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I have received this email from Australia about how they cope with the
examination of Chinese
Regards
Anne Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wong, Ken" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 2:49 AM
Subject: Chinese course
> Dear Anne,
> we have 2 courses for our Higher School Certificate, one for Background
and
> one for Continuers (supposedly non- background). We have a problem in the
> Continuers course where the requirement is that if you speak any Chinese
> dialect, have studied more than a year of Chinese in a country where
Chinese
> was the teaching language ie China, Taiwan, then you are classified as a
> Background Speaker and must do that course. Of course the problem is that
> we have many who are in that category but still elect to do the Continuers
> course which they are really not eligible for. THis has been a huge
problem
> and our Chinese Teachers Association has tried to communicate to the Board
> of Studies what is happening, but nothing has been done about the problem.
> In any case, it is possible for non-background students to do well in the
> Continuers course despite the presence of non-eliglbe students, a boy at
my
> school came first in the Chinese Extension course last year, his father
from
> England and mother an Australia, both Anglo background. Sorry to be so
> winded though, you can check out the Board of Studies website (New South
> Wales) and it has past examination papers, the Chinese syllabi and other
> support documents. Lobby for a seperate course for non-background
students,
> at least then there is some sort of course for them to learn on a more
even
> playing field. Other sites to check out would be the Chinese Language
> Teachers Association of Victoria website and the Victorian Board of
studies
> web pages, their Chinese courses are stronger in numbers than ours and
they
> have some great resoureces. I hope this helps, dont hesitate to contact
me
> if I can be of further assistance.
> regards
> Ken
>
>
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