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Essential English
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Version 4.0 - For teaching in 2024.
Accredited in May 2015 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2015.
Accredited in May 2015 for teaching at Stage 1 from 2015.
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Assessment design criteria
The assessment design criteria are based on the learning requirements and are used by teachers to:
- clarify for the student what they need to learn
- design opportunities for the student to provide evidence of their learning at the highest possible level of achievement.
The assessment design criteria consist of specific features that:
- students should demonstrate in their learning
- teachers look for as evidence that students have met the learning requirements.
For this subject the assessment design criteria are:
- communication
- comprehension
- analysis
- application.
The specific features of these criteria are described below.
The set of assessments, as a whole, must give students opportunities to demonstrate each of the specific features by the completion of study of the subject.
Communication
The specific features are as follows:
| C1 | Clarity and coherence of written and spoken expression, using appropriate vocabulary. |
| C2 | Demonstration of grammatical control. |
Comprehension
The specific features are as follows:
| Cp1 | Comprehension of information, ideas, and perspectives in texts. |
| Cp2 | Understanding of the purpose, structure, and language features in texts. |
Analysis
The specific features are as follows:
| An1 | Analysis of ways in which creators of texts convey information, ideas, and perspectives. |
| An2 | Identification and analysis of ways in which language features are used to create meaning in texts. |
Application
The specific features are as follows:
| Ap1 | Creation of texts for different purposes, using appropriate textual conventions, in real or imagined contexts. |