TEXT TYPE Quantity of Language Produced NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE- MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Words, phrases, Words, lists, and Simple sentences Strings of sentences Connected sentences Paragraph-level and memorized simple sentences and paragraphs discourse simple sentences LANGUAGE CONTROL Grammatical Accuracy NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE-MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Accurate when Inconsistently Inconsistently accurate Evidence of control of Generally accurate Sustained control of simple producing memorized accurate grammar when using when narrating and target-language sentence language simple sentences and describing in present structures and partial Most accurate when basic verb forms time control of more complex Most accurate when expressing one’s own structures ideas on previously studied expressing one’s own ideas on previously and familiar topics Demonstrates some Less accurate in past studied and familiar ability to use and future time Grammatical unevenness topics grammatical and with some control of stylistically cohesive aspect Applies familiar elements Minimally accurate as structures to new Minimally accurate as creativity in language situations Some grammatical errors creativity in language and/or production in control of aspect and/or production increases increases VOCABULARY USE NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE-MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Comprehends and Comprehends and Comprehends and Comprehends and Comprehends and Comprehends and produces vocabulary produces an produces vocabulary from produces vocabulary on produces vocabulary produces vocabulary on an related to common expanding amount of a limited number of themes a wider range of from an expanding expanding variety of objects and actions in vocabulary from not previously studied everyday themes variety of themes themes, including some familiar categories previously studied abstract topics related to themes interest and aptitude Understands and uses a Understands and uses Uses words and limited number of idiomatic some idiomatic phrases primarily as Understands and expressions expressions and Understands and uses Understands and uses lexical items without uses a few culturally authentic idiomatic expressions and idiomatic expressions awareness of memorized idiomatic expressions culturally authentic Uses false cognates (for and culturally authentic grammatical structure expressions expressions languages that contain English cognates) Searches for adequate
TEXT TYPE Quantity of Language Produced NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE- MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Words, phrases, and memorized simple sentences Words, lists, and simple sentences Simple sentences Strings of sentences Connected sentences and paragraphs Paragraph-level discourse LANGUAGE CONTROL Grammatical Accuracy NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE-MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Accurate when producing memorized language Inconsistently accurate Most accurate when expressing one’s own ideas on previously studied and familiar topics Minimally accurate as creativity in language and/or production increases Inconsistently accurate Most accurate when expressing one’s own ideas on previously studied and familiar topics Minimally accurate as creativity in language and/or production increases Evidence of control of grammar when using simple sentences and basic verb forms Demonstrates some ability to use grammatical and stylistically cohesive elements Generally accurate when narrating and describing in present time Less accurate in past and future time Applies familiar structures to new situations Sustained control of simple target-language sentence structures and partial control of more complex structures Grammatical unevenness with some control of aspect Some grammatical errors in control of aspect VOCABULARY USE NOVICE-MID NOVICE-HIGH INTERMEDIATE-LOW INTERMEDIATE-MID INTERMEDIATE-HIGH ADVANCED-LOW Comprehends and produces vocabulary related to common objects and actions in familiar categories Uses words and phrases primarily as lexical items without awareness of grammatical structure Comprehends and produces an expanding amount of vocabulary from previously studied themes Understands and uses a few memorized idiomatic expressions Comprehends and produces vocabulary from a limited number of themes not previously studied Understands and uses a limited number of idiomatic expressions Uses false cognates (for languages that contain English cognates) Comprehends and produces vocabulary on a wider range of everyday themes Understands and uses some idiomatic expressions and culturally authentic expressions Searches for adequate Comprehends and produces vocabulary from an expanding variety of themes Understands and uses idiomatic expressions and culturally authentic Comprehends and produces vocabulary on an expanding variety of themes, including some abstract topics related to interest and aptitude Understands and uses idiomatic expressions and culturally authentic expressions
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