Higher School Certificate Performance band descriptions
Polish Continuers
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 Polish Continuers 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 |
- initiates and sustains conversation through an exchange
of relevant information and ideas expressed accurately and
fluently
- demonstrates the ability to justify and substantiate a
point of view
- demonstrates an extensive knowledge of language structures,
vocabulary, syntax, idiom, colloquialisms and grammar
- uses Polish accurately and creatively to communicate a
range of ideas and opinions appropriate to audience and
purpose
- demonstrates an extensive ability to manipulate language
authentically and creatively and to structure and sequence
ideas and information effectively and coherently
- demonstrates an excellent understanding of register, genre
and text types
- demonstrates an excellent global understanding of spoken
and written texts and the ability to identify specific detail
by summarising, interpreting and evaluating information
and ideas
|
| Band 5 |
- sustains conversation through an exchange of relevant
information and ideas fluently but with minor inaccuracies
in grammar and syntax
- demonstrates a thorough understanding of language structures,
vocabulary, syntax, idiom, colloquialisms and grammar
- uses Polish accurately to communicate a range of ideas
and opinions appropriate to audience and purpose
- demonstrates the ability to manipulate language authentically
and creatively and to structure and sequence ideas and information
effectively and coherently
- demonstrates a thorough understanding of register, genre
and text types
- demonstrates a thorough global understanding of spoken
and written texts and the ability to extract most relevant
detail by summarising and interpreting information and ideas
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| Band 4 |
- exchanges information and ideas with some hesitation and
some errors in language structures, vocabulary, grammar
and syntax reflecting some interference from other languages
- demonstrates a sound knowledge of language structures,
vocabulary, syntax, idiom, colloquialisms and grammar
- uses Polish to convey information with some regard to
context, purpose and audience
- demonstrates some ability to manipulate language authentically
and to structure and link ideas effectively and coherently
- demonstrates some understanding of register, genre and
text types
- demonstrates a sound global understanding of spoken and
written texts and the ability to extract some relevant detail
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| Band 3 |
- communicates using simple language structures, with frequent
hesitation and errors in vocabulary, grammar and syntax
reflecting interference from other languages
- demonstrates a basic command of written Polish with inaccuracies
in language structures, vocabulary and spelling
- demonstrates limited ability to structure and link ideas
- observes some of the conventions of register and text
type
- demonstrates a limited global understanding of written
and spoken texts and the ability to identify some detail
|
| Band 2 |
- communicates a limited range of ideas using simple language
structures, with frequent hesitation and errors in vocabulary,
grammar and syntax
- demonstrates a rudimentary understanding of written Polish
with errors in language structures, vocabulary and spelling
- identifies isolated and often irrelevant detail with little
or no global understanding of written and spoken texts
- links some ideas and information
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| Band 1 |
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