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- Subscribe by Email The Heritage Languages Draft Courses of Study in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian and Korean are now available for consultation.
The consultation period on the draft courses will be from 19 October to 30 November 2009. Please complete the online survey here.
Two new documents have been published relating to the development of Heritage languages courses in Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Indonesian and Korean. Both are available on the National news page.
These are:
BOS 43/08 (Vol 17 No 4)
The article ‘Should I get a mobile phone, a notebook?’ in Fearful, Brave New World, by Byung-Ik Kim has been withdrawn from the HSC Course Prescriptions for 2009-2013.
Effective: Commencement of 2009 HSC course
Contact: Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au
BOS 30/08 (Vol 17 No 3)
Amendments to Stage 6 Languages Background Speakers syllabuses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean
The Board wishes to advise teachers of minor amendments to the Stage 6 Languages Background Speakers syllabuses in Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean.
The amended syllabuses and a summary of changes will be available by the beginning of Term 3 2008 on the Board of Studies website.
The amended syllabuses will be effective for the HSC examination in 2009.
The website will contain:
Effective: 2009 HSC examination
Contact:
Dr Margaret Silink
Inspector, Languages
(02) 9367 8152
margaret.silink@bos.nsw.edu.au
BOS 22/08 (Vol 17 No 2)
The Board wishes to advise teachers and students that the recount 'Crying at Mt Gumgang', in Differently Today by No-He Park, has been withdrawn from the list of HSC Course Prescriptions for 2009–2013.
Effective: Commencement of 2009 HSC course
BOS 75/01 (Vol 10 No 6)
The Board wishes to advise that the eligibility rule for entry to some Stage 6 Languages courses has been revised. The revision applies to those Continuers courses where a Background Speakers course also exists in that language.
Continuers and Background Speakers courses currently co-exist in Chinese, Indonesian/Malay, Japanese, and
Korean.
