1.3 Assessment Task Instruction Sheet Task 3

1. 90870 Term 2 Week 42012
National Certificate of Educational Achievement
TAUMATA MATAURANGA A-MOTU KUA TAEA
WestlakeGirlsHigh School
Language Department
Level 1 Chinese
2011 Internal Assessment
Achievement Standard 1.3
90870
Interact using spoken Chinese to communicate
personal information, ideas and opinions in different
situations
Version 2
Credits: Three
Achievement Criteria
Achievement Achievement
Achievement
with Merit with Excellence
Interact using spoken Interact using convincing Interact using effective
Chinese to spoken Chinese to spoken Chinese to
communicate personal clearly communicate communicate personal
information, ideas and personal information, information, ideas and
opinions in different ideas and opinions in opinions in different
situations. different situations. situations.
Overall Level of Performance

2. Student Instruction Sheet
This activity requires you to prepare and deliver a talk of at least one minute to your teacher.
You will be assessed on how well you:
Develop ideas about a topic
Use a variety of vocabulary and structures
Give a clear talk in Chinese of at least one minute
TaskThree - Topic: Weather Help Line
As the increase of the number of overseas students learning Chinese, tourists travelling China, business people visiting
suppliers or retailers in China, they need different kinds of information help before they actually set their feet on their
destinations in China. Chinese Government provides all sorts of information to help these students, tourists and
business people. As you are working for Chinese Government information desk help call centre through the internet to
receive people’s inquiries, weather help is one of the sectors on your position.
When people select a certain area they would like to visit and their queries related to the weather, the phone line will
automatically transfer to your line.
As Role A: You need to choose a location, either a city or a province in China you prefer to work for and do your
research for all the weather information which people could possibly ask. Give the answers according to the questions
people could possibly ask and the information you have collected.
As Role B: You need to choose a location according to the information on cities or provinces available to ask questions
and response to the answer given by Role A.
For Example:
As Role A, you would like to help people to know about the weather in Beijing. Then you would start to collect the information
about how the weather looks like, the temperatures differences, the clothes suggested, etc. in different seasons.
As Role B, if you choose to inquire the things related weather in shanghai, you would assume you are under a scenario of either
students, tourists or business people going to China, you need to ask the person who have a good preparation of the things
related weather in Shanghai.
1. Period of time of date for each season
2. Activities available and recommended in different seasons and months
3. House warm level and any cooling or heating system could possibly install according to different seasons
4. Clothes available and recommended in different seasons and months
5. Things you can buy in different seasons and months
6. Food, fruits available and recommended in different seasons and months
7. Things you can talk about (e.g. July-baseball) in different seasons
8. Food provided normally in the restaurants in different seasons and months
9. Day and night temperatures differences in different seasons
10. Festival occurred in different seasons and months
Your conversation will be videoed for training purposes
Conditions:
Your talk should be at least one minute long.
You may prepare cue cards, English or Chinese with a maximum of tenwords or symbols(you may
includevisual aids). Your teacher will check these.
Speaking order will be by ballot and/or negotiation.
Your presentation will be recorded for assessment reference purposes.
You must speak clearly – don’t speak too fast.
Study the assessment schedule carefully and make sure you know what level of performance is required.
The language examples are given as a guide for you, you may use part of them or adapt them, but do not
quote them verbatim. Your speech must be your own work.
Use as wide a variety of vocabulary (include adverbs such as 很， and structures (e.g.大概有两千四百
最)
个学生左右( watch word order), correctly used prepositions (e.g.在) ) as possible.
Avoid repetition and lists. Vary your word order – inversion.
The date for the assessment is Term One Week 5. Ensure that you arrive in good time for your
appointment.

3. Assessment Schedule
Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to
Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with
Excellence
The student participates The student participates The student participates
in conversation in in conversation in in conversation in
Chinese under agreed Chinese under agreed Chinese under agreed
conditions. conditions. conditions.
The student’s total The student’s total The student’s total
contribution to contribution to contribution to
conversation is about conversation is about conversation is about
one minute. one minute. one minute.
The student’s The student’s The student’s
contributions to contributions to contributions to
conversation are conversation are conversation are
audible and audible and audible and
comprehensible. comprehensible. comprehensible.
Relevant information is Relevant information is Relevant information is
covered. covered. covered.
There is some There is substantial
development of the development of the
information. information.
Simple language is used A variety of simple A wide variety of simple
up to and including level language is used language is used up to
6 of the curriculum, or up to and including level and including level 6 of
equivalent. 6 of the curriculum, or the curriculum, or
equivalent equivalent
Communication is
achieved overall, Any errors do not Any errors do not hinder
despite errors. significantly hinder communication.
communication.

4. 1.3 Interact using spoken Chinese Assessment Marking Schedule
Interact using spoken Chinese to communicate personal information, ideas and opinions in different situations
Student: School: WestlakeGirlsHigh School
Achievement Standard: 90870 Credits: Five
Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to Judgement leading to
Non Achievement Achievement Achievement with Merit Achievement with
Excellence
The student doesn’t The student The student The student
participate in participates in participates in participates in
conversation in conversation in conversation in conversation in
Chinese under Chinese under Chinese under Chinese under
agreed conditions. agreed conditions. agreed conditions. agreed conditions.
The student’s total The student’s total The student’s total The student’s total
contribution to contribution to contribution to contribution to
conversation is less conversation is about conversation is about conversation is about
about one minute. one minute. one minute. one minute.
The student’s The student’s The student’s The student’s
contributions to contributions to contributions to contributions to
conversation are not conversation are conversation are conversation are
audible and audible and audible and audible and
comprehensible. comprehensible. comprehensible. comprehensible.
Relevant information Relevant information Relevant information Relevant information
is not covered. is covered. is covered. is covered.
There is some There is substantial
development of the development of the
information. information.
Simple language is Simple language is A variety of simple A wide variety of
not used up to and used up to and language is used simple language is
including level 6 of including level 6 of up to and including used up to and
the curriculum, or the curriculum, or level 6 of the including level 6 of
equivalent. equivalent. curriculum, or the curriculum, or
equivalent equivalent
Communication is not Communication is
achieved overall, achieved overall, Any errors do not Any errors do not
despite errors. despite errors. significantly hinder hinder
communication. communication.
Grade:
Non Achieved Achieved Achieved with Merit Achieved with Excellence
Comment (if required):
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