1. MYP Language Acquisition Objectives Phase 1 and 2 2015-2016

2. Lines of Inquiry:  What do I need to do in order to successfully complete MYP Phase 1 or MYP phase 2?  How will I be assessed?  How does the grading system work?  What are the language objectives?

3.  Each of the four main MYP criteria will be assessed twice per academic school year.  These four MYP Criteria are named as follows: 1) Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and visual text. 2) Criterion B: Comprehending written and visual text. 3) Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken, written and visual text. 4) Criterion D: Using language in spoken and written form.

4.  Each of these four criteria is graded out of a total of eight (8) points within the format of an assessment rubric.  A passing grade out of the 8 total possible points is a 4.  As a final approach you will add up each obtained score you earned per assessment throughout the course of this school year (out of a possible total of 8 points per assessment) and this in turn will provide you with an individualized score out of a total of 32 possible points.  A Best fit grade towards each of the four (4) assessed criteria which will be assessed twice per year will be determined per student as an end result goal.

5. What do the Criteria mean?

6. Listening and Speaking Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and visual text Criterion C Communicate in response to spoken and written text Criterion D Use language in spoken and written form

7. SPOKEN and visual text

8. WRITTEN and visual text

9. Criterion A + C + D Understand and respond to simple and spoken texts Communicate information containing relevant ideas and some detail in a limited range of familiar situations Use language appropriate to a limited range of interpersonal and cultural contexts Use some aspects of register in formal and informal oral communication Use basic language accurately Interact in basic rehearsed and some unrehearsed exchanges using comprehensible pronunciation and tone

10. Viewing and interpreting Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and visual text B. Comprehend WRITTEN and visual text

11. Criterion A + B  Understand messages presented in visual texts  Understand main ideas and supporting details in visual texts presented with spoken and/or written text  Understand specific information, ideas, opinions and attitudes presented in visual text with spoken and/or written text  Recognize visual conventions used in texts  Understand and respond to simple visual texts

12. Reading Comprehension Criterion B Comprehend WRITTEN and visual text

13. Criterion B  Understand basic facts in written texts  Understand main ideas and supporting details, and draw some conclusions from written texts  Recognize basic aspects of format and style  Understand and respond to simple written texts

14. Writing Criterion D Use language in (spoken and ) written form

15. Criterion D  Communicate in a limited range of everyday situations  Request and provide information in a limited range of everyday situations  Use language appropriate to a very limited range of interpersonal and cultural context  Understand and use basic language conventions accurately  Use some aspects of register in formal and informal written communication

16. RECAP Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and visual text Criterion C Communicate in response to spoken and written text Criterion D Use language in spoken and written form Criterion B Comprehend WRITTEN and visual text