Benchmarks - Comprehension

Benchmarks for the Domain of Access to Information

Pupils will meet the standard for the domain of access to information when they:
Foundation Intermediate Proficiency

understand the general
meaning, main ideas and
sequence of events in a text
and use this knowledge as
needed
understand the main ideas follow the development
and supporting details in a of an argument in a range
text and use this knowledge of texts and use this
as needed knowledge as needed

identify different text types understand the structure and

and use this knowledge as conventions of different
needed text types and use this
knowledge as needed

identify explicit opinions draw inferences in order to identify the attitudes of

and feelings identify the points of view the writer and/or speaker
in a text, distinguishing fact
from opinion

find out and follow short find out and follow

and simple directions and directions and instructions
instructions in familiar in less familiar contexts
contexts

extract information from interpret information from transfer information

visual data, such as visual data, such as graphs extracted from visual
timetables data, such as diagrams

locate relevant information extract relevant information integrate information

for a specific purpose for a specific purpose from from different sources for
different sources a specific purpose

use simple information use additional information

tools such as a glossary, a tools such as a learner's
simplified learner's dictionary, an index, guided
dictionary and a table of use of search engines
contents