MYP Units and Criteria in English Language Acquisition as described by the IBO.
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Each language acquisition objective corresponds to one of four equally weighted assessment criteria. Each criterion has eight possible achievement levels (1–8), divided into four bands with unique descriptors that teachers use to make judgments about students’ work.
Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and visual text (listening)
Students interpret and construct meaning from spoken and visual texts to understand how images presented with oral text interplay to convey ideas, values and attitudes.
Criterion B: Comprehending written and visual text (reading)
Students construct meaning and interpret written and visual text to understand how images presented with written text interplay to convey ideas, values and attitudes.
Criterion C: Communicating in response to spoken and/or written and/or visual text (speaking and writing)
Students develop their communication skills by interacting on a range of topics of personal, local and global interest and significance, and responding to spoken, written and visual text in the target language.
Criterion D: Using language in spoken and/or written form (speaking and writing)
Students recognize and use language suitable to the audience and purpose (for example, home, classroom, formal and informal, social, academic contexts). Students apply their understanding of linguistic and literary concepts to develop a variety of structures, strategies and techniques.