Question
Total marks—20
You are preparing an application for the job advertised below and you write an e-mail in Gaelic to the company.
Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Tha Bòrd na Gàidhlig a’ lorg neach a thig a dh’obair anns an oifis aca ann an Inbhir Nis. Feumaidh eòlas a bhith agad air Gàidhlig agus feumaidh sgilean coimpiutaireachd a bhith agad.
Airson tuilleadh fiosrachaidh no airson do chunntas-beatha a chur thugainn, cuir fios gu: oifis@bord-na-gaidhlig.com.
Checklist
To help you to write your e-mail, you have been given the following checklist of information to give about yourself and to ask about the job.
You must include all of these points:
- Personal details (name, age, where you live)
- School/college/education experience until now
- Skills/interests you have which make you right for the job
- Related work experience
- Your experience of Gaelic
- What your computer skills are like
Use all of the above to help you write the e-mail in Gaelic. The e-mail should be approximately 120–150 words. You may use a Gaelic dictionary.
Marking Instruction
Task: E-mail application for a job in this country or abroad, including information specified in six bullet points.
Assessment process:
Candidates will write a piece of extended writing in the modern language by addressing six bullet points. These bullet points will follow on from a job-related scenario. The bullet points will cover the four contexts of society, learning, employability and culture to allow candidates to use and adapt learned material. The first four bullet points will be the same each year and the last two will change to suit the scenario. Candidates need to address these ‘unpredictable bullet points’ in detail to access the full range of marks.
With reference to Content, Accuracy and Language resource, assess the overall quality of the candidate’s response and allocate it to a pegged mark. It is important to assess how candidates have addressed bullet points and detail in relation to this as highlighted in bold in Content.
Your Mark
Your marks:
Reveal examiner feedback
Examiner marks:
Mark: 16 / 20
Examiner Comments:
This piece of evidence exemplifies a script awarded 16 marks for the Writing element of this Course Assessment component.
Candidates were required to respond to a job advert by addressing four predictable bullet points and two unpredictable bullet points.
The candidate was awarded 16 marks for the following reasons:
Paragraph 1
- The candidate accurately provided personal details. The candidate gave their name using simple “Is mise” construction
Paragraph 2
- Plural used incorrectly (a h-uile cuspairean)
- Although the final sentence contains an error, the candidate has successfully used a connective
Paragraph 3
- A range of adjectives used (dìcheallach, tuigseach, coibhneil)
- Prepositional pronoun used correctly (agam)
Paragraph 4
- Error in word order (obraich-eolas). This is the only grammatical error in this paragraph
Paragraph 5
- The candidate addresses the second unpredictable bullet point with some success despite a few errors
Application of Marking Principles for National 5 Writing
Content:
- The candidate addressed all six bullet points
- The candidate made no errors in addressing the first unpredictable bullet point
- The response is accurate for the most part but there is less evidence of detailed language and the response is repetitive in parts. This has prevented the candidate from receiving full marks
- The candidate attempted to finish the response appropriately
Accuracy:
- On the whole, the candidate handles most aspects of spelling and grammar accurately
- The candidate did not use the apostrophe when required
- The candidate only used accents on two occasions (paragraphs 4 and 5)
Language resource:
- On the whole, the candidate used a fairly basic range of verbs: the verb ‘to be’ is the main verb used (past, present and future). The candidate did not show an awareness of regular and irregular verbs which would be expected at this level
- The candidate used “Is toigh leam” and “’S fheàrr leam” which demonstrated an awareness of prepositional pronouns
- The language is repetitive in parts (tha mi math air)
Summary:
- Although the candidate used repetitive language and a fairly narrow range of verbs which would indicate a Satisfactory result, the candidate had a good level of accuracy and addressed all the bullet points. The standard of the unpredictable bullet points nearly matched the rest of the response.
