MYP Language

Acquisition
Objectives
Phase 1 and 2
2015-2016
Lines of Inquiry:
 What do I need to do in order to
successfully complete MYP Phase 1 or
MYP phase 2?
 How will I be assessed?
 How does the grading system work?
 What are the language objectives?
 Each of the four main MYP criteria will be
assessed twice per academic school year.
 These four MYP Criteria are named as
follows:

1) Criterion A: Comprehending spoken and

visual text.
2) Criterion B: Comprehending written and
visual text.
3) Criterion C: Communicating in response
to spoken, written and visual text.
4) Criterion D: Using language in spoken and
written form.
 Each of these four criteria is graded out
of a total of eight (8) points within the
format of an assessment rubric.
 A passing grade out of the 8 total
possible points is a 4.
 As a final approach you will add up each
obtained score you earned per
assessment throughout the course of
this school year (out of a possible total
of 8 points per assessment) and this in
turn will provide you with an
individualized score out of a total of 32
possible points.
 A Best fit grade towards each of the four
(4) assessed criteria which will be
assessed twice per year will be
determined per student as an end result
goal.
What do the Criteria mean?
 Listening and Speaking

Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and

visual text
Criterion C Communicate in response
to spoken and written text
Criterion D Use language in
spoken and written form
SPOKEN and visual text
WRITTEN and visual text
Criterion A + C + D
• Understand and respond to simple and
spoken texts
• Communicate information containing
relevant ideas and some detail in a
limited range of familiar situations
• Use language appropriate to a limited range
of interpersonal and cultural contexts
• Use some aspects of register in formal and
informal oral communication
• Use basic language accurately
• Interact in basic rehearsed and some
unrehearsed exchanges using
comprehensible pronunciation and tone
Viewing and interpreting

Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and visual

text
B. Comprehend WRITTEN and visual text
Criterion A + B
 Understand messages presented in
visual texts
 Understand main ideas and supporting
details in visual texts presented with
spoken and/or written text
 Understand specific information, ideas,
opinions and attitudes presented in
visual text with spoken and/or written
text
 Recognize visual conventions used in
texts
 Understand and respond to simple visual
texts
Reading Comprehension

Criterion B Comprehend WRITTEN

and visual text
Criterion B
 Understand basic facts in
written texts
 Understand main ideas and
supporting details, and draw
some conclusions from written
texts
 Recognize basic aspects of
format and style
 Understand and respond to
simple written texts
Writing

Criterion D Use language in

(spoken and ) written form
Criterion D
 Communicate in a limited range of
everyday situations
 Request and provide information in a
limited range of everyday situations
 Use language appropriate to a very
limited range of interpersonal and
cultural context
 Understand and use basic language
conventions accurately
 Use some aspects of register in formal
and informal written communication
 RECAP

Criterion A Comprehend SPOKEN and

visual text
Criterion B Comprehend WRITTEN
and visual text
Criterion C Communicate in response
to spoken and written text
Criterion D Use language in spoken
and written form