Asset Languages Assessment Principles
The key word for Asset Languages assessment is flexibility. We want to give learners of all ages and abilities the chance to have their language skills recognised and rewarded. The existence of a common framework, across more than 20 languages, from Breakthrough to Mastery levels, will offer lifelong language learning options.
Each skill assessed separately: listening, speaking, reading and writing
Classroom assessment for grade awards and for external end-of-stage qualifications
Paper-based and/or computer-based testing
Frequent testing opportunities for external exams - not just at the end of the year
Designed to work with existing teaching programmes
 The Asset Languages scheme is based on the Can Do statements of the Languages Ladder. These describe what learners can do with language at a certain level in terms of actual outcomes; 'I can talk about my plans for the future' and they can be related to real world activities; 'I can write a simple text seeking information'.
The Can Do statements are written so that they can be easily understood by learners, teachers and other people who are interested in language proficiency.
As they describe the outcomes of learning, they are adaptable to any context of learning and are not closely associated with any particular programme of study
Download the Can Do statements for the first four stages of the Languages Ladder:
 Asset Languages is built around a flexible combination of teacher assessment and external assessment. It offers classroom-based ‘assessment for learning’ and demand-led external testing, throughout the year.
Each of the four skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing, forms a separate qualification.
Learners may take the teacher assessment for each skill at each grade and are then eligible for a Grade Award issued in the centre by their Accredited Teacher.
Learners receive an accredited OCR qualification for a particular stage and skill once they have taken the appropriate external assessment. This takes the shape of one test that covers all three grades in the stage, for example, French Intermediate Reading. |