Part 6 – 10 marks

Band / Content & Communicative

Organisation & Language
Score Achievement

Uses simple connectors and a limited

number of cohesive devices
All content is relevant to the task.
appropriately.
Target reader is fully informed.
5 Uses basic vocabulary appropriately.
Produces a text that communicates
(9-10) Uses simple grammatical forms with a
straightforward ideas using the
good degree of control.
conventions of the communicative
task reasonably well.
While errors are noticeable, meaning
can still be determined.
4
Performance shares features of scores 3 and 5
(7-8)
Target reader is on the whole Text is connected using basic, high
informed. frequency connectors.

3 Minor irrelevances and/or omissions Uses basic vocabulary reasonably.

(5-6) may be present. Uses simple grammatical forms with
some degree of control.
Produces a text that communicates
simple ideas in simple ways. Errors may impede meaning at times.
2
Performance shares features of scores 1 and 3
(3-4)
Target reader is minimally
informed. Production unlikely to be connected,
though punctuation and simple
Irrelevances and/or connectors (i.e. and) may be used on
misinterpretation of task may occasion.
1
be present.
(1-2)
Produces basic vocabulary of isolated
Produces isolated short units about words and phrases.
simple and concrete matters, not Produces few simple grammatical
always communicating forms with only limited control.
successfully.

0 Performance below score 1

 Part 7 – 15 marks

Band / Communicative Organisation &

Content
Score Achievement Language
Uses simple connectors and
a limited number of
cohesive devices
appropriately.
Produces a text that
All content is communicates
Uses basic vocabulary
5 relevant to the task. straightforward ideas
appropriately. Uses simple
(13, 14, 15) Target reader is fully using the conventions
grammatical forms with a
informed. of the communicative
good degree of control.
task reasonably well.
While errors are noticeable,
meaning can still be
determined.
4
Performance shares features of scores 3 and 5
(10, 11, 12)
Text is connected using
basic, high frequency
connectors.
Target reader is on
Produces a text that
the whole informed. Uses basic vocabulary
3 communicates
Minor irrelevances reasonably. Uses simple
(7, 8, 9) simple ideas in simple
and/or omissions may grammatical forms with
ways.
be present. some degree of control.

Errors may impede meaning

at times.
2
Performance shares features of scores 1 and 3
(4, 5, 6)

Production unlikely to be
connected, though
punctuation and simple
Target reader is Produces isolated short connectors (i.e. and) may be
minimally informed. units about simple and used on occasion.
1
Irrelevances and/or concrete matters, not
(1, 2, 3)
misinterpretation of always communicating Produces basic vocabulary
task may be present. successfully. of isolated words and
phrases. Produces few
simple grammatical forms
with only limited control.

0 Performance below band 1