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Higher School Certificate Performance band descriptions
Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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 |
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initiates and sustains conversation through
an exchange of relevant information and ideas expressed
accurately and fluently
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demonstrates the ability to justify and
substantiate a point of view
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demonstrates an extensive knowledge of
language structures, vocabulary, syntax, idiom, colloquialisms
and grammar
-
uses Portuguese 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 Portuguese 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
|
| 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 Portuguese 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
|
| 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 Portuguese 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 Portuguese
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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