error checklist and a 30-item vocabulary sheet for pre-exam review