SL'ers 2009

[iheartu]

so when pplz talk about the three grades (e.g. A A B+), what exactly are they talking about? Don't these grades contribute mainly to your final chinese result?

[TrueTears]

They are the "Grade Assessments". Or simply GA's.

They contribute to your final SS for Chinese.

[Gloamglozer]

There are 3 GAs for Chinese:

GA 1: Unit 3 SACs (after moderation)
GA 2: Unit 4 SACs (after moderation
GA 3: The Exam (Oral and Written)

Based on the grades, your study score will be determined in some mysterious way by VCAA.

[iheartu]

Is the end of year chinese written exam held at a specific venue for all Chinese students? does that mean everyone doing Chinese (regardless of FL,SLA, SL group) will be sitting the exam at the same time and at the same venue?

[TrueTears]

The written exam will be different for all Chinese students from all schools.

SLA, SL and FL will be at different venues because the examined material is different (think about it, there is the listening and responding section which are different for all 3 levels of Chinese )

[Gloamglozer]

Is the end of year chinese written exam held at a specific venue for all Chinese students? does that mean everyone doing Chinese (regardless of FL,SLA, SL group) will be sitting the exam at the same time and at the same venue?

Usually, the written exam will be held at your school, even if you are the only person being examined.

If that is not possible, VCAA will make sure that you will be examined somewhere close (most likely a school in the vicinity).

[lacoste]

If you have SL, SLA, FL students regardless if they are doing it at normal school or at langauge school, all of you will be at your normal day school doing the VCAA written exam. However, you will not be in the same room or proximity. Normally, they will allocate you to differenct rooms according to the type of student ie SL or SLA or FL. Because it would be terrible having all the listening sections played at once.

[iheartu]

hey anyone know how the end of year writing exam works... so do all the Chinese students from around Victoria gather in one place and sit the exam... or is the exam held in a few different locations and all held at the same time...

[TonyHem]

Different locations, same time. Normally somewhere local.

[TrueTears]

hey anyone know how the end of year writing exam works... so do all the Chinese students from around Victoria gather in one place and sit the exam... or is the exam held in a few different locations and all held at the same time...

Didn't you already ask that question and people have already answered it?

[Gloamglozer]

Yep.  The only difference was in the wording and the two posts were made like 2 weeks apart.  Just scroll up and you'll see lol.

[iheartu]

lol oooops oh yea just forgot to check :P:P

[iheartu]

So have pplz done their chinese oral exams yet? How did u all go?

[brandonio]

YEH I DID!!!
so fail bro fck!
i said "no" in english fckn hell!!! man thats gonna get marked down like a bitch FCK
im averaging B+ in sacs
u guys reckon i still got a chance to get a raw 35 or sumthin?

[TrueTears]

Hmm, really hard to say, were your examiners nice? Did they smile a lot etc?

If they're really nice and sympathetic I'm pretty sure you'd get away with it, most examiners care about the general "flow" of the conversation rather than pick on 1-2 mistakes; since everyone is bound to screw up some bits in their conversations. So don't fret too much over it, what you really gotta worry about is the written exam, blitz that and I'd say 35 should be possible.