Assessment Specifications

Level 1 Chinese 2023

General information

Domain

Chinese

Method of assessment

Written or digital examination

Standards

90868  90871

Information relating to both achievement standards

Instructions and questions will be in English.

Words in the texts that are not in the NCEA Level 1 Chinese Appendix for external assessment (PDF, 489KB) will be glossed only if they are essential to understand the texts and answer the questions. 

Texts will relate to basic personal information and past, present and / or future experiences.

The assessment will be available to candidates in paper or digital format. Further information about digital external assessments can be found on the Digital Assessment: NCEA Online page.

Specific information for individual achievement standards

Standard

90868

Title

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Chinese texts on areas of most immediate relevance

Version

2

Number of credits

5

Candidates will listen and respond to recordings of 3 spoken texts, which they will hear as a whole and twice in sections. Candidates may make notes in the listening notes spaces provided.

The total duration of the recordings will be up to 45 minutes.


Standard

90871

Title

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of Chinese texts on areas of most immediate relevance

Version

2

Number of credits

5

Candidates will read and respond to 3 written texts representative of different text types.


Chinese subject page

Examination timetable

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