Chinese SLA General Conversation and Detailed Study Preparation

[Amigowonka]

hi

[kani]

Hey!
I think it's really great that you're already thinking ahead into next year and final exams, but don't worry you're definitely not behind! When I did Chinese SL 1/2 (in a combined SL/SLA class, so everyone was at the same progress), the teacher made us "decide on" a DS topic in December (without even really giving us any info on the exam itself), but I ended up going for something completely different in February in 3/4 after my interests changed. In Japanese our whole class didn't have any idea what was going on until around March lol and half the class ended up getting >40s
That being said, it's awesome that you're planning ahead, just make sure that you're not going to stress/burn yourself out/get bored with the DS topic and the (TBH boring af) GC questions too early since you'll be spending a lot of time with oral prep next year, especially as a year 11 who isn't bogged down by other subjects. At this stage, I think it's best to just toss some topic ideas around and see which one sticks, do a bit of research to see what you're in for and maybe formulate what sub-topics you want to talk about, but these are by no means necessary to get a good score.
Improving your general language skills through reading/listening/writing, however, is always a good idea, and IMO that's probably the best direction to go in during summer holidays to do a bit of preparation.
Just my two cents but hope this helps! Good luck with everything 

[Amigowonka]

Hey!
I think it's really great that you're already thinking ahead into next year and final exams, but don't worry you're definitely not behind! When I did Chinese SL 1/2 (in a combined SL/SLA class, so everyone was at the same progress), the teacher made us "decide on" a DS topic in December (without even really giving us any info on the exam itself), but I ended up going for something completely different in February in 3/4 after my interests changed. In Japanese our whole class didn't have any idea what was going on until around March lol and half the class ended up getting >40s
That being said, it's awesome that you're planning ahead, just make sure that you're not going to stress/burn yourself out/get bored with the DS topic and the (TBH boring af) GC questions too early since you'll be spending a lot of time with oral prep next year, especially as a year 11 who isn't bogged down by other subjects. At this stage, I think it's best to just toss some topic ideas around and see which one sticks, do a bit of research to see what you're in for and maybe formulate what sub-topics you want to talk about, but these are by no means necessary to get a good score.
Improving your general language skills through reading/listening/writing, however, is always a good idea, and IMO that's probably the best direction to go in during summer holidays to do a bit of preparation.
Just my two cents but hope this helps! Good luck with everything 

Haha thanks heaps! I happen to do both Japanese and Chinese SLA as well, but I'm doing Japanese 1/2 in year 11. It's just that I've heard others have already started preparing for their oral examinations already, so I was getting a little restless. And the GC questions look quite brainless, but apparently they are really tricky.
Anyway, thanks so much and wish me luck!

[CatherineMo2015]

You should prepare them asap

[macaron-tea]

要做三国啊。。。太难了吧！看书除非完全看得懂，而且还看得快，最好别做浪费时间。真的要做的话，选三国里其中一个人物，中文不是特别好的可以选一个蛮重要，但死得或消失得很快的人。加油，我也今年做 unit 3, 4 ，我的重点研究题目是三国演义里的貂蝉。出现得快，消失得也快，而且在三国里也十分重要。