BENCHMARKS AND APPLICATIONS: LEVEL THREE
LISTENING LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
LISTENING LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.L.1-Follow, with some effort, simple formal and informal
conversations and other listening texts/discourse on topics of
immediate personal relevance at a slower rate of speech.
-Speaker A: What do you do? Speaker B: I'm a teacher. I teach
fourth grade. I love my job; This is Sam. He lives in Charlotte, NC. He
is 42 years old. He lives with his brother. Sam is a cashier in a
grocery.
(PERSONAL INFORMATION)
3.L.2-Can recognize a variety of topics by familiar words and
phrases including some uses relating to work.
-It is important to learn the locations of emergency exits; Is it possible
for you to work some overtime?
(RANGE OF TOPICS)
3.L.3-Listen for key vocabulary words in contextualized
conversations.
-My son is sick and he can't go to school. He has a fever. His
temperature is 101; The traffic is bad because of an accident.
3.L.4-Understand an expanded vocabulary related to learner’s
needs.
-health care, housing, etc.
(VOCABULARY/ IDIOMS/ PHRASAL VERBS)
3.L.5-Recognize some idiomatic expressions for greetings and
leavetaking.
-Hey, Paula. Take it easy.
(GREETING / LEAVETAKING)
3.L.6-Follow questions related to an expanded range of common
daily instructions, positive and negative commands and requests
related to immediate context.
-Is tomorrow a holiday for public schools? Don't leave your car
unlocked. Could you work late tonight?
(DIRECTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS)
3.L.7-Follow short simple predictable phone messages.
(PHONE)
3.L.8-Determine relevant details from familiar information (e.g.
daily routines) with some support/scaffolding.
-Hello, Patricia. I’m calling to see if you want to go to ESL class
together tonight.
-Trash pickup is every Wednesday. You can't park on this side of the
street.
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(EXTRACT INFORMATION)
3.L.9-Identify more beginning base words and common inflections.
-Class, classes; dining room; bedrooms.
3.L.10-Understand basic antonyms and synonyms.
-Big vs. little, big vs. large.
(METALINGUSTICS)
SPEAKING LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
SPEAKING LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.S.1-Can communicate basic immediate needs and personal
experience in short informal conversations.
-I need to buy a car. What kind of car do you have?
3.S.2-Can respond to wh- questions and to more complex personal
information questions.
-Why are you studying English? I want to get a good job. When do
you work? I work on Fridays and Saturdays.
(PERSONAL INFORMATION)
3.S.3-Can participate in short social conversations related to
community, work, and home.
-I work at Target. I like my job. Where do you work?
3.S.4-Can make introductions.
-This is my friend, Marcus. He lives in Atlanta.
3.S.5-Can make requests, accept, and decline using polite language.
-Can I borrow your pencil, please?
3.S.6-Can construct wh- questions to gather information.
-What time do you have to work?
(RANGE OF TOPICS)
3.S.7-Can spell a larger number of words out loud.
-U-M-B-R-E-L-L-A, C-O-U-N-S-E-L-O-R
3.S.8-Can recognize and say larger numbers.
-I was born in 1979. The school has 5,000 students.
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3.S.9-Can recognize and say more complex numbers.
-Decimals, ordinal numbers, etc.
3.S.10-Can say money amounts.
-That car costs $5,499.
(ALPHABET AND NUMBERS)
3.S.11-Demonstrate adequate vocabulary for routine everyday
communication.
-I need a student ID card, please. My middle name is Maria.
3.S.12-Can develop and expand vocabulary for targeted topics.
-Shopping, school, health, etc.
(VOCABULARY / IDIOMS / PHRASAL VERBS)
3.S.13-Can use the phone to make an emergency call.
-Call 911, give address, explain problem.
3.S.14-Can use the phone for very short, simple, predictable
exchanges.
-Hello teacher. I cannot come to class. I need to go to my child’s
school.
(PHONE)
3.S.15-Clear evidence of connected discourse.
-First I take a shower. Then I make breakfast. I study English
because I need a good job.
3.S.16-Can repair communication problems.
-Do you understand? What does that mean?
(COMMUNICATION AND CONVEYANCE)
3.S.17-Can give simple two-step instructions and directions.
-Go to the whiteboard and write the word.
(DIRECTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS)
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3.S.18-Use strategy to take an active role in conversation.
-Turn taking, not interrupting, staying on topic.
(METALINGUISTICS)
READING LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
READING LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.R.1-Use knowledge of letter patterns to decode familiar and
unfamiliar words.
-Use flashcards, grouped word lists, audio tools, etc. to gain
experience with word structure and sounds (i.e. late, gate, state;
burn, turn, churn; train, gain, plain).
(DECODING)
3.R.2-Use a bilingual dictionary with some use of a simplified,
standard monolingual dictionary.
-Can find word translation, meanings and usage from both bilingual
and monolingual dictionaries.
(USE OF DICTIONARY)
3.R.3-Recognize alternate forms of basic words on a personal
information form.
-Birthdate vs. date of birth, sex vs. gender.
3.R.4-Locate a word, number or item in alphabetical or numerical
order
-In a phone book, dictionary, etc.
3.R.5-Read schedules and simple charts.
-Understand a bus schedule and tell times of duration, departure
and arrivals. Understand a simple work schedule.
(PRACTICAL FUNCTIONS)
3.R.6-Recognize a range of punctuation.
-Comma, apostrophe, exclamation mark, question mark.
(PUNCTUATION)
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3.R.7-Recognize an increasing number of common abbreviations.
(ABBREVIATIONS)
3.R.8-Read a text on familiar content (2-3 paragraphs) that includes
longer sentences and more complex grammatical structures.
-Sr., .Jr., mm, mph, pt., qt., oz., lb., etc.
-Practice repeated readings of a multi-paragraph text. Read aloud
to gain fluency and read silently to gain comprehension.
3.R.9-Read paragraphs and answer comprehension questions.
-Work together in small groups to practice reading and to answer
yes/no comprehension questions. Create wh- questions from the
text and answer questions in complete sentences.
3.R.10-Predict meaning of new words in simple context.
-From a text containing cloze sentences, choose the best words
(from a list) to complete the passage. I went to the garden center to
buy/by a plant. Discuss the different meanings of words.
3.R.11-Recognize conventions of formatted texts.
-Name the title and give the number of paragraphs in a document.
Give information contained in a table, chart, or graph.
3.R.12-Recognize base words, synonyms, and antonyms.
-Find the base words of: impolite, refill, impossible, unhealthy,
worked, classes. Match synonyms and antonyms.
(BUILDING LITERACY / APPLICATION TOWARD ACADEMIC READING
AND TESTING)
3.R.13-Follow simple written directions and instructions in familiar
context.
-Retell the steps of a simple recipe.
(DIRECTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS)
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WRITING LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
WRITING LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.W.1-Follow an increasing number of rules for capitalization.
-Range of proper nouns- specific titles, places, organizations, etc.
3.W.2-Follow an increasing number of rules for punctuation.
-Apostrophe with contractions and possessives.
3.W.3-Use some basic abbreviations.
- Rd., St., Mr., Mon., Jan.
(BASIC CONVENTIONS OF WRITING)
3.W.4-Use keyboard and mouse with beginning awareness of
correct typing skills.
-Hands positioned properly over the keyboard and clicking the
button on the mouse appropriately.
(BASIC COMPUTER LITERACY AND SKILLS)
3.W.5-Fill out basic authentic form.
-Frequent customer card, change of address.
(PERSONAL INFORMATION AND FILLING OUT FORMS)
3.W.6-Spell an increasing range of words using sound-letter
association.
“f” sound spelled “ph”
(SPELLING AND USE OF DICTIONARY)
3.W.7-Write a range of more difficult sentences about self, family,
and general information.
-I am 25 years old. He has two brothers and one sister. They have
brown hair.
(SENTENCES / PARAGRAPHS / ESSAYS)
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3.W.8-Complete missing information in a more complex table.
-What times do employees work on the same day schedule?
3.W.9-Write more difficult dictated sentences distinguishing some
basic contractions.
-They’re working very hard at their job.
3.W.10-Peer edit sentences for correct spelling, punctuation, and
basic grammar.
-Checks other students work easily.
(ORGANIZING THOUGHT / NOTE TAKING / EDITING)
3.W.11-Write brief notes to others with some detail.
-Absence note to child’s teacher, etc.
(LETTER AND RESUME WRITING)
3.W.12-Write simple directions and instructions related to familiar
contexts.
-How do you cook this meal?
3.W.13-Draw and label a simple map.
-Where is the store nearest to your house?
(DIRECTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS)
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GRAMMAR LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
GRAMMAR LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.G.1-Present continuous tense.
-She is helping me. You are having a good time. They are working
today. He and she are doing fine. I am going to be late.
3.G.2-Modal auxiliary verbs.
-Ana can carry the box. She could not come today. Would you mind?
Must you talk so loud? She should be here soon.
3.G.3-Common irregular verbs.
-E.g., go, get, run, buy, be, eat, do, bring, give, swim.
3.G.4-Subject-verb agreement.
-She walks. / They walk. I go. / He goes. ; Mary eats. / Tom and
Mary eat..; He is. / We are.; It sits. / We sit.; I have. / He has.; You
do./ She does.; The bird flies. / Birds fly.
3.G.5-Adjective + noun.
-The red dress is hers. (Her dress is red) She only eats fresh fruit.
(The fruit is fresh.) He is a tall man. (He is tall).
3.G.6-Contractions.
-E.g., I’m, she’s, isn’t, don’t, can’t, it’s, won’t.
3.G.7-Demonstratives and Determiners.
-This/that. These/those. Such. Much. Each/every. Either/neither.
Enough. Which/what.
3.G.8-Singular/plural.
-E.g. count/non-count.
3.G.9-Indefinite / definite articles.
-A, an / the.
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3.G.10-Possessive adjectives.
-My, your, his, her, our, their, its, whose.
3.G.11-Conjunctions.
-E.g., for, yet, so, but, because, if, since.
3.G.12-Simple frequency adverbs.
-E.g., frequently, usually, often, occasionally, seldom.
PRONUNCIATION LEVEL 3: BENCHMARKS
PRONUNCIATION LEVEL 3: APPLICATIONS
3.P.1-Recognize/Reproduce syllable stress of new vocabulary.
-College, illness, tonight, advice.
3.P.2-Recognize/Reproduce s-ending sounds /s/, /z/, and /iz/.
-/s/, /z/, and /iz/
3.P.3-Contrast/Produce short and long vowel sounds (based on
learners’ needs).
-Tim vs team; hop vs hope.
3.P.4-Use intonation for yes/no questions.
-I’m going to the store. Are you going to the store? (falling
intonation /rising intonation)
3.P.5-Recognize/Reproduce pronunciation of chunks and linking the
words together.
-Take a bus; at home.
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