Korean Beginners 2024 HSC exam pack

Students should:

• be prepared to communicate about a variety of topics relating to their personal world
• elaborate and provide relevant details to address the questions in a way that engages with the examiner
• use a range of vocabulary, expressions and language structures to respond appropriately to the questions
• provide information, express ideas and comment on their personal world
• be prepared to respond to questions from a different perspective
• be prepared to respond to questions that relate to past, present and future aspects of their personal world
• avoid repetition of the same vocabulary, phrases and expressions
• manipulate the language to fulfil the requirements of the question
• be prepared to be interrupted by the examiner
• use Korean to ask for repetition and/or clarification of the question.

In better responses, students were able to:

• use a wide range of language structures accurately and authentically
• provide clear responses to questions with minimal hesitation
• provide relevant answers to unexpected questions rather than giving a rehearsed answer
• respond appropriately with correct pronunciation and intonation, including for English cognates, such as 스포츠, 게임, 쇼핑
• use correct tenses in line with the intent of the question
• conjugate and use a variety of verbs across past, present, future tense and conditional forms, for example, 했어요, 하고 있어요, 할 거예요, 하면 해요
• elaborate and justify ideas and opinions using authentic and personalised examples relating to past, present and future aspects of their personal world
• provide a variety of adjectives, for example, 귀여운, 친절한, 편리한
• demonstrate a good understanding of various grammatical points including case endings, adjectival endings, and use of modal verbs, for example, 어려워요, 할 수 있어요, 하고 싶어요, 해야 해요
• develop ideas by using connectives, adverbs of frequency and contrasting connectors, for example, 그리고, 하지만, 자주, 항상, 가끔, ~보다 더.

Areas for students to improve include:

• using appropriate particles for subject /topic maker, object maker, locational particles, for example, 이/가, 은/는, 을/를, ~에/ ~에서
• providing relevant information to the questions by elaborating on their responses
• using appropriate languages features more effectively to be engaged in conversation.

Students should:

• read each question carefully
• make notes in the Candidate’s Notes column on the right-hand side of the page
• transcribe their response onto the lines, using the space provided for each question
• use the lines provided as a guide to the length of the response required
• ensure that their responses are clear and address all parts of the question
• use their own words and respond in English
• avoid translating text as part of their response.

In better responses, students were able to:

• effectively summarise the main points in the text (Q6) and justify answers with evidence from the text (Q8a) without simply translating the text
• understand the text holistically and provide answers to reflect this understanding
• provide details to answer the question comprehensively.

Areas for students to improve include:

• revising vocabulary related to topic, such as time, date, days of the week, colour and clothing items
• summarising the main points rather than translating.

Students should:

• read the whole text(s)
• address all parts of each question
• use the lines, table, chart provided for their response
• respond fully to the question by including details as required
• support their responses with evidence from the text where required
• use their own words rather than giving a literal translation
• use the dictionary appropriately to find the correct meaning of the word(s) in context.

In better responses, students were able to:

• support the response by giving relevant examples from the text (Q13c)
• provide a comprehensive justification including the comparison of ideas from different points of view (Q14c).

Areas for students to improve include:

• revising vocabulary. For example, common vocabulary students misunderstood were 서핑, 운동장, 아빠/오빠
• structuring the response logically and writing clearly.

Students should:

• write to the word length required
• address the audience, purpose and context required by the question
• apply the conventions of the type of text indicated in the question
• use the appropriate register throughout the response
• use a range of tenses and sentence structures and a variety of vocabulary
• avoid repeating the same expressions throughout the response
• use the dictionary correctly to access vocabulary and expressions that are meaningful in the context of their response
• avoid listing
• plan their response prior to writing and edit their work.

In better responses, students were able to:

• write a letter explaining their decision with relevant ideas and information (Q16)
• sequence and structure their article logically and coherently (Q17, Q18)
• use a variety of words and language structures effectively.

Areas for students to improve include:

• avoiding copying segments and/or sentences from the texts in the Section II – Reading
• avoiding the repetition of the same structures and the inclusion of irrelevant ideas
• writing with accurate particles and consistent register
• writing consistently in polite form to the parents (Q15).