{"id":3420,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/languages-external-language-study\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T04:37:19","slug":"languages-external-language-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/hsc\/hsc-subjects\/languages-external-language-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Languages: External Language Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 units for each of the Preliminary and HSC Board Developed Courses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exclusions: Nil<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> The NSW School of Languages (SOL)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The main purposes of SOL are to assist students to extend their curriculum options and maintain continuity of study, particularly when transferring between schools. Courses also offered for Heritage and Background. There is a strict limit to the number of students that can enrol per school per calendar year. Applications for enrolment should be made in Term 3. Approval is not automatically given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Secondary College of Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The role of The Secondary College of Languages is to teach students who wish to study their background community language to Higher School Certificate level and who are unable to do so in their home school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An application for enrolment must be completed and\u00a0handed to the Head of Languages in Term 3.\u00a0The availability of courses may vary from year to year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, the courses offered at Higher School Certificate level at SOL for both beginners and those continuing language study from Year 10 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Table<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Beg<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>C<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>E<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Language in Context<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Language and Literature<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Chinese<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> \u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>French<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>German<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Indonesian<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Italian<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Japanese<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Korean<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Latin<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Modern Greek<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Portuguese<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Russian<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Spanish<\/strong><\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;\u2713<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><td><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beg: Beginners Level, C: Continuers, E: Extension<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Description 2 units for each of the Preliminary and HSC Board Developed Courses Exclusions: Nil The NSW School of Languages (SOL) The main purposes of SOL are to assist students to extend their curriculum options and maintain continuity of study, particularly when transferring between schools. Courses also offered for Heritage and Background. 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