Japanese (continuers)
External Assessment | Languages
Stage 2 Assessment Type 3: Examination (30%)
The Japanese (continuers) examination consists of two assessments: an oral examination and a written examination that are  assessed externally.
- The oral examination is weighted at 30% of the external assessment.
- The written examination is weighted at 70% of the external assessment
Oral examination
The oral examination takes approximately 8 - 10 minutes.
The examination consists of a general conversation between the student and the examiner(s) about the student’s personal world.
All oral examinations are conducted via an online video conferencing platform.
The complete timetable for oral examinations will be provided to schools in early September. The date of the oral examination will be available on the Japanese (continuers) online calendar.
Written examination
The Japanese (continuers) examination is an e-exam. Students undertake one written 130 minute examination, which has three sections:
- Section 1: Listening and Responding
- Section 2: Reading and Responding
- Section 3: Writing in Japanese.
Refer to the subject outline for details of the examination requirements.
The timetable for continuers written examinations will be published during June.
There are many ways to prepare for an exam. Resources specifically for Japanese (continuers) are available below.
-
Oral exams
-
Library
-
-
Past exams
-
Electronic exam
Content in past exams may not be reflective of content in future exams, so it's best for students to use these to revise their learning and understand what level of detail is required for an answer.
Paper exam
Listening and responding texts and transcripts
Library
-
Library
-
2023 Japanese (continuers) - Listening and responding texts - transcript.pdf
168KB
-
2022 Japanese (continuers) - Listening and responding texts - transcript.pdf
269KB
-
2021 - Text 2.mp3
1.7MB
-
2021 - Text 1.mp3
1.9MB
-
2020 - Text 5.mp3
1.8MB
-
2020 - Text 4.mp3
1MB
-
2020 - Text 3.mp3
1.4MB
-
2020 - Text 2.mp3
505KB
-
2020 - Text 1.mp3
774KB
-
2019 - Text 5.mp3
346KB
-
2019 - Text 4.mp3
1MB
-
2019 - Text 3.mp3
715KB
-
2019 - Text 2.mp3
696KB
-
2019 - Text 1.mp3
593KB
-
2023 Japanese (continuers) - Listening and responding texts - transcript.pdf
-
-
-
Sample exams
-
Sample exams better reflect the types of questions students may be asked in future electronic exams. Questions may include media types which have not been possible in a paper exam (e.g. watching a video and responding). Practising these will help students become familiar with the way questions are asked, and the features of the exam system (e.g. spellcheck and highlighting).
Sample exams may not be provided for each year. They are only published when there is a significant change to the exam, like a new question type or new functionality.
The e-exam system supports horizontal character writing with characters read from left to right. Please ensure that you have installed a Japanese keyboard [PDF 143KB] before entering the electronic examination.
-
-
Front covers