Report comment starters for Languages
Listening and Responding
Reading and Responding
Speaking
Writing
Stage 5 Comment starter statements
Stage 5 Comment starter statements
Stage 5 Comment starter statements
Stage 5 Comment starter statements
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Identify the purpose of a text in spoken
[language]
Select & summarise information from a
range of spoken texts
Recognise formal and informal language in
spoken [language]
Identify and analyse ways in which culture
is reflected in spoken [language]
Express a point of view when responding in
spoken [language]
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Identify the purpose of a range of texts
Distinguish between main points and
supporting detail in texts
Analyse information to decide about the
relevance of detail
Use email to communicate in [language]
Use the internet to find information in
[language]
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Begin and maintain a conversation by
asking questions and sharing information
Draw on a wide range of relevant
vocabulary and structures to give detailed
information
Reconstruct information from a range of
sources
Summarise information using own words
Express own ideas coherently and
creatively
Use language appropriate to purpose and
audience
Manipulate language to communicate
effectively
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Select and use particular language
structures for specific purposes
Summarise information from different
sources
Develop skills to improve writing by using
dictionaries and other references
Use websites to access information for use
in own writing
Evaluate the accuracy and appropriateness
of language structures for writing in
[language]
Apply conventions of the [language] writing
system appropriately
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