Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin 25 April 2008 Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh.

Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin

Introduction to Access 3 Courses in Cantonese and Mandarin

25 April 2008Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh

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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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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Structure of the event

Presentation

Workshop

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Fan Lin

National Qualifications Development Officer

Chinese Languages

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 customer@sqa.org.uk

Workshop ActivitiesWorkshop Activities

Activity 1 — Familiarisation with Units

Activity 2 — Assessment Approaches

For more information visit

www.sqa.org.uk

Contact

Fan Lin 林凡

fan.lin@sqa.org.uk