National 4 ESOL

Course Specification

This explains the overall structure of the Course, including its purpose and aims and information on the skills, knowledge and understanding that will be developed.

Unit Specifications

These provide an outline of what each Unit will cover within the following Unit Specifications and detail the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

Added Value Unit Specification

These define the mandatory requirements for the Added Value Unit, including the Outcomes and Assessment Standards.

They also include the further mandatory information on Course coverage for the National 4 Course and include information on the assessment method to be used and the conditions of assessment.

Added Value Unit Assessment

The ESOL Added Value Unit assessment is an assignment. While describing what candidates must do, the published assessment offers considerable flexibility in the choice of a context for the assessment.

In the assessment, candidates choose topics and texts in consultation with the assessor, then select relevant information from at least two straightforward texts, one of which must be written; make an oral presentation on the topic in English; and respond orally in English to oral questions relevant to the topic.

Centres can access the assessment through their Co-ordinator.

As with all Unit assessments, Added Value Unit assessments must be internally verified by centres.

Course and Unit Support Notes

These provide advice and guidance for teachers/lecturers on learning, teaching and assessment within the Course and its Units.

Past Papers and Marking Instructions

Unit Assessment Support

These documents contain details of Unit assessment task(s), show approaches to gathering evidence and how the evidence can be judged against the Outcomes and Assessment Standards. Teachers/lecturers can arrange access to these confidential documents through their Co-ordinator.

 

Verification and Course reports

ESOL: Quality Assurance - external verification

Course support

National 4 Learning Support Material

Academy resources

Learning support materials and online learning resources

Understanding Standards

Examples of candidate evidence with commentaries

Examples of candidate evidence and commentaries for unit assessment can be found on the Secure Site. You can access these through your Co-ordinator.

Webinar (recordings)

A National 2, 3 and 4 Unit Webinar (recording 03 December 2024) has been published on the Secure site (login required please access via your Co-ordinator)

National 2 - National 4 - progression through Unit levels December 2020 (1 hour)

National 3 and National 4 Units 10 November 2021

Assessing Units online

Changes to Understanding Standards materials

Please note: Understanding Standards materials are regularly reviewed to ensure they remain up to date.