1. Home
2. HSC Syllabuses
3. Languages
4. French Beginners
5. French Beginners Performance bands

French Beginners 2008 HSC Specimen Examination Resources

Performance bands

The typical performance in this band:

Band 6	Communicates effectively across a range of topics in spoken French Writes cohesive, well-structured texts appropriate to a range of audiences, purposes and contexts Demonstrates an excellent control of vocabulary and language structures Demonstrates an excellent understanding of a range of texts by identifying their audience, purpose and context; by interpreting and summarising information; and by drawing conclusions and justifying opinions about them
Band 5	Communicates across a range of topics in spoken French Writes cohesive texts appropriate to audience, purpose and context Demonstrates a good control of vocabulary and language structures Demonstrates a good understanding of a range of texts by identifying their audience, purpose and context; by interpreting and summarising information; and by drawing some conclusions and justifying opinions about them
Band 4	Communicates ideas and information in spoken French Writes texts with some regard to audience, purpose and context, linking ideas and information Demonstrates some control of vocabulary and language structures Demonstrates a general understanding of and identifies some specific information in a range of texts
Band 3	Communicates some ideas and information in familiar contexts in spoken French Writes texts with some regard to purpose Demonstrates a basic knowledge of French vocabulary and applies French grammar and syntax inconsistently Demonstrates a general understanding of straightforward texts and identifies some specific information in more complex ones
Band 2	Understands some simple questions and responds in comprehensible spoken French Writes some words, phrases and sentences in comprehensible French Identifies some information in texts
Band 1