by Rebecca Bates,
Lead Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
A student remarked to me the other day, "You do love your acronyms, Miss."
And he was right.
Our newest (Twitter inspired) acronym is designed to improve the complexity of language in Speaking and Writing answers. It's linked to the assessment criteria for AQA, especially for the overlap question in Writing and the conversation section of the Speaking exam.
Tenses
Response (answer the question)
Adjectives
Connectives
Time phrases
Opinions
Reasons
(S)ophisticated language - for Higher Tier students
We've used this in a variety of ways:
- as a structure for peer assessment with spoken work
- as structure strips to help plan answers
- as a SMART marking easy teacher feedback sheet
- an easy visual reminder on a Powerpoint for complexity needed
Lead Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages
A student remarked to me the other day, "You do love your acronyms, Miss."
And he was right.
Our newest (Twitter inspired) acronym is designed to improve the complexity of language in Speaking and Writing answers. It's linked to the assessment criteria for AQA, especially for the overlap question in Writing and the conversation section of the Speaking exam.
Tenses
Response (answer the question)
Adjectives
Connectives
Time phrases
Opinions
Reasons
(S)ophisticated language - for Higher Tier students
- as a structure for peer assessment with spoken work
- as structure strips to help plan answers
- as a SMART marking easy teacher feedback sheet
- an easy visual reminder on a Powerpoint for complexity needed
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