Home
HSC Course and Performance Band Descriptors
2011 HSC
Spanish Beginners 2 unit (16070)

Performance Band Descriptors - 2011 Higher School Certificate

2 unit Spanish Beginners

2011 Candidature - 183

Band 6
(16.39%)

Communicates effectively across a range of topics in spoken Spanish. Writes cohesive, well-structured texts appropriate to a range of audiences, purposes and contexts. Demonstrates an excellent control of vocabulary and language structures. Demonstrates an excellent understanding of a range of texts by identifying their audience, purpose and context; by interpreting and summarising information; and by drawing conclusions and justifying opinions about them.

Band 5
(27.32%)

Communicates across a range of topics in spoken Spanish. Writes cohesive texts appropriate to audience, purpose and context. Demonstrates a good control of vocabulary and language structures. Demonstrates a good understanding of a range of texts by identifying their audience, purpose and context; by interpreting and summarising information; and by drawing some conclusions and justifying opinions about them.

Band 4
(27.32%)

Communicates ideas and information in spoken Spanish. Writes texts with some regard to audience, purpose and context, linking ideas and information. Demonstrates some control of vocabulary and language structures. Demonstrates a general understanding of and identifies some specific information in a range of texts.

Band 3
(14.75%)

Communicates some ideas and information in familiar contexts in spoken Spanish. Writes texts with some regard to purpose. Demonstrates a basic knowledge of Spanish vocabulary and applies Spanish grammar and syntax inconsistently. Demonstrates a general understanding of straightforward texts and identifies some specific infomation in more complex ones.

Band 2
(13.11%)

Understands some simple questions and responds in comprehensible spoken Spanish. Writes some words, phrases and sentences in comprehensible Spanish. Identifies some information in texts.

Band 1
(1.09%)

A mark in this band indicates that the student has achieved below the minimum standard expected.