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Speaking and Listening Group Discussion

The document provides grading criteria for speaking and listening skills as well as writing a formal letter to persuade. For speaking and listening skills, criteria include speaking clearly, listening and concentrating, making useful contributions, and staying on topic. For writing a formal letter, criteria cover appropriate content and organization, as well as spelling, punctuation and grammar. Higher grades are awarded for more advanced skills such as leading discussion, building on others' points, understanding formal letter style, persuading the reader, and using varied vocabulary and sentence structures.

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Speaking and Listening Group Discussion

The document provides grading criteria for speaking and listening skills as well as writing a formal letter to persuade. For speaking and listening skills, criteria include speaking clearly, listening and concentrating, making useful contributions, and staying on topic. For writing a formal letter, criteria cover appropriate content and organization, as well as spelling, punctuation and grammar. Higher grades are awarded for more advanced skills such as leading discussion, building on others' points, understanding formal letter style, persuading the reader, and using varied vocabulary and sentence structures.

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Speaking and Listening Group

Discussion
Grad
e
General Skills I In Group
show are... Discussion, I...
E • I speak clearly • make useful
• I listen and concentrate contributions
• stay on topic and avoid
taking over or switching
off

D • I speak in a relevant, • make a range of


organised way, thinking contributions
about what I will say • listen to what others say
• I can vary my style to fit and take it on
different tasks board/respond to them
• I listen and pay attention

C • I speak fluently (flowingly) • take a full part and make


without slang a significant contribution
• I listen closely and with • follow on closely from
respect what others say
• I am confident and
appropriate in different
situations

B • I speak with skill in more • lead discussion when


challenging situations appropriate
• I listen sensitively • build on and challenge
points made by other
people

Writing a Formal Letter to


Persuade
Grad Appropriate content, Organisation Spelling, Punctuation,
e Grammar

• •
D Shows awareness of the reader and
task (formal letter)
Sentences are
varied
• Some focus on persuading; ideas • Some control of

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sometimes supported with punctuation (‘!?””)
appropriate reasons • Simple/regular
• Some range of vocabulary, avoiding spellings correct
slang
• Paragraphs used in a logical order

• •
C Clear understanding of formal letter
style
Range of sentence
structures,
• Clear awareness of the reader with controlled
writing adapted to fit • Range of
• Clear focus on persuading; ideas punctuation (,””?!’),
developed with appropriate reasons used accurately
to support • Most spelling
• Range of vocabulary, precisely correct
chosen
• Paragraphs used deliberately to
structure

• •
B Confident understanding of formal
letter style
Wide range of
sentence
• Sustained, sensitive awareness of structures, used to
the reader create particular
• Content is well judged to persuade effects
the particular reader, ideas well • Wide range of
chosen/ordered punctuation (-:;)
• Wide range of appropriate, ambitious used to create
vocabulary particular effects
• Paragraphs varied in structure and • Virtually all spelling
used to build up the whole text correct

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