Marking guidelines for oral exams

Different assessment criteria and marking guidelines apply to oral exams for in-context languages. Find out how Chinese, Japanese and Korean in Context are assessed.

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These marking guidelines apply to:

Outcomes assessed

Chinese in Context

LCHC6-1 exchanges information, justifies and reflects on opinions and ideas in Chinese.
LCHC6-2 uses features of spoken Chinese for a variety of purposes appropriate to different audiences and cultural contexts.
LCHC6-8 uses knowledge and skills to compose a variety of texts in Chinese for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
LCHC6-9 applies knowledge and understanding of literary devices, and language and cultural concepts to express meaning in texts in Chinese.

Japanese in Context

LJAC6-1 exchanges information, justifies and reflects on opinions and ideas in Japanese.
LJAC6-2 uses features of spoken Japanese for a variety of purposes appropriate to different audiences and cultural contexts.
LJAC6-8 uses knowledge and skills to compose a variety of texts in Japanese for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
LJAC6-9 applies knowledge and understanding of literary devices, and language and cultural concepts to express meaning in texts in Japanese.

Korean in Context

LKOC6-1 exchanges information, justifies and reflects on opinions and ideas in Korean.
LKOC6-2 uses features of spoken Korean for a variety of purposes appropriate to different audiences and cultural contexts.
LKOC6-8 uses knowledge and skills to compose a variety of texts in Korean for a range of contexts, purposes and audiences.
LKOC6-9 applies knowledge and understanding of literary devices, and language and cultural concepts to express meaning in texts in Korean.

Marking guidelines

Questions 1 and 2

Criteria	Marks
communicates effectively and fluently using intonation and/or other authentic language features demonstrates highly-developed skills in presenting and substantiating relevant information, opinions and ideas manipulates language structures and literary devices effectively demonstrates perceptive intercultural understanding using appropriate language and cultural concepts structures and sequences information, opinions and ideas coherently and effectively	9–10
communicates effectively using intonation and/or other appropriate language features demonstrates well-developed skills in presenting and substantiating relevant information, opinions and ideas manipulates language structures and literary devices appropriately demonstrates high-level intercultural understanding using appropriate language and cultural concepts structures and sequences information, opinions and ideas coherently	7–8
communicates using appropriate language features demonstrates sound skills in presenting and/or substantiating relevant information, opinions and/or ideas uses language structures and some literary devices appropriately demonstrates sound intercultural understanding using appropriate language and cultural concepts structures and sequences information, opinions and ideas	5–6
communicates using some appropriate language features demonstrates some skills in presenting relevant information, opinions and/or ideas uses some language structures appropriately demonstrates some intercultural understanding using appropriate language and/or cultural concepts attempts to structure and sequence information, opinions and ideas	3–4
communicates some ideas and/or information demonstrates limited understanding of the question	1–2

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