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Assessment Specifications
Level 3 Chinese 2023
General information
Domain |
Chinese |
Method of assessment |
Written or digital examination |
Standards |
Information relating to both achievement standards
Instructions and questions will be in English.
Words in the texts that are not in the NCEA Level 3 Chinese Appendix for external assessment (PDF, 308KB) will be glossed only if they are essential to understand the texts and answer the questions. Candidates at Level 3 may be expected to make informed guesses about unfamiliar words using context and prior knowledge.
Texts will relate to concrete and abstract matters of social interest that may develop a line of argument.
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 |
91533 |
Title |
Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Chinese texts |
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 |
91536 |
Title |
Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written and / or visual Chinese texts |
Version |
1 |
Number of credits |
5 |
Candidates will read and respond to 3 written texts representative of different text types.