AS 91969 Annotated exemplars

This annotated exemplar is intended for teacher use only. Annotated exemplars consist of student evidence, with commentary, to explain key parts of a standard. These help teachers make assessment judgements at the grade boundaries.

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For Achieved, the student needs to communicate in German for a chosen purpose.

This involves expressing information, ideas, and opinions relevant to the context, and referring to events or experiences in the present as well as the past or future. Communication will be achieved overall despite inconsistencies.

The student has communicated in German about why Wanaka is her favourite place and what she does there. She uses some language to talk about her Aunty and Uncle’s house and the activities that she does with them.

The student uses different tenses (present, past, and future) to refer to both past and future experiences. For example, she writes about her future plans “In Zukunft werde ich im See schwimmen gehen”.

She gives details about Wanaka, what she likes about it, who she goes with and a favourite memory related to her time there, e.g. “Mein Lieblingserinnerung aus wanaka ist, als meine Cousins und ich im Winter im Schnee waren gegangen.” She uses a variety of adjectives and gives reasons, e.g. “weil ich warm im See schwimmen gehen und Erdbeeren pflücken kann.”

The language used is at the expected level, up to and including level 6 of the New Zealand Curriculum. Communication is achieved overall, despite consistent problems with words missing, e.g. “Leider, Wanaka sehr in der Nähe den Bergen”, “Normalerweise ich im Januar nach Wanaka”, and word order issues such as “weil es viel heißer ist Dunedin”. Also, the incorrect word was often chosen, e.g. “Dunedin ist kälter denn weil es in der Nähe Strandes und das Meeres”, “Es war sehr kalt und windig dass tag.”

To reach Merit, there would be evidence of additional language on the different events or experiences other than describing Wanaka. Clarity of a second event/experience and consistency of language across the two is required for a grade above Achieved. There would also be additional evidence of mastery of a range of language without inconsistencies significantly hindering communication.

For Merit, the student needs to communicate capably in German.

This involves using a range of language and building on aspects of the information, ideas, and opinions expressed. Communication will not be significantly hindered by inconsistencies.

The student refers to different experiences – there is a description of the house, the daily chores he has to do, and what he does for leisure activities.

There are a variety of sentence types and tenses used to talk about present and past or future experiences, e.g. “Ich habe am Samstag mein Zimmer aufgeräumt und am Sonntag oder Samstag habe ich Staub gesaugt”, “Ich renne jeden Wochentag, wenn Ich meine Hausaufgaben gemacht habe.”

The student uses a range of language to build on aspects of the information, ideas, and opinions, e.g. “Mein Lieblingsplatz in meinem Schlafzimmer ist mein Bett, weil es sehr gemütlich und bequem ist.”

For Excellence, inconsistencies would not hinder communication, e.g. “Meine Schwester und ich müssen im Weschel den Tisch decken”, “Meine Lektion ist am Freitag.”

To show successful use of a range of language, there should be generally accurate production of language overall. Inconsistencies such as “Ich nutzen die Lampe für lesen”, “und jeden Sonntag ich bügeln meine Schuluniform…” detract from the consistent mastery of language required for Excellence.

For Excellence, the student needs to communicate skilfully in German.

This involves using a range of language successfully and connecting the information, ideas, and opinions cohesively. Communication will not be hindered by inconsistencies.

The student has communicated about different events/experiences. They shared information about their family, illness, and Christmas and future plans.

There is mastery of language to talk about present and past or future events, e.g. “Ich wünschte, ich würde mit meiner Familie in einen großen Urlaub fahren, aber leider sind wir letztes Jahr gefahren”.

Language is used successfully. There is controlled use of sentence structures and mostly accurately use of a range of complex language, e.g. “dass sie nur neidisch ist, weil ich größer als sie bin…”, “Wie hilfreich für den Anfang der wichtigen Prüfungen...”‚ “Jetzt muss ich das Essen in der Küche zubereiten, anstatt im Wohnzimmer fernzusehen, während meine Mutter kocht”. The student also uses a wide range of adjectives appropriately.

The student enhances the writing through the use of humour when talking about getting sick, “Jetzt werde ich krank, dank der Weltmeisterschaft”.

Although there are minor inconsistencies, such as “Lizenz”, this does not interfere with communication.

The text shows a logical flow and coherent structure throughout.

This piece of writing is at Low Excellence. For a more secure Excellence the different events/experiences could be more clearly defined. For example, there could be additional language to talk about Christmas or the student could bring in a clearly different event.