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Draft Performance Bands
Tamil Continuers
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 Tamil 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
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| 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 Tamil 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 Tamil 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 Tamil 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
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| 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 Tamil 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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