Strategies for HSC success - statewide staff meeting recording now available

At the department's Term 4 statewide staff meeting on Strategies for HSC success –developing speaking, writing, listening and reading skills in Beginners and Continuers courses last week, the team explored:

• assessment requirements for Year 11 and 12 Beginners and Continuers courses

• strategies and tips to prepare students for HSC-style assessment tasks in all 4 macro skill areas

• features and examples of non-HSC style assessment tasks.

Here is the recording of the meeting.

Resources referred to in the meeting that you might like to check out are:

• Stage 6 section of the department’s website, where you will find the Continuers text type guides, Stage 6 guide to answering Continuers listening and reading questions, as well as other resources and advice for Stage 6 languages such as language-specific sample speaking questions, listening and reading activities based on syllabus topics and HSC advice for students

• MyPL course - HSC speaking tasks in Beginners and Continuers modern language courses

• Term 3 SWS meeting - Listening activities in Stages 4 and 5

• Stage 6 Languages section of NESA’s website, where you will find Beginners and Continuers syllabuses and links to other useful resources such as past HSC Exam papers, standards materials, sample assessment schedules, sample formal assessment tasks and assessment and reporting documents for each course.