Dictionary use in the 2014 WACE examinations
Course
Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies
Stage 2
Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies
Stage 3
Aboriginal Languages of Western
Australia Stage 2
Aboriginal Languages of Western
Australia Stage 3
Chinese: Second Language Stage 2
Chinese: Second Language Stage 3
English as an Additional
Language/Dialect Stage 2
English as an Additional
Language/Dialect Stage 3
French Stage 2
French Stage3
German Stage 2
German Stage 3
Indonesian: Second Language Stage 2
Indonesian: Second Language Stage 3
Italian Stage 2
Italian Stage 3
Japanese: Second Language Stage 2
Japanese: Second Language Stage 3
Interstate (including CCAFL)
Arabic
Hebrew
Modern Greek
Polish
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Chinese: Background Speakers
Indonesian: Background Speakers
Japanese: Background Speakers
Malay: Background Speakers
Practical oral examination
Written examination
During preparation time only.
One monolingual and/or one bilingual
printed dictionary.
During reading and working time:
One printed English language dictionary and/or
one bilingual dictionary.
During preparation time only.
One monolingual and/or one bilingual
printed dictionary.
During reading and working time:
One printed English language dictionary and/or
one bilingual dictionary.
Stage 2: During Part A: Preparation of
oral presentation only.
Stage 3: During Part A: Viewing and
preparation of stimulus only.
Either one combined English/Chinese,
Chinese/English dictionary or one
English/Chinese dictionary and one
Chinese/English dictionary.
During preparation only.
Either a print English language dictionary
or a print English language learning
dictionary.
During Part A: Preparation only.
Either one combined English/French,
French/English dictionary or one
English/French dictionary and one
French/English dictionary.
During Part A: Preparation only.
Either one combined English/German,
German/English dictionary or one
English/German dictionary and one
German/English dictionary.
During Part A: Listening and preparation
only.
Either one combined English/Indonesian,
Indonesian/English dictionary or one
English/Indonesian dictionary and one
Indonesian/English dictionary.
During Part A: Preparation only.
Either one combined English/Italian,
Italian/English dictionary or one
English/Italian dictionary and one
Italian/English dictionary.
During Part A: Preparation only.
Either one combined English/Japanese,
Japanese/English dictionary or one
English/Japanese dictionary and one
Japanese/English dictionary.
Oral examination
No dictionaries permitted
Not applicable
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/Chinese,
Chinese/English dictionary or one
English/Chinese dictionary and one
Chinese/English dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either a print English language dictionary or a
print English language learning dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/French,
French/English dictionary or one
English/French dictionary and one
French/English dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/German,
German/English dictionary or one
English/German dictionary and one
German/English dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/Indonesian,
Indonesian/English dictionary or one
English/Indonesian dictionary and one
Indonesian/English dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/Italian,
Italian/English dictionary or one English/Italian
dictionary and one Italian/English dictionary.
During reading and working time:
Either one combined English/Japanese,
Japanese/English dictionary or one
English/Japanese dictionary and one
Japanese/English dictionary.
Written examination
Approved monolingual and/or bilingual printed
dictionaries.
During reading and working time.
Approved monolingual and/or bilingual printed
dictionaries.
During reading and working time.
 Dictionaries are not provided by the School Curriculum and Standards Authority.
 Dictionaries must not contain any notes or other marks (except name and/or address) and
may be inspected during the examination.
 Thesauruses are not permitted.
 Electronic dictionaries are not permitted.
 Dictionaries may be consulted during the times specified for a particular course.
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