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Higher School Certificate - Performance band descriptions
English ESL
The draft performance bands shown on the following page represent
student performance in bands of achievement. They illustrate the
typical performance of students in the English ESL HSC course.
Each band contains descriptions of student achievement of the
course outcomes. The scales will continue to be refined to include
information from performance in the new HSC courses and the outcomes
assessed internally.
The typical performance in this band:
| Band 6 |
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Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge and insightful
understanding of the ways meanings are shaped and conveyed
by context, audience, purpose, cultural values and medium
of production in a variety of texts and contexts.
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Displays a highly developed ability to engage with the
details of texts and to analyse and evaluate language
forms, features and structures of personal, social, cultural
and workplace texts.
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Presents highly developed interpretive, critical and
imaginative responses that incorporate refined understanding
of ideas, attitudes and culturally-based values in texts.
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Demonstrates ability to sustain clear, fluent communication
of ideas, information and values, using language forms
and features appropriate to audience, purpose and context.
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| Band 5 |
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Demonstrates thorough knowledge and perceptive understanding
of the ways meanings are shaped and conveyed by context,
audience, purpose, cultural values and medium of production
in a variety of texts and contexts.
-
Displays a well-developed ability to engage with the
details of texts and explain and analyse language forms,
features and structures of personal, social, cultural
and workplace texts.
-
Presents a well-developed interpretive, critical and
imaginative responses, that incorporate considered understanding
of ideas, attitudes and culturally-based values in texts.
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Demonstrates ability to sustain clear communication
of ideas, information and values, using language forms
and features appropriate to audience, purpose and context.
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| Band 4 |
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Demonstrates clear knowledge and understanding of the
ways meanings are shaped and conveyed by context, audience,
purpose, cultural values and medium of production in different
texts and contexts.
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Displays a sound ability to engage with the details
of texts and describe and explain language forms, features
and structures of personal, social, cultural and workplace
texts.
-
Presents developed interpretive and imaginative responses,
showing broad understanding of ideas, attitudes and culturally-based
values in texts.
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Demonstrates ability to communicate ideas and information
clearly, using language forms and features appropriate
to audience, purpose and context.
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| Band 3 |
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Demonstrates generalised knowledge and understanding
of the ways meanings are shaped and conveyed by context,
audience, purpose, cultural values and medium of production
in specific texts and contexts.
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Displays developing ability to identify and describe
language forms, features and structures of some personal,
social, cultural and workplace texts.
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Presents responses showing evidence of literal interpretation
of texts and a basic understanding of the main ideas in
texts.
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Demonstrates ability to communicate basic ideas and
information in personal, social, cultural and workplace
texts.
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| Band 2 |
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Demonstrates elementary knowledge and understanding of
the ways meanings are shaped and conveyed by context,
audience and purpose in some texts.
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Displays ability to identify and comment on some language
forms, features and structures of personal, social, cultural
and workplace texts.
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Presents a simple undeveloped response showing awareness
of the main ideas in texts.
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Exhibits ability to compose simple texts characteristic
of everyday communication.
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| Band 1 |
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