Performance band descriptions for Modern Greek Continuers

Band 6

The typical performance in this band:

• maintains communication through the exchange of relevant information, opinions and experiences expressed appropriately, coherently and fluently
• demonstrates a sophisticated level of vocabulary and complex language structures including colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions in both the spoken and written forms
• manipulates language and register for a specific context, audience and purpose
• structures and sequences ideas creatively, coherently and logically
• demonstrates a comprehensive global understanding of spoken and written texts and the ability to identify, summarise, interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas.

Band 5

The typical performance in this band:

• maintains communication through the exchange of relevant information, opinions and experiences competently and effectively displaying a generally fluent expressive style with occasional hesitations and errors
• demonstrates a sophisticated level of vocabulary and linguistic structures including occasional use of colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions in both spoken and written forms
• demonstrates appropriate use of social registers in spoken and written Greek
• structures and sequences ideas and information with some creativity but with occasional minor errors in expression, grammar and spelling
• demonstrates a thorough understanding of global understanding of spoken and written texts and the ability to identify, summarise and interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas.

Band 4

The typical performance in this band:

• maintains communication through the exchange of relevant information, opinions and experiences effectively although with some syntactical errors and anglicisms
• demonstrates a broad range of vocabulary and linguistic structures in the spoken and written form but with limited use of colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions
• generally demonstrates a good understanding of appropriate social register in spoken and written Greek
• demonstrates the ability to organise and express most ideas effectively but with some weaknesses in sequencing and/or linking and with errors in grammar and spelling
• demonstrates some global understanding of spoken and written texts, and identifies the main points and some detail.

Band 3

The typical performance in this band:

• maintains communication hesitantly using a limited range of expressions and vocabulary and with some syntactical errors and anglicisms
• demonstrates the ability to organise and express using simple, basic structures and a limited vocabulary with errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling
• demonstrates some knowledge of social register
• presents ideas which are not always linked coherently
• identifies some of the main points and some detail of spoken and written texts.

Band 2

The typical performance in this band:

• maintains a basic level of oral communication with hesitation and errors in expression and syntax
• demonstrates a limited and inconsistent knowledge of social register
• writes using a limited range of expressions and vocabulary, with evidence of confused use of dipthongs and alphabets and frequent use of anglicisms
• identifies some detail in spoken and written texts.

Band 1

Performance reported as Band 1 indicates that the minimum standard expected was not demonstrated.