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Assessment program audit toolFor Authority subjects
Japanese 2008The purpose of this audit tool is to enable schools to compare the requirements of their assessment program with the minimum assessment requirements of the syllabus, and to subsequently consider possible amendments to their school work program.
Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
Refer to syllabus verification and post-verification requirements
Refer to the syllabus assessment section
Refer to the school’s approved work program
Refer to the school’s approved work program
How does the school’s assessment program differ from syllabus requirements?
Verification requirements
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Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
A minimum of eight instruments demonstrating a variety of techniques over a range of topics, including: two assessment instruments
from each macroskill:- listening- reading- speaking- writing
at least three macroskills to be assessed in Term 3.
Each macroskill is assessed: separately under supervised conditions in communicative contexts.
Syllabus, pp. 50–51Syllabus, pp. 39–40, 50
School assessment program1.
Assessment categoriesReceptive skills:Listening instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and understanding Reasoning and responding.
Instruments must allow students to produce responses to authentic texts differing in length, purpose and style.Conditions: instructions, questions and
responses in English text length to be appropriate
to text type texts generally heard twice,
three times if complex judicious pauses in longer
texts are allowed.Syllabus, p. 40
2.
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Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
Reading instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and understanding Reasoning and responding.
Instruments must allow students to produce response/s to authentic texts, differing in length, purpose and complexity.Conditions: instructions, questions and
responses in English text length and type to be
appropriate to text type dictionaries not permitted.Syllabus, p. 41
3.
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Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
Productive skills:Speaking instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and using
language features Creating and responding.
Instruments must allow students to demonstrate spontaneous language use in realistic situations.Conditions: preparation time is to reflect
text type:- unprepared (unseen)
tasks: up to 10 minutes (no access to reference material)
- prepared tasks: may use visual aids; may not read from a script; questioning to follow.
students are not given teacher questions prior to the task
at least one spontaneous task (of a teacher–student performance) must be recorded.
Syllabus, pp. 41–42, 52
4.
Writing instrumentsDimensions assessed: Knowing and using
language features Creating and responding
Instruments require students to respond to unseen tasks that are set in an authentic social context with a realistic purpose and specified audience.
5.
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Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
Conditions: instructions given in English stimulus material (English or
Japanese) to neither impede nor assist
length dependent on text type; at least one extended passage (approx. 400 characters) by end of Year 12
dictionaries may be used. Syllabus, p. 42
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Post-verification requirements
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Assessment instruments required in Year 12 (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions required by the syllabus, e.g. word length, time, genre
School assessment instruments (including objectives and dimensions assessed)
Conditions in school work program
Variations
A minimum of one and a maximum of two assessment instrument/s: from macroskill/s of
teacher’s choice all dimensions to be
assessed.
Conditions as above, relevant to the skill/s selected.Syllabus, p. 52
Summary Where the school’s assessment plan differs from the minimum syllabus requirements, consider:
are these choices the most effective way to gather information about student learning?
what is the rationale behind these school decisions?
what changes could be made to the school’s work program?
More informationPlease email [email protected] or phone (07) 3864 0375.
