Modern Languages for Life and Work Award Structure

Modern Languages for Life and Work Award

Structure of the Award Level 3 Modern Languages for Life (talking and listening) Modern Languages for Work Purposes (talking and listening) Building Own Employability Skills

Structure of the Award Level 4 Modern Languages for Life (talking and listening) Modern Languages for Work Purposes (talking and reading) Building own employability skills

Structure of the Award Levels 5 and 6 Modern Languages for Life (reading and listening) Modern Languages for Work Purposes (talking and writing) Leadership: an introduction

Development of the Award w Rationale w What we have done w Documentation w Timeline

Rationale w Alignment with Curriculum for Excellence w Group Award structure w Responding to expressed needs

What have we done? w 2 parts to the development w Levels 3 and 4 revised and updated w Levels 5 and 6 created

Levels 3 and 4 w Units, outcomes and standards unchanged w Documentation in Group Award framework w Assessment conditions updated to reflect Cf. E w Combined assessments w ASPs amended and updated

Levels 5 and 6 w w 2 language units Leadership Free-standing units Level of language as for National 5 and Higher w Outcomes and performance criteria

Documentation w Award specifications for each level with support notes w Unit specifications for each level with support notes w ASPs (Generic, French, Spanish) w Summary of ASPs and topics covered on secure site

Award specification w w w w w one for each SCQF level aims, purpose, structure mapping of Core Skills assessment strategy information for learners topic areas approaches to delivery and assessment examples of assessment opportunities how to combine assessments

Unit specification w w w w outcomes and performance criteria evidence requirements assessment strategy suggested topic areas approaches to delivery and assessment examples of assessment opportunities how to combine assessments information for learners

Assessment support packs w French, Spanish, generic w combined and freestanding packs w summary of assessment activities matched to outcomes w assessment conditions and evidence to be gathered w instruments of assessment in Word w Judging Evidence Tables w example of talking checklist w recording documentation

How to find documents w Award specifications - main Modern Languages web page, click on ‘Modern Languages for Life and Work Awards’ https: //www. sqa. org. uk/sqa/57034. html w Unit specifications - Modern Languages for Life and Work Awards page : ‘catalogue of national qualifications’; ‘national units’ tab, ‘unit search’ w Assessment Support Packs - SQA secure site, under ‘Awards’ https: //secure. sqa. org. uk/secure/Awards/Modern_Language s_for_Life_and_Work_Award

Timeline w Documents published w Launch event November 2021

Any questions?

maureen. andrew@sqa. org. uk lorna. mcmurray@sqa. org. uk