Fields        Arts and Crafts, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences

 

Revision of Drama, English, Languages, Physics, and Media Studies achievement standards

 

Field

Subfield

Domain

ID

Subject reference

Arts and Crafts

Drama

Drama Studies

91514

Drama 3.3

Humanities

English

English Written Language

90849, 91098

English 1.1, 2.1

English Visual Language

90850

English 1.2

English Oral Language

91099

English 2.2

Languages

Chinese

91108, 91111, 91533

Chinese 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Cook Islands Māori

91113, 91116, 91538

Cook Islands Māori 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

French

91118, 91121, 91543

French 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

German

91123, 91126, 91548

German 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Indonesian

91128, 91131, 91645

Indonesian 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Japanese

91133, 91136, 91553

Japanese 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Korean

91138, 91141, 91558

Korean 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Samoan

91143, 91146, 91563

Samoan 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Spanish

91148, 91151, 91568

Spanish 2.1, 2.4, 3.1

Sciences

Science

Physics

90939

Physics 1.5

Social Sciences

Social Science Studies

Media Studies

91251

Media Studies 2.4

 

The Ministry of Education and NZQA National Qualifications Services have completed a revision of the externally assessed achievement standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          December 2013

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2016

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

Information and feedback from the secondary sector, those involved in moderation and examinations, and professional learning and development resulted in changes being made to 45 achievement standards in 2013.  The changes to most of these standards are minor.

 

In addition to the changes set out below, the planned review date for revised Levels 1 and 2 standards has been changed to December 2016.

 

Main changes resulting from revision

 

Standard

Change

Drama 3.3

The title was changed to clarify that it is the playwright that is prescribed, not the text.  Corresponding parts of the achievement criteria and explanatory notes have been changed to be consistent with the title.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

English 1.1

Explanatory Note 8: The sentence “A selection from one or more of the following text types will be provided.” was deleted.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

English 1.2

Explanatory Note 8: The sentence “A selection from one or more of the following text types will be provided.” was deleted.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

English 2.1

Explanatory Note 6: The sentence “A selection from the following text types will be provided” was deleted.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

English 2.2

Explanatory Note 6: The sentence “A selection from one or more of the following text types will be provided.” was deleted.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

All Languages Standards 2.1

Explanatory Note 2: In the third paragraph “relevant” was inserted before “information” and “where relevant” was deleted from the last line.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

All Languages Standards 2.4

Explanatory Note 2:

In the second paragraph “relevant” was inserted before “information”.

In the third paragraph “relevant” was inserted before “information” and “where relevant” was deleted from the last line.

Both changes reflect the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

All Languages Standards 3.1

Explanatory Note 2: “communicated” was removed from the third line.  This word is not needed.

Media Studies 2.4

Explanatory Note 4: “at least one of the following” was removed from the stem statement.  This implied that at times more than one may be required which is incorrect.  This change reflects the original intention, and the way the standard has been interpreted.

Physics 1.5

Explanatory Note 6: Thermal expansion, kinetic theory, and efficiency of heating were added to the aspects of heat.  This change was made because feedback from examination setting indicated that the limited range of aspects made the setting of a variety of exam questions very difficult.

 

Detailed list of achievement standards - classification, title, level, and credits

 

Arts and Crafts > Drama

Domain

ID

Subject ref

Title

Level

Credit

Drama Studies

91514

Drama 3.3

Interpret a prescribed text to demonstrate knowledge of a theatre form or period

Interpret a text from a prescribed playwright to demonstrate knowledge of a theatre form or period

3

4

 

Humanities > English

Domain

ID

Subject ref

Title

Level

Credit

English Written Language

90849

English 1.1

Show understanding of specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), using supporting evidence

1

4

English Visual Language

90850

English 1.2

Show understanding of specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), using supporting evidence

1

4

English Written Language

91098

English 2.1

Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence

2

4

English Oral Language

91099

English 2.2

Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), supported by evidence

2

4

 

Humanities > Languages

Domain

ID

Subject ref

Title

Level

Credit

Chinese

91108

Chinese 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Chinese texts on familiar matters

2

5

Cook Islands Māori

91113

Cook Islands Māori 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Cook Islands Māori texts on familiar matters

2

5

French

91118

French 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken French texts on familiar matters

2

5

German

91123

German 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken German texts on familiar matters

2

5

Indonesian

91128

Indonesian 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Indonesian texts on familiar matters

2

5

Japanese

91133

Japanese 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Japanese texts on familiar matters

2

5

Korean

91138

Korean 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Korean texts on familiar matters

2

5

Samoan

91143

Samoan 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Samoan texts on familiar matters

2

5

Spanish

91148

Spanish 2.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of spoken Spanish texts on familiar matters

2

5

Chinese

91111

Chinese 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Chinese text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Cook Islands Māori

91116

Cook Islands Māori 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Cook Islands Māori text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

French

91121

French 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual French text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

German

91126

German 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual German text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Indonesian

91131

Indonesian 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Indonesian text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Japanese

91136

Japanese 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Japanese text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Korean

91141

Korean 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Korean text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Samoan

91146

Samoan 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Samoan text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Spanish

91151

Spanish 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of written and/or visual Spanish text(s) on familiar matters

2

5

Chinese

91533

Chinese 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Chinese texts

3

5

Cook Islands Māori

91538

Cook Islands Māori 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Cook Islands Māori texts

3

5

French

91543

French 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken French texts

3

5

German

91548

German 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken German texts

3

5

Japanese

91553

Japanese 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Japanese texts

3

5

Korean

91558

Korean 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Korean texts

3

5

Samoan

91563

Samoan 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Samoan texts

3

5

Spanish

91568

Spanish 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Spanish texts

3

5

Indonesian

91645

Indonesian 3.1

Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended spoken Indonesian texts

3

5

 

Sciences > Science > Physics

ID

Subject ref

Title

Level

Credit

90939

Physics 1.5

Demonstrate understanding of aspects of heat

1

4

 

Social Sciences > Social Science Studies > Media Studies

ID

Subject ref

Title

Level

Credit

91251

Media Studies 2.4

Demonstrate understanding of an aspect of a media genre

2

4