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    IB MYP

    Language Acquisition Emergent Level 

    Arizona Dept. of Ed. World Languages Resources

     

     

     

    Criterion A: Listening

    Texts used for the listening task should be spoken multimodal texts, that means they should have the spoken mode and other modes such as visual still images or visual moving images. All questions and answers must be in the target language (French).

     

    At the end of the emergent level, students should have been exposed to a wide variety of simple authentic spoken multimodal texts and be able to:

      i. identify explicit and implicit information (facts, opinions, messages and supporting details)

     ii. analyse conventions

    iii. analyse connections.

     

     

     

     

    Criterion B: Reading

    Texts used for the reading task should be written multimodal, that means they should have the written mode and other modes such as visual and spatial modes.

    Examples: a written text with images, a web page with written text and images. All questions and answers must be in the target language.  

    Phase 1 text length should be between 200 and 300 words. Phase 2 text length 400 to 500 words.  Phase 3 text length 600 to 700 words.  

     

    At the end of the emergent level, students should be exposed to a wide variety of simple authentic written multimodal texts and be able to:

      i. identify explicit and implicit information (facts, opinions, messages and supporting details)

     ii. analyse conventions

    iii. analyse connections.

     

     

     

     

    Criterion C: Speaking

    Texts used to produce the speaking task should include modes such as visual and spatial modes. 

    Example: a short written text (caption) with image(s)/visual(s)/picture(s). Target time of speaking is 2–3 minutes.

     

    At the end of the emergent level, students should be able to: 

      i. use a wide range of vocabulary 

     ii. use a wide range of grammatical structures generally accurately 

    iii. use clear pronunciation and intonation in comprehensible manner 

    iv. communicate all the required information clearly and effectively.

     

     

     

     

    Criterion D: Writing

    A stimulus containing other modes, such as visual and spatial modes, should be used as a prompt for producing the writing task. 

    Examples: a written text with images, a written text with some spatial arrangement. Writing piece must be between 100 and 150 words. 

     

    At the end of the emergent level, students should be able to:

      i. use a wide range of vocabulary 

     ii. use a wide range of grammatical structures generally accurately 

    iii. organize information effectively and coherently in an appropriate format using a wide range of simple and some complex cohesive devices 

    iv. communicate all the required information with a clear sense of audience and purpose to suit the context.