3 levels: Foundation, Standard, Advanced Language B Spanish Criteria.

3 levels:Foundation,

Standard, Advanced

Language B Spanish Criteria

IAA Language B Spanish Levels

Foundation 1 Foundation 2Standard 1Standard 2Advanced

Next year the names will be changed to Strands of 1-6, per the MYP Language B Guide changes.

Levels offered this year:Grade 6: 3 sets of Foundation 1Grade 7: Foundation 2,

Foundation 2, and Standard 1Grade 8: Foundation 1 & 2 mixed

class, Standard 1, and Advanced.Grade 9: Standard 1, AdvancedGrade 10: Standard 1, Standard 2

5 Criteria for all levelsA: Oral Message & Interaction (8)B: Oral Language (8)C: Written Message & Organization (8) D: Written Language (8)E: Reading Comprehension (8x2=16)

Total= 48 points

LevelsMYP Level Points earned

1 0-82 9-163 17-234 24-305 31-366 37-427 43-48

Total= 48 points

Criterion A: Oral Message & Interaction

Speaking: Expressing ideas that make sense and are easy to understand

Listening: Understanding their partner’s comments and questions and responding appropriately

Student A--Where are you from?Student B--I’m great. How are you?

Not an appropriate response to the question which demonstrates lack of understanding.

Criterion A: Oral Message & InteractionFoundation Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:Consistently communicate information, on a variety of

aspects of common/everyday life. Show understanding of most questions/comments and

are almost always appropriate. Offer relevant and detailed ideas where appropriate. Actively contribute to the flow of ideas.Speak with limited to no prompting or rephrasing

(“What did you say?” “Please repeat what you said.”Speak fluidly with natural pauses.

Criterion A: Oral Message & InteractionStandard Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:Communicate information clearly and effectively.Express both simple and complex ideas that are

relevant and developed. Incorporate and justify (explain) opinions. Show understanding through responding correctly in

familiar and spontaneous situations. Contribute actively and spontaneously to the flow of

conversation.

*Memorized scripts are not the same as a conversation.

Criterion A: Oral Message & InteractionAdvanced Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must: Communicate basic and complex information with ease. Express relevant, focused and supported ideas and

opinions Show a complete and sophisticated understanding of the

topic through their responses and reactions. Engage actively and contribute much to the conversation. Structure ideas coherently to enable the flow of the message

and interaction.

*Memorized scripts are not the same as a conversation.

Criterion B: Oral Language

Pronunciation: Clear and effective

Vocabulary: basic, more advanced, varied

Grammatical structures: basic, more complexBasic-noun/adjective agreement; subject/verb agreement; use of adverbs; use of correct verb tense

Idioms: fixed expressions, not literal translation (do not use Google translate)

Register: addressing audience, group or person appropriately (formal/informal/singular/plural)


Foundation Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:•Speak clearly and with accurate pronunciation and intonation making communication clear and easy.

•Incorporate excellent use of a basic range of vocabulary.

•Use basic and more‑complex grammatical structures, generally accurately.

*Basic-noun/adjective agreement*Complex- subject/verb agreement (I study, we study)


Standard Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must: Speak clearly with accurate pronunciation and intonation with

occasional mistakes, but these do not interfere with comprehensibility.

Use a wide range of vocabulary and varied structures appropriately,

Use idioms and register appropriate to context. Errors do not affect understanding.

Criterion B: Oral LanguageAdvanced Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must: Speak in a way where intonation and fluency contribute effectively to communication. Use varied, appropriate and idiomatic vocabulary. Use basic and complex grammar with a good degree of accuracy. Use effective and appropriate register and style.

*Students should be using fixed expressions, transitions, learned and previously-learned grammar.

Criterion C: Written Message & Organization

Complex ideas: Clear and effective

Cohesive devices: but, also, because, when, that, in spite of, instead of, etc.

Criterion C: Written Message & OrganizationFoundation Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:

Communicate information on variety of aspects

Communicate relevant, detailed and supported ideas

Present logical structureUse cohesive devices that add clarity.

Criterion C: Written Message & OrganizationStandard Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Communicate information clearly and effectivelyCommunicate relevant and supported

simple and complex ideasOpinions are justified.Structure work clearly and effectivelyUse cohesive devices effectively

Criterion C: Written Message & OrganizationAdvanced Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Communicate complex information• Communicate relevant, focused and supported ideas

and opinions with examples and illustrations• Show sophisticated, in depth understanding of the topic.• Structure the message clearly and effectively.• Use cohesive devices to enhance the development of

ideas.

Criterion D: Written Language

Vocabulary: basic, more advanced, varied

Grammatical structures: basic, more complex

Idioms: fixed expressions, not literal translation (do not use Google translate)

Register: addressing audience, group or person appropriately (formal/informal/singular/plural)


Foundation Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Use excellent range of basic vocabulary and

grammatical structures; use more complex structures accurately

• Show only occasional errors in spelling and writing, but these do not interfere with communication


Standard Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:Use a wide range of vocabulary and varied

structures appropriately to the context; errors do not interfere.

Show good command of spelling and writing.Show a clear sense of audience by

consistently using appropriate register.


Advanced Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Use varied, sophisticated and idiomatic vocabulary.• Use complex grammar that adds to the style of the text• Show the ability to manipulate the language.• Spelling and writing contributes to quality of work.• Show a clear sense of audience; register and style are

effective• Be creative with the language or show humour or irony

when appropriate to the task.

Criterion E: Reading Comprehension

Foundation Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Identify basic and more complex facts in text with

familiar and unfamiliar language.• Identify the main idea and supporting details.• Draw conclusions.• Show good understanding of text overall.


Standard Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Identify stated and implied information, main ideas and

supporting details in text with familiar and unfamiliar language and/or complex ideas.

• Draw conclusions and recognize opinion and attitude implied in text

• Identify some aspects of format and style.• Show good understanding of text overall.


Advanced Level:In order to receive an 8/8, a student must:• Show understanding of stated and implied information,

main ideas and supporting details in text with familiar and unfamiliar language and/or complex ideas or subtleties.

• Make inferences that are convincingly supported with the details from the text

• Can interpret aspects of style.• Identify some aspects of format and style.• Show perceptive understanding of the text overall.

MYP Assessment requirements

In Grades 6-9, we discuss what our students should be able to do if they are not able to meet the Grade 10 requirements yet.

Foundation Standard Advanced

Oral activity 3-5 min 3-5 min 3-5 min

Writing activity

150 words

200 words

300 words

Reading comprehension

Approx. 500 words

Approx. 750 words

Approx. 1000 words

•No matter what level a student is in, the teacher extends and differentiates in order to reach each child’s language development. •It is possible to move up a level, showed by regularly achieving a high level of competence in the assigned level. The child may not move up until the following school year, but he/she will continue to learn in a group similar to his/her level.

Changing Language Levels

3 levels: Foundation, Standard, Advanced Language B Spanish Criteria.

Documents

Transcript of 3 levels: Foundation, Standard, Advanced Language B Spanish Criteria.