English A: Language and Literature – Individual oral SL/HL – Assessment criteria

Level 1-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-6 Level 7-8 Level 9-10

Criterion A: knowledge, understanding The oral shows little The oral shows some The oral shows The oral shows good The oral shows
and interpretation knowledge and knowledge and adequate knowledge knowledge and perceptive knowledge
understanding of the understanding of the and understanding of understanding of texts. and understanding of
● To what extent does the oral show texts. Interpretations texts. Interpretations texts. Interpretations Interpretations are very the texts.
knowledge and understanding of the are rarely relevant to are somewhat relevant are generally relevant relevant to the global Interpretations are
extracts, of the extracts, and the the global issue and to the global issue and to the global issue and issue and frequently consistently relevant to
literary work and the non-literary body rarely supported by sometimes supported generally supported by supported by the global issue and
of work from which they were taken? references to the by references to the references to the appropriate references effectively supported
extracts, the work and extracts, the work and extracts, the work and to the extracts, the by convincing
● To what extent are interpretations the body of work. the body of work. the body of work. work and the body of references to the
relevant to the global issue? work. extracts, the work and
● To what extent are interpretations the body of work.
supported by relevant references to the
texts, the work and the body of work?

Criterion B: Analysis and evaluation The oral shows little The oral shows some The oral shows The oral shows good The oral shows
analysis and evaluation analysis and evaluation adequate analysis and analysis and evaluation insightful analysis and
● To what extent does the oral analyse of how the authors of how authors present evaluation of how the of how the authors evaluation of how
and evaluate how the authors present present the global issue the global issue authors present the present the global issue authors present the
the global issue through authorial through authorial through authorial global issue through through authorial global issue through
choices in the extracts, the work and choices in the extracts, choices in the extracts, authorial choices in the choices in the extracts, authorial choices in the
the body of work? the work and the body the work and the body extracts, the work and the work and the body extracts, the work and
of work. of work. the body of work. of work. the body of work.

Criterion C: Coherence, balance, focus The oral shows little The oral shows some The oral shows The oral shows good The oral shows
and organisation coherence, balance, coherence, balance, adequate coherence, coherence, balance, effective coherence,
focus and organisation. focus and organisation. balance, focus and focus and organisation. balance, focus and
● To what extent does the oral show organisation. organisation.
coherence, balance, focus and
organisation?

Criterion D: Language The student’s use of The student’s use of The student’s use of The student’s use of The student’s use of
vocabulary, tone, vocabulary, tone, vocabulary, tone, vocabulary, tone, vocabulary, tone,
● To what extent is the student’s use of syntax, style and syntax, style and syntax, style and syntax, style and syntax, style and
terminology is rarely terminology is terminology is terminology is terminology is
 vocabulary, tone, syntax, style and
accurate, varied and sometimes accurate, generally accurate, frequently accurate, convincingly accurate,
terminology accurate, varied and
effective. varied and effective. varied and effective. varied and effective. varied and effective.
effective?
Grade boundaries:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1-5 6-11 12-18 19-23 24-28 29-33 34-40

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