31 August 2018
Notice 051/18
Amendments have been made to the English as an Additional Language General Senior Syllabus 2019.
Summative internal assessment 1 (IA1): Examination — analytical written response
The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended. In the Knowledge application criterion, ‘two’ has been added to Assessment objective 5 to match the wording of the assessment objective for the unit.
In the Textual features criterion, ‘and’ has replaced ‘and/or’ in the third characteristic in the 1-mark performance level descriptor.
Summative internal assessment 2 (IA2): Extended response — persuasive written response
The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended. In the Organisation and development criterion, ‘established’ has been added to the first characteristic in the 2-mark performance level descriptor.
In the Textual features criterion, ‘and’ has replaced ‘and/or’ in the third characteristic in the 1-mark performance level descriptor.
Summative internal assessment 3 (IA3): Extended response — imaginative spoken/multimodal response
The instrument-specific marking guide has been amended. In the Organisation and development criterion, ‘established’ has been added to the first characteristic in the 2-mark performance level descriptor.
Minor amendments have been made to Assessment objective 11 to improve clarity, strengthen alignment to ISMGs and increase consistency across the English learning area.
Glossary
‘Complementary features’ has been added to the Glossary.
The English as an Additional Language General Senior Syllabus 2019 (v1.4) and associated resources are available in the QCAA Portal. The syllabus is also available on the QCAA website.
More information
Lisa Bottomley, Learning Area Manager (English and Languages)
Email: EnglishandLanguages@qcaa.qld.edu.au
Telephone: (07) 3120 6129
- Last updated:
- 31 August 2018
