Questions and assessment descriptors Questions to ask the learner Assessment descriptors What were you doing before you came to Uses a good range of grammar and lexis appropriately Scotland/the UK? Can you give me some more but with errors 4 details? Pronunciation requires a sympathetic listener a level What do you find difficult learning English? Maintains the interaction satisfactorily, but relies on C Level How could you improve your English outside the strategies to facilitate understanding, such as requests for into 1 this classroom? repetition and clarification Intermediate What do you need to do to become a successful Can discuss familiar topics, but exchange may be SCQF placed language learner? punctuated by occasional hesitations SQA towards be What do you have for the future? Uses a wide range of grammar and lexis appropriately Tell me about a teacher you’ve had who with only minor errors 2 5 working should influenced you in some way. Uses clear pronunciation and can be understood by What do you think makes a good language native speakers with only minimal effort on the part of the D Level learner? listener SQA Some people believe that you are only good at a Maintains the interaction appropriately with relative ease Learners Can discuss familiar and some non-familiar topics language if you sound like a native speaker. SCQF Intermediate class/group What’s your opinion?
Questions and assessment descriptors Questions to ask the learner Assessment descriptors C What were you doing before you came to Scotland/the UK? Can you give me some more details? What do you find difficult learning English? How could you improve your English outside the classroom? What do you need to do to become a successful language learner? Uses a good range of grammar and lexis appropriately but with errors Pronunciation requires a sympathetic listener Maintains the interaction satisfactorily, but relies on strategies to facilitate understanding, such as requests for repetition and clarification Can discuss familiar topics, but exchange may be punctuated by occasional hesitations Learners should be placed into a class/group working towards this level SCQF Level 4 SQA Intermediate 1 D What do you have for the future? Tell me about a teacher you’ve had who influenced you in some way. What do you think makes a good language learner? Some people believe that you are only good at a language if you sound like a native speaker. What’s your opinion? Uses a wide range of grammar and lexis appropriately with only minor errors Uses clear pronunciation and can be understood by native speakers with only minimal effort on the part of the listener Maintains the interaction appropriately with relative ease Can discuss familiar and some non-familiar topics SCQF Level 5 SQA Intermediate 2
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