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Guidance on implementation of the KS2 Framework for languages
A key aim of the Framework is to encourage children to understand their learning and progress. The learning objectives provide the basis for self-evaluation as well as guiding informal teacher assessment, which can be linked to the levels of the Languages Ladder, the National Recognition Scheme. The Languages Ladder, key component of the National Languages Strategy, is a voluntary system which enables children and teachers to assess achievements using 'can do' statements in the main skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. There is also voluntary external assessment, accredited by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.
Many schools have also used a portfolio approach to recognising achievement in languages - as an aid both to self-awareness and to continuity into the secondary sector. Use of a portfolio helps to give children a commitment to and ownership of their learning. By discussing and negotiating the aims, content and processes of their work at regular intervals, they gradually learn to take more responsibility for their own progress. The portfolio encourages children to develop a reflective approach to language learning and supports them in developing language learning strategies, which help them to learn more independently.
More detailed advice on assessment and evaluation will be available in part 3 of the Framework documentation, Planning for entitlement.
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