Teaching questions Quiz On Band Descriptors


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  • There are 40 questions on this question paper.
  • Each question carries one mark.
  • Dedicate no more than 20 minutes to each section
  • The answers are to be written in lowercase
  • The test duration is 60 minutes
  • Complete answering questions from all 3 Sections before clicking on the Submit button

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Writing Band Descriptors

Questions

Answer the following questions



Q.1

What is a band?




Q.2

What is the difference between a band and a mark?




Q.3

What are the various band descriptors in writing?




Q.4

What is the difference between a band 7 and a band 5 in task achievement?





Q.5

How do we determine a student's band?




Q.6

If the student uses an adequate range of vocabulary for the task and attempts to use less common vocabulary but with some inaccuracy. And also makes some errors in spelling and/or word formation, but they do not impede communication. What band would he get in Lexical Resources?





Q.7

If there is a lack of overall progression and an inadequate, inaccurate or overuse of cohesive devices. The words may be repetitive because of the lack of referencing and substitution. Also may not write in paragraphs, or paragraphing may be inadequate. What band would the student get in 'coherence and cohesion'?





Q.8

If the student uses complex structures and produces frequent error-free sentences while having good control of grammar and punctuation but makes errors. What would his band in GRA be?





Q.9

If the student addresses all parts of the task and presents a clear position throughout the response. Gives, extends and supports main ideas, but there may be a tendency to over-generalize and/or the supporting ideas may lack focus. What would his band in 'Task Response' be?






Band Justification

Questions

Look at the following student writeups along with their bands. Justify why that band was assigned to the student.




Questions




Q.10

The above essay was given a band 6 in Task achievement. Is the evaluation correct? Justify your answer.




Q.11

What are some of the critical errors made by the student with regards to Coherence and Cohesion? What would you score him for the same?




Q.12

What are some of the grammatical errors made in the passage? give some tips to overcome the same.





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