Chinese Beginners
Support to help you plan, program and assess the Chinese Beginners course.
This 2025 Chinese Beginners Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (PDF 96.1 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the Chinese Beginners Stage 6 Syllabus (2009).
Sample unit templates
Sample unit
Holidays, travel and tourism (DOCX 52.2 KB)
Student resources
- Past HSC papers (NESA)
- HSC examinations in Beginners language courses – advice for students (DOCX 86 KB) – generic advice to support students of the Beginners course to prepare for the oral and written HSC examinations.
Sample speaking questions
Chinese Beginners practice speaking questions by topic (DOCX 72 KB)
Sample listening and reading activities
These sample listening and reading resources for Chinese Beginners are for students.
For listening skills, students can access a combination of classroom activities and HSC-style items. Some questions include sample answers, others require the students to submit their answers for teacher review and feedback.
The resources are for classroom use only, supporting students to practise their listening and reading skills across a range of topics. Do not use them for assessment, as they are in the public domain.
Interactive resource
Go Hanyu! for Stages 4 to 6 contains a series of videos with supporting activities.