introduction to access 3 courses in cantonese and mandarin
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Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin. 25 April 2008 Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin. Jim McDonald Qualifications Manager NQ Languages Fan Lin NQ Development Officer. Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin. Aims of the event - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
25 April 2008Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
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Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
Jim McDonald
Qualifications Manager NQ Languages
Fan Lin
NQ Development Officer
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Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and MandarinAccess 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
Aims of the event
To familiarise delegates with structure and delivery of Course Units
To explore approaches to assessment of Units
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Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and MandarinAccess 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
Structure of the event
Presentation
Workshop
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Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and MandarinAccess 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
Fan Lin
National Qualifications Development Officer
Chinese Languages
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Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin
National Course SCQF
Advanced Higher 7
Higher 6
Intermediate 2 5
Intermediate 1 4
Access 3 3
Introduction to Chinese Languages National Courses: Qualifications Framework
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Overview of Course
National Course (NC) in Access 3 consists of three Units:
Personal Language Transactional Language Language in Work
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Overview of Course (cont.)
Each Unit lasts approximately 40 hours
The Course also contains a notional extra 40 hours, which includes time for assessment
Overall, Course delivered in approximately 160 hours
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Overview of Course (cont.) There is no externally assessed examination for
NC Access 3
The three Course Units combine to create a Course Award for candidates
Units can be done individually, and certificated
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Approaches to Assessment
Each Unit has a range of Outcomes, which indicate the skills to be assessed
For each Unit there are a maximum of three Outcomes
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Approaches to Assessment (cont.)
Within the Outcomes, the Performance Criteria give precise detail of what must be covered
The Outcomes also detail the Evidence Requirements for each assessment area
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Approaches to Assessment (cont.)
Skills assessed across the Outcomes:
Speaking Reading Listening
Writing does not have to be assessed but can be part of learning and teaching activities
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Approaches to Assessment (cont.)
Each Unit assesses the range of skills
The skills (Speaking, Reading, Listening) can be assessed:
— separately
— or in a combined assessment
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Assessment Support
A Unit Specification is available for each Unit. This Specification is generic across all languages
Unit Specifications can be downloaded by SQA Co-ordinators from the secure area of SQA’s website
The Unit Specifications form the Arrangements document for the Access 3 Course
The Arrangements for Access 3 Courses can be downloaded at www.sqa.org.uk
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Assessment Support (cont.)
The Unit Specification includes exemplification of approaches to assessment
This includes assessment approaches for Chinese languages
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Approval
All candidates for NQ Courses (including Access 3) must be entered by an SQA Approved Centre
Centres wishing to seek Approval should contact SQA Customer Contact Centre at [email protected]
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Workshop ActivitiesWorkshop Activities
Activity 1 — Familiarisation with Units
Activity 2 — Assessment Approaches
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