Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1QDtJP08584; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:55:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:55:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2638335B.63337CE0.0004C68E@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: HthKar@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:243] Assessment and bullet points X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1418 Lines: 8 Dear list We have in the Uk a set of standards, expressed as bullet points set out within various stems and components, stated to set out all the skills a person needs to be literate at 5 levels. We also have a curriculum expressed as bullet points stated to set out all the skills a person needs to meet the standards. If a learner is working towards the first level, they must learn to a simple sentence, even if they find this 'frustating' because adults are not beginning thinkers and they want to write things longer than a simple sentences. Then we let them write complex sentences. It has occurred to me that it might be harder and less natural to write in simple sentences. I was late because the traffic was bad. Not a simple sentence. You'd have to train the adult not to do this. They would have to say I was late. The reason for this was that the traffic was bad. But then that would mean they had written two sentences, and they are only supposed to write one at a time. The standards are quite transparent. I think this is hard. What experience do people elsewhere have with curricula that lay down similar approaches? How many bullet points are there in standards in other countries, does anybody know? At Level 1 here, reading has 5 bullet points at the first level,10 at the second, 13 at the thirds, 6 at the fourth, and 10 at the fifth K Heath (Mrs) Adult Literacy Teacher K Heath
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