Teaching resources

Teacher-facing resources for use in the classroom.

Unit template

This sample Stage 6 Beginners unit template (DOCX 3.7 MB) can guide your planning.

Approaching the HSC oral examination

To support students with developing their understanding of the Japanese Beginners HSC oral examination, this package includes a video of a mock conversation, with discussion questions.

This resource supports students to:

• consider how the ‘examiner’ and ‘student’ approach a range of topics
• identify areas for improvement
• create their own responses to a variety of questions.

To further enhance student learning, teachers can use this resource as a model for classroom discussion, peer assessment or practice interviews. By observing authentic interactions and reflecting on both effective strategies and common pitfalls, students can build confidence and deepen their understanding of what is expected in the HSC oral examination.

Approaching the HSC oral examination – Japanese Beginners (DOCX 1.8 MB)

Student resources

Student-facing resources for use in the classroom.

Advice for students

HSC examinations in Beginners language courses – advice for students (DOCX 5.8 MB) – generic advice to support students of the Beginners course to prepare for the oral and written HSC examinations.

Sample speaking questions

Japanese Beginners – sample speaking questions by topic (DOCX 3.7 MB)

Sample listening and reading activities

Sample listening and reading resource for Japanese Beginners are for student use.

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 Nihongo! for Stages 3 to 6 contains a series of videos with supporting activities.