Modern Languages: update on new qualifications

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Modern Languagesupdate on new
qualifications
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New National Qualifications

• Support learning assessment follows the
  curriculum
• Support aims, purposes and principles of
  Curriculum for Excellence
• Provide progression from Experiences and Outcomes
  and maximizes curriculum continuity between
  levels
• Build on existing strengths of reputation,
  standards, reliability and validity of Scottish
  qualifications
• Provide more flexibility and choice
• Support teacher professionalism
• Enable the sharing of standards

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How we have developed qualifications

• Qualifications developed in a more strategic way
  starts with learning, process is iterative
• Each stage informs the next on-going process of
  exploring issues/developing thinking, seeking
  advice/guidance and then testing proposals
• Open and transparent draft documents published
  at each stage (both for information and feedback)
• Wide range of engagement from formal groups to
  Liaison Team visits to target activities
• Ongoing engagement feedback from web
• Robust quality assurance involving
• partners at each stage

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Timelines

• Draft AH Unit Specifications September 2012
• Further Information on Course Assessment
  October 2012
• Subject-specific events Autumn/Winter 2012/13
• Assessment support and exemplification October
  onwards

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Key Features

• Units are points of assessment and skills-based
• Broad contexts of society, learning,
  employability and culture.

National 3 National 4 National 5 Higher
Understanding Language Understanding Language Understanding Language Understanding Language
Using Language Using Language Using Language Using Language
Added value assignment Course assessment Course assessment
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Modern Languages - Key Features

• provides progression from Modern Languages
  Experiences and Outcomes and same Course
  structure and Unit titles National 3 - Higher
• will allow learners to draw on, combine and apply
  the language skills learned throughout the Course
  in the Added Value Unit Modern Language
  Assignment
• provides flexibility to apply language skills in
  contexts relevant to learners, such as social
  media, job-related topics or through thematic
  approaches
• provides opportunities to use a range of contexts
  
• provides opportunities to combine skills

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Unit Assessment Support Packages
Package N3 N4 N5
1 October 2012 Combined LT RW Combined RT LW Combined LT RW
2 - March 2013 Unit-by-Unit RL TW Unit-by-Unit RL TW Unit-by-Unit RL TW
3 April 2013 Unit-by-Unit RL TW Combined RW LT Combined RT LW
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Added value at National 4 Assignment

• Assessing the skills of reading, listening
  talking
• guidance on setting and controlling the
  assessment
• Guidance on making assessment judgements
• Personalisation and choice
• Support notes and assessment exemplification
  guidance on overtaking other Unit outcomes

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Added Value at National 5 Course Assessment

• Assessing the skills of reading, writing,
  listening talking
• Question Papers
• Reading 3 texts (of same length)
• Listening 1 monologue, 1 conversation
• Writing job e-mail
• Performance
• Talking presentation and conversation

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Added value at Higher Course Assessment

• Assessing the skills of reading, translating,
  writing, listening talking
• Question Papers
• Reading 1 text, including translation
• Directed Writing choice of four scenarios (one
  from each context)
• Listening 1 monologue, 1 follow-up conversation
• Personal Response stimulus based on Listening
• Performance
• Talking presentation and conversation

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Modern Languages for Life and Work Award

• Available at SCQF levels 3 and 4
• Practical and relevant contexts
• Personal development employability skills
• 3 Units, 2 of which existing SQA Units
• Opportunity to use 2 languages in one
  qualification
• Available to Centres August 2012
• Available to all pupils of all ages
• Award Support Notes available on secure site

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Course and Unit Support Notes Access 3- Higher

• These provide guidance on delivering Units and
  Course.
• Approaches to learning and teaching and
  assessment
• Gathering naturally-occurring evidence
• Combining Outcomes within and across Units
• Useful appendices

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Advanced Higher

• Course structure and Units same as current
• Contexts of society, learning, employability and
  culture
• Open up types of text for internal unit
  assessment for ERV to include media texts
• Emphasis on topical issues
• Draft Unit Specifications published end of
  September 2012

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Next phase Assessment

• Development Process

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Assessment Support

• Assessment Briefs all levels N3-N5
• Unit assessments combined across Units and unit
  only
• Added Value Unit making Assessment Judgements
  information
• Specimen Question Papers Marking Instructions
• Specimen Coursework Marking Instructions
• April 2013

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Who

• Enhanced Subject Working Group
• Qualification Development Manager
• Qualification Development Consultant
• Qualification Manager/Qualification Officer
• Principal Assessor
• Item Writers
• Principal Verifier
• Subject expertise from CARG/QDT/SWG

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Quality Assurance and Engagement