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Beginners Course | Continuers' Course | Extension Course | Background Speakers' Course

The 2008 HSC Study Guide developed for students by NSW HSC Online is now available.

Beginners Course

The Japanese Beginners site is currently under review. New material is being developed for the current Syllabus, implemented from 2007.

Beginners Course

• How to approach the exam
  • Oral Examination
  • Written Examination (Listening)
  • Written Examination (Reading)
  • Written Examination (Writing)
• Resources
  • Speaking
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Listening

Continuers' Course

• The Individual
  • Personal World
  • Daily Life
  • Leisure
  • Future Plans
• Japanese-speaking Communities
  • Travelling in Japan
  • Living in Japan
  • Cultural Life
• The Changing World
  • The World of Work
  • Current Issues
• Skills
  • Speaking
  • Reading and Responding
  • Writing
  • Listening and Responding
• How to Approach the Exam
  • Advice

Extension Course

• Prescribed text
  • Fushigina kikai (A Strange Machine)
  • RENET
  • Shiteiseki (A reserved seat)
  • Meiwaku? Ashidematoi? (A burden? A drag?)
• Issues
  • Impact of technology
  • Group versus the individual
  • Overcoming personal difficulties
• Skills
  • Speaking
  • Analysis of prescribed text
  • Response to prescribed text
  • Writing
  • Listening (school assessment)
• How to Approach the Exam
  • Advice

Background Speakers' Course

• The Individual and the Community
• Youth Culture
• National Identity
• Global Issues
• Skills
  • Speaking
  • Reading and Responding
  • Writing
  • Listening and Responding
• How to Approach the Exam
  • Advice