Cambridge Award/Certificate in English

Assessment Task Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Assessment Task Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions Level 2 VERSION 3.0

Contents Contents 2 1 Cambridge Award/Certificate in English 3 1.1 Level 2: Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 3 1.2 Unit content 4 1.3 Submitting the claim and candidate work 5 1.4 Assessing the Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions unit 7 1.5 Assessment task 9 1.6 Assessment recording documentation 11 1.7 Where to find more information 15 2 OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions

Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Level 2: Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions Purpose of this document: The assessment for this unit is set by OCR. This document contains the assessment task and assessment recording documentation and includes guidance to enable you to assess the OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions unit. This unit is internally assessed by centre staff (eg teachers, trainers, support workers, carers, assessors) and externally moderated by OCR. Units are graded Pass or Fail. Detailed information about the OCR Cambridge Awards/Certificates in English specification can be found in the OCR Centre Handbook at (available at: OCR.org/Progression) A separate publication, the OCR Admin Guide Admin Guide: Cambridge Awards in English and Mathematics provides details of the administration arrangements for this qualification. The Admin Guide is available at: www.ocr.org.uk OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 3

Unit content Learning Outcome Assessment Criteria The Learner will: 1. Be able to sustain a style that suits a variety of exchanges The Learner can: 1.1 Present information using a sustained style which is clear confident appropriate to suit different audiences. 2. Be able to use appropriate vocabulary and syntax to communicate complex meanings 2.1 Use extended vocabulary and syntax to communicate complex meanings. 3. Be able to sustain the thread of ideas in exchanges 3.1 Maintain the thread of the exchange despite: queries responses requests interruptions. 4 OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions

Submitting the claim and candidate work All candidates work must be assessed and complete before being submitted to the OCR examiner-moderator. Only work that meets all of the assessment criteria should be submitted for moderation. Once the assessment is complete, you need to make a claim for certification and submit work to the OCR examiner-moderator: Certification claims are made online via Interchange. For information and guidance on how to build an online claim please refer to the OCR Admin Guide and the Step-by-step guides (which is at: www.ocr.org.uk/interchange). As soon as you have submitted your claim online, you need to send the candidates work (for all of the candidates for whom you have made a claim) to your OCR examiner-moderator. You will already have received contact details for your OCR examiner-moderator when you registered your candidates. Failure to submit an online claim will result in your examiner-moderator being unable to moderate the work. What needs to be submitted to the OCR examiner-moderator? You should complete and send the following to the OCR Examiner-moderator: For each candidate, you will need to submit: A completed Assessor s Observation Record (the form is contained in this document) and any supporting notes For each claim you make (which may include a number of candidates), you will need to submit: An Assessment Front Sheet (contained in this document and available at: www.ocr.org.uk) How much evidence needs to be submitted? If you are sending notes to support a candidate s work these must be clearly referenced to the unit and the candidate. It is expected that only final versions of supporting notes are sent to the OCR Examiner-moderator. Supporting notes can include feedback that was given to the candidate as part of their summative assessment. Where feedback is included, it must be in relation to summative assessment only. The purpose for including feedback in the supporting notes is to indicate to the OCR examinermoderator how the candidate met the assessment criteria. This can be overall feedback as appropriate or can be focussed on particular criteria. OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 5

The assessment recording documentation within this guide can be printed. Word versions of the recording documentation are also available at: www.ocr.org.uk Important: We cannot return candidates work, so before submitting candidate evidence to the OCR examiner-moderator, please ensure that you copy all paperwork for your own reference. 6 OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions

1.1 Assessing the Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions unit Preparing for Assessment The following assessment will need to be conducted under the conditions described in the OCR Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Centre Handbook. Assessors may select the topic (context/subject) of the assessment as appropriate to the candidate. Candidates are allowed to prepare for their assessment by researching the topic so that they can actively participate in the assessment. It is recommended that this is carried out in class time so that all learners have the same opportunity for preparation. Preparation notes and/or scripts must not be used during the assessment. Centres must take care to select a topic that is appropriate to the candidate s level of ability and does not create any accessibility barriers. Topics can be those relating to other subject areas, where delivery of the teaching for this unit is embedded in other subject teaching programmes. Evidence of summative assessment must be produced for each candidate, even where more than one candidate is being assessed on their contributions to the same assessment task. The OCR Assessor s Observation Forms are intended for the summative (final) assessment of a candidate but assessors can use them during formative assessment to help when giving feedback to the candidate. Records of formative assessment must not be sent to the OCR examinermoderator. Incorrectly completed Assessor s Observation Records may cause claims to be withdrawn by the OCR examiner-moderator. Please ensure that all observation records are completed clearly so that there is no ambiguity in the decision of the centre assessor. Recording assessment decisions When completing the Assessor s Observation Record, centres must not merely repeat the wording of the assessment criteria but clearly say how the candidate has met the criteria. For example, the comment,...made relevant contributions to the activity is unhelpful, because it does not identify how the contribution was relevant. Centre assessors should fully support their assessment decisions with notes that describe candidate activity, observations and responses. These should be submitted to the OCR examinermoderator, so that the centre assessment decision can be agreed and the claim verified. There is no requirement for video or audio recordings of any centre- assessed evidence for the moderated Cambridge Award/Certificate in English qualifications. OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 7

Group size and composition The size and composition of groups acceptable for this assessment are highlighted in the Tutor Guidance section of the assessment task. Centres must ensure that all candidates participating in the assessment task are able to contribute effectively without disadvantaging others. Timings of the assessment The length of time for the unit assessment is given in the task. Where the timing of the assessment is less than the prescribed time, it is up to the centre assessor to judge if the candidate has met the required standard within the time. If the centre assessor is unhappy with the evidence presented during the allocated time of the assessment, they should consider if the candidate can demonstrate competence for the unit at this level. 8 OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions

Assessment task Centre assessor guidance for the assessment task Please read these instructions carefully before beginning the assessment task. You should print the Learner Guidance sheet for the candidate, or read the instructions to the candidate, so that they are clear about what they need to do for the assessment task. The assessment task requires candidates to confidently speak, to demonstrate that they can adapt and structure their delivery to the needs of the audience and situation. The candidate will need to use technical vocabulary and syntax to deliver complex meanings, ensuring that this is then explained at a level the audience can understand and engage with. The candidate will need to respond effectively to questions and interruptions, whilst still maintaining the thread of the delivery. The context in this assessment task is accidents at home. It can be changed to suit the candidate. Where the context is changed, the centre assessor must ensure that the candidate still has opportunity to meet the assessment criteria during the assessment. If you want to change the context we strongly recommend that you change only the text that has been underlined in the task. The remaining instructions for the candidate relate to the competence they are expected to demonstrate to meet the assessment criteria. In order to ensure that the assessor can concentrate on observing and assessing the candidate, it is recommended that the assessor does not participate in the assessment. Where additional input may be required to meet the assessment criteria, the centre assessor may have questions related to the assessment to put to the candidate. These must be asked after the assessment activity has taken place. It may be necessary for the assessor to prompt the candidate to make sufficient contribution in order to be assessed. Prompts should only be used where absolutely necessary. Candidates are not allowed to use notes or scripts during the assessment. The assessment should take no more than 20 minutes in total. The candidate will be expected to deliver sustained speaking on their own to an appropriate audience, so that the assessment is individual to the candidate. Assessment of group delivery (ie assessment of more than one person delivering to the same group at the same time) is not allowed. OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 9

Learner guidance for the assessment task For this assessment, you will tell someone about accidents at home. You need to: Make sure that you have researched information about accidents at home fully, before you start tell your audience about accidents in the home, using examples, fact and descriptions to help structure your speaking make sure that you keep your audience interested by using detail that they will understand make sure that you have enough information and detail to talk for up to 20 minutes about accidents in the home tell your audience about the types of injury that result from accidents in the home, using correct technical medical terms where appropriate be prepared to answer questions. Remember to: Speak clearly and confidently so that your audience can hear and understand you Structure your delivery, so that it is logical Include as much detail as possible (for example, use statistics on the types of accident, accident occurrences across the world, impact on hospitals etc) Talk about complex detail in a way that your audience can understand Use specialist and technical words to that relate to accidents, making sure that you explain their meaning to the listener Respond to questions about accidents in the home while making sure that you return to the purpose of your delivery. 10 OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions

Assessment recording documentation OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 11

Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Assessor s Observation Record: Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions Centre name Candidate name Centre no. Candidate no. AC The learner can: (Centre assessor: Record assessor questions, candidate activity, observations and responses in the assessor notes section of this record, to support your assessment decision.) 1.1 Present information using a sustained style which is clear, confident and appropriate to suit different audiences Assessor observation: Candidate presents information that may be an anecdote, set of instructions, an explanation or description, to audiences that may be formal or informal. The candidate demonstrates sustained confidence throughout the delivery. Information is clear throughout the delivery, with the audience signalling understanding throughout. The style of delivery may vary, as a response to audience needs. AC achieved 2.1 Use extended vocabulary and syntax to communicate complex meanings Assessor observation: Candidate uses a range of vocabulary, which includes sophisticated language, technical/ specialist words, complicated synonyms and formal words, to help convey complex meaning to the audience. The candidate also uses markers/adverbial phrases such as however, furthermore, in conclusion and on the other hand, to help structure what is said, so that the audience can understand complex meaning. The audience can follow complex meaning as a result of the way the candidate structures what is said. 3.1 Maintain the thread of the exchange despite queries, responses, requests and/or interruptions Assessor observation: Candidate keeps to the thread of the exchange/delivery: without deviating from the original meaning or purpose of the exchange/delivery. This is in spite of questioning, interruptions, queries, responses or requests that may potentially disrupt the thread of the main topic being presented. The candidate ensures that queries, responses, requests and/or interruptions are dealt with confidently and appropriately, whilst maintaining the overall logical thread of ideas. Continued. OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 12

Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Assessor s Observation Record: Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions AC 1.1 Centre assessor: Record assessor questions, candidate activity, observations and responses in the assessor notes section of this record, to support your assessment decision 2.1 3.1 Centre assessor name (print) Centre assessor signature Date Candidate: I confirm that the evidence provided is the result of my own work. Candidate signature Date OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 13

Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Centre-assessed unit Assessment Front Sheet Complete this form for each claim you submit (a claim may include a number of candidates) Centre number: Entry code: Please complete in block letters Online claim number: First candidate s name in online claim: Last candidate s name in online claim: Total number of candidates in claim: Level Unit title: All candidate work must be assessed and complete before being submitted to the OCR examinermoderator. Only work that meets all of the required assessment criteria should be submitted for moderation. What should be submitted with this front sheet: A print out of the online claim submitted on Interchange. Completed Assessor s Observation Records (one per candidate) and any supporting notes (clearly referenced to the unit and the candidate) for multiple candidates, for a single unit only. For OCR examiner-moderator use only Please tick unit numbers moderated and whether fully or partially moderated (FM Fully Moderated, PM Partially Moderated). Tick to confirm units awarded or cross to indicate units to be deleted. Subject Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 Level 1 Level 2 FM PM Awarded QA English OCR examiner -moderator signature.. Date:.. OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 14

Where to find more information The following documents contain detailed information about the assessment and administration of the OCR Cambridge Award/Certificate in English qualifications: OCR Cambridge Award/Certificate in English Centre Handbook (available at: OCR.org/Progression) OCR Admin guide: Vocational Qualifications (A850) OCR Step-by-step guides for making online claims for QCF and Functional Skills qualifications (available at: http://www.ocr.org.uk/interchange/docs/index.html) OCR Level 2 Speak to communicate information, ideas and opinions 15

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