Cee Victorian Institute of Secondary Education ‘a 582 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004 WISE) LOW Ly QUO BOW BOW Higher School Certificate Course Description Slovenian Slovenian Group 2 83-12-005Course Description booklets are 3 ating expiry year of Peto ‘inal year of accreditation period vel of cou! . ation sora! number ted optional uni This material is copyright. Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 (C'wth), no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be addressed to the Registrar, Victorian Institute of Secondary Education, © Victorian Institute of Secondary Education — 1980 ISSN 0158-8443 Published by Victorian Institute of Secondary Education 582 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne 3004 Printed for the Institute by A. H. Massina and Company 98 York Street, South Melbourne 3205Slovenian Group 2 83-12-005 Period of accreditation 3 years: January 1981 - December 1983 Contents page 1. Introduction 1 11 Prerequisites 1.2 Length of course 1.3 Course review 1.4 Background to course . Course overview 2 General objectives specific objectives Relationship between the objectives Relationship with other Year 12 subjects 3. References 3 3.1 Prescribed texts 3.2 Recommended supplementary materials 3.3 Texts for intensive reading 3.4 Recommended for extended reading page 4, Teaching resources 4 4.1 Resource books 4.2 Reference books 5. Student assessment J 5.1 Assessment by examination 5.2 Classroom assessment 5.3 Details of assessment components 5.3.1. Assessment by examination 5.3.2 Classroom assessment components 5.4 Final student assessment 1. Introduction 1.1 Prerequisites Students will be expected to have taken a Year 11 course in Slovenian or be able to demonstrate mastery of the grammatical structures und voca- bulary contained in Slovenian Language Manual — 1. They are also expected to have a general knowledge of Slovene history 10 the beginning of the 19th century, and should be familiar with some of the major writers and poets in Slovene literature and a few of their works. Each teacher of the subject is expected to attend an assessment meeting conducted by the Slovenian committee after final written and oral examinations have been held, This meeting will review assessment procedures and contribute to the course review process, but will not reassess the performance of individual students. 1.2 Length of course ‘The length of the course is approximately 30 weeks of 4 hours per week, 1.3 Course review A review committee consisting of the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, at least two other members, and all the teachers of the subject, will be formed, to consider * the progress of the students: + the ability of students to handle each part of the course + the response of students to the course as a whole, and its parts + student performance + teacher opinion of the course + feedback from people outside the course development group. Special attention will be given to the opinions and attitudes expressed by the students who have taken the course. The review committee will meet every six months and a report will be prepared and presented to the following meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee. 1.4 Background to course Slovenian is a modern language th a fully developed literature. Linguistically it is one of the