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Higher School Certificate Performance band descriptions
Swedish 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 Swedish 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 Swedish 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 Swedish 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 Swedish 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 Swedish 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 Swedish 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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