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Level 3
Writing
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Write a variety of text types to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives
Updated December 2016. The section on feedback and feed forward has been updated.
Feedback and feed forward on drafts
Teacher feedback and feed forward on students’ drafts should be holistic to ensure that the final product remains a true representation of the student’s ability. More than one opportunity for feedback will compromise authenticity. Complex language, with few or no errors, may indicate that too much feedback has been given.
Use of resources
Authentic texts, native speakers, exemplars and digital tools are resources. Students need to be aware that they cannot copy large chunks of text, and that they must adapt and rework the language. Students need to reference direct text in their work, and this will not count as evidence of language. It is inappropriate to have native speakers providing large chunks of language or correcting drafts.
Text type
The context and/or purpose and/or text type (a minimum of two) will be different for each piece, e.g. a personal email to a French host family, a blog posting on the class French site about an activity that has taken place and their opinion about it, an invitation to a future party including instructions on what to bring, etc.
Curriculum level
The standard requires students to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives. This involves evaluating and giving explanations or evidence to support their own ideas and perspectives as well as supporting or challenging those of others. To achieve the standard, within the texts, there needs to be evidence of each of the above.
Assessing the collection of evidence
The grade will be awarded for the pieces of writing assessed as a whole, i.e. each piece will not be assessed individually; rather, the grade will be derived from the overall quality of the work. Students must show that they are working consciously and reasonably consistently at the level, rather than accidentally and occasionally.
Incorrect language/inconsistencies will only affect a grade if they hinder communication. Whilst inconsistencies that do not affect communication will not affect the grade, for Excellence, there needs to be sufficient language, outside the language with errors, that contributes to the criteria of capable selection and successful use of language.
Word limits
There is no word limit for this standard. The sample tasks suggest the following approximate word/character/kana count for level 3: 500 characters for Chinese, 1000 kana for Japanese, or 500 words for all other languages. These are a realistic expectation of the amount that may be needed to provide sufficient evidence from which to make a judgement. At all times quality is more important than quantity.