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Higher School Certificate Performance band descriptions
Spanish Extension
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 Spanish Extension 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 E4 |
- Formulates a sophisticated argument
- Sustains written and spoken argument with a high level of competence
- Demonstrates a sophisticated and extensive knowledge of vocabulary
and language structures
- Uses complex and varied language to develop a range of ideas and
opinions
- Responds to and evaluates texts critically and sensitively
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| Band E3 |
- Formulates a detailed and well-developed argument
- Sustains written and spoken argument with clarity
- Demonstrates substantial knowledge of vocabulary and language structures
- Expresses ideas and opinions effectively
- Responds to and analyses texts effectively
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| Band E2 |
- Attempts to develop and sustain a coherent written and spoken argument
- Demonstrates an adequate knowledge of vocabulary and language structures
- Expresses a limited range of ideas and opinions
- Responds to and comments on texts with some understanding of their
meaning and purpose and the effects of language forms and features
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| Band E1 |
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