1. Qualifications Update: Modern Languages Qualifications Update: Modern Languages

2. Units Outcomes are skills-based and provide flexibility and choice through choice of contexts: society, learning, employability and culture Candidates study 2 Units: Modern Languages: Understanding Language; Modern Languages: Using Language Unit assessment support - illustrates assessment of the 4 language skills Builds knowledge and understanding and development of skills progressively from National 5 Course is assessed by: Question paper: Reading and Directed Writing, Listening and Writing Coursework: Performance – Talking Key messages – Modern Languages

3. Units develop skills in reading, listening, talking and writing using detailed and complex language Overall purpose in Reading and Listening in Units and in Course Assessment Some changes to Course Assessment to reflect level of demand and challenge Unit Assessment Support Packs – illustrate approaches to assessment through the 4 contexts of society, learning, employability and culture Audio recordings will be available for Listening Unit Assessments by summer 2014 Key messages – Modern Languages

4. Use valid and reliable assessments -SQA-produced Unit Assessment Support Packs -Centre devised assessments that have been prior verified -Your own assessments – advise you have these prior verified Judging assessments -SQA packs are designed on a pass/fail basis -Use Judging Evidence Tables to make assessment judgments against Assessment Standards -Judging Evidence Tables have commentary on how to meet each Assessment Standard -A task/activity can meet most or all of the Unit Outcome and Assessment Standards -Indicate on candidate’s work that Unit Assessment Standards have been met Unit Assessment complementing learning and teaching -Unit Assessment is open and flexible -Assessment should allow you space to prepare for Added Value/Course Assessment Key messages Key messages from Verification (Round 1)

5. Assessment Support Schedule 2013/14 Sept 13 CfE Update Letter Oct 13 Unit Assessment Support (Package 1) Feb 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 2) Feb 14 Higher Specimen Question Paper Mar 14 Coursework General Assessment Information Apr 14 Unit Assessment Support (Package 3) May 14 Update Mandatory Documents Jun 14 Update Unit Assessment Support

6. Modern Languages Unit Assessment at Higher

7. Unit assessment - recap Flexible and open Assessment Standards and Evidence Requirements in Units Greater range of techniques and methodologies for assessment – encouraged Assessments can be designed to provide evidence across more than one outcome or Unit – combined assessments More opportunities to gather naturally occurring evidence – assessment as part of learning and teaching

8. Unit Assessment Support purpose As at National 5, Assessment Support will be provided which you can use to: Assess your candidates Adapt for your own assessment programmes Help you develop your own assessments

9. Unit Assessment Support at Higher – key features Valid from August 2014 Complements and supports learning and teaching Assess competence against Unit Outcomes and Assessment Standards Designed to encourage professional judgement Provide broad-based tasks – allow assessors to choose appropriate context and forms of evidence Show range of approaches to generating assessment evidence Give information on the type of evidence which could be gathered

10. Unit assessment support packages at Higher - approaches Package 1 Unit by Unit approach – discrete assessment tasks for each Unit Package 2 Combined approach – groups Outcomes and Assessment Standards from different Units Package 3 Combined approach – groups Outcomes and Assessment Standards from different Units

11. Proposed Unit Assessment Support for Higher Modern Languages LanguageUASP1 - RL UASP1 - WT UASP2 – RW UASP2 – LTUASP3 – RTUASP3 - LW French Societysocietyculture EmployabilityLearning Spanish LearningEmployabilitySocietysocietyculture German culture EmployabilityLearningSocietysociety Cantonese Societysocietyculture LearningEmployability Italian LearningEmployabilitySocietysocietyculture Gaelic (L) culture LearningEmployabilitySocietysociety Mandarin Societysocietyculture LearningEmployability Urdu LearningEmployabilitySocietysocietyculture

12. Assessment Support Package 1 French  Two packs both unit by unit.  Context Society  Detailed and complex language  Understanding language - Reading and Listening  Social Networking and Smoking / health  Covers all outcomes and assessment standards for understanding language  1.1/2.1 Identify overall purpose and main points  1.2/2.2 Apply knowledge and understanding of the Modern language

13. Assessment Support Package 1 French  Using language - Talking and Writing  Language learning  Covers all outcomes and assessment standards for using language  1.1/2.1 Using relevant ideas and content Focus on Content  1.2/2.2 Apply grammatical knowledge and understanding Focus on language Resource  1.3/2.3 Convey meaning/ communicate Focus on Accuracy

14. Assessment Support Package 1 Gaelic learners and Urdu  Both in English  Unit by Unit  Gaelic – Culture  Urdu – Learning and Employability

15. Workshop 1 Using the materials provided, in small groups of 2-3, discuss: -The assessment task in the Unit Assessment Support provided -How to generate evidence for the Unit Assessment Support provided -How to make assessment judgements for the Unit Assessment Support provided

16. Modern Languages Higher Course Assessment

17. Course Assessment at Higher Course Assessment at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher assesses Added Value Courses at Higher are normally assessed by one or two Components Courses at Higher are graded A – D, as at present Controlled Assessment of setting, conducting and marking For Modern Languages there are 2 Components – a Question Paper and a Performance

18. Higher – Reading Reading One written text in the modern language of approximately 600 words (650-800 Chinese characters). The text will be based on one or two of the following Contexts: society, learning, employability or culture. Overall Purpose Question – 2 marks, unsupported Translation of a section of the text into English Questions worth 20 marks and Translation 10 marks

19. Higher Directed Writing Candidates must address FOUR bullet points from one of the chosen stimuli. The question paper will be externally assessed in accordance with pegged Marking Instructions Candidates will write between 120-150 words (150-180 Chinese characters). The Directed Writing will be worth 10 marks. The Reading and Directed Writing question paper is worth 40 marks and the duration will be 1 hour 40 minutes.

20. Higher Listening Higher Listening A Monologue and Conversation in the modern language from same context Linked thematically (contexts not sampled in reading) The questions will be worth a total of 20 marks: 8 marks in the monologue and 12 marks in the conversation Overall purpose question – 1 mark, supported

21. One written text in response to stimulus from Listening theme Limited number of questions set Candidates will write between 120-150 words (150-280 Chinese characters).. 10 marks awarded using pegged Marking Instructions Higher Writing

22. Higher – Performance A presentation in the modern language On one of the four contexts (society, learning, employability or culture) Followed by conversation using detailed and complex language The conversation will follow on from the context of the presentation and develop into at least one other context. 30 marks

23. Workshop 2 -The requirements of the Higher Course Assessment -How these requirements build on the Higher Units -How these requirements build on National 5 (where appropriate)