Study Guide
Field 179: Bilingual Education Assessment—Polish
Presentational Writing: Polish
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Directions for Presentational Writing: Polish Assignment
For the Presentational Writing section of the test, you will write an essay in Polish in response to an assignment.
Read the assignment carefully before you begin to write. Think about how you will organize your essay. You should use your time to plan, write, review, and edit your essay. Your final essay must be typed in the on-screen response box presented with the assignment.
Please note that special characters (such as letters with accents or other diacritical marks) cannot be entered using the keyboard, but are available for insertion in the on-screen response box. To access these characters, click on the
button that appears in the upper left corner of the screen. Using the mouse, double-click on the character you wish to include in your response, or click on the character and then select "Insert." The character will be inserted where the cursor is positioned in the response box.
Your response will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- APPROPRIATENESS: the extent to which the response is an essay written in the candidate's own words, states an opinion on the issue presented in the question, and uses language, style, and sociocultural conventions appropriate for the assignment (task, purpose, audience, and context or situation)
- SUPPORT: the extent to which the response supports and explains the stated opinion with the candidate's own relevant ideas or examples
- ORGANIZATION: the extent to which the response is a well-organized and coherent essay that communicates clear ideas, develops a logical conclusion, and uses cohesive devices to connect sentences
- GRAMMAR: the extent to which the response uses a range of appropriate grammatical constructions, time frames, sentence structures, and mechanics (i.e., spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and diacritical marks)
- VOCABULARY: the extent to which the response uses a range of appropriate vocabulary and academic and/or idiomatic language
Your response will be evaluated on the criteria above, not on the position you take. Your response must be written in your own words.
You may use the erasable notebooklet provided to take notes; however, you will be scored only on the response that you type in the response box for the assignment.
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Presentational Writing: Polish
Sample Assignments
In this study guide, two sample assignments are provided to assist an examinee in preparing for the actual test. On the actual test, there will be one Presentational Writing: Polish assignment to which the examinee will have to provide a response.
Competency 0006
Presentational Writing: Polish
Presentational Writing: Polish
Sample Assignment 1
Use the information below to complete the assignment that follows.
In your opinion, can online teaching and learning be used for class instruction in a useful and effective way?
In response to the question above, write a well-organized and coherent essay in Polish for an audience of educated adults. In your essay, you must:
- state and explain your opinion about the question;
- support your opinion by providing at least two relevant ideas or examples; and
- develop a conclusion that follows from and supports the ideas or examples presented in your essay.
Your response must be written in your own words.
Presentational Writing: Polish
Sample Strong Response to Sample Assignment 1
Note: The sample strong response for the presentational writing assignment is an example of a response that a candidate might write. While the sample response demonstrates effective presentational writing skills, it could contain typical errors that candidates may produce in composing an essay in Polish. Please see the rationale following the response for more details.
Bez wątpienia nauczanie i uczenie się online może być wykorzystywane w szkołach w użyteczny i efektywny sposób. Nie ma ograniczeń co do informacji i zasobów, które mogę znaleźć w wielu językach. Informacje online pozwalają mi dzielić się koncepcjami w różnych językach z moimi uczniami. Sprawia, że nauka jest dostępna dla wszystkich uczniów w efektywny sposób.
Jako nauczyciel wykorzystuję w moich zajęciach różne technologie dostępne w szkole. W rezultacie widzę, jak wzrasta zaangażowanie uczniów, ponieważ mogą oni dzielić się swoją pracą z rówieśnikami oraz śledzić i zapisywać wszystkie zmiany do późniejszego wykorzystania. Poza tym potrafię zróżnicować nauczanie do stylów uczenia się moich uczniów. Zwykle włączam do moich zajęć filmy online, muzykę lub blogi, które moi uczniowie lubią odkrywać indywidualnie lub w grupach. Wiele razy uczniowie przynoszą nowe zasoby, aby się ze mną podzielić, gdy podoba im się ten temat.
Podoba mi się również wygoda dawania quizów online. Pozwala mi to na skuteczne przekazywanie uczniom natychmiastowej informacji zwrotnej. Od razu dowiaduję się, gdzie są problemy. Uczniowie odnoszą korzyści, ponieważ ich błędne przekonania natychmiast się wyjaśniają.
Jak widać, zasoby internetowe przyczyniają się do tego, że edukacja jest bardziej dostępna dla wszystkich uczniów i pomaga w ich dwujęzycznym rozwoju. Pozwoli to również przygotować uczniów posiadających umiejętności cyfrowe do uzyskiwania dostępu do informacji i ich oceny w szkole i poza nią.
Presentational Writing: Polish
Rationale for Sample Strong Response to Sample Assignment 1
The response is a well-organized and coherent essay that effectively communicates clear ideas and develops a logical conclusion. The candidate states a clear opinion on the issue presented in the question by explaining that online teaching and learning can be used in a useful way in schools.
The candidate effectively supports and explains the stated opinion with at least two of the candidate's own relevant ideas or examples. As a teacher, the writer utilizes various technologies at school. This increases student participation and motivation as the teacher can include online videos and other online tools as well as provide immediate feedback when giving quizzes online.
The response effectively uses a range of appropriate vocabulary and/or idiomatic language. It also effectively uses a range of appropriate grammatical constructions and time frames. Minor errors do not interfere with comprehensibility.
Presentational Writing: Polish
Sample Assignment 2
Use the information below to complete the assignment that follows.
In your opinion, can students' life experiences be used to facilitate student learning?
In response to the question above, write a well-organized and coherent essay in Polish for an audience of educated adults. In your essay, you must:
- state and explain your opinion about the question;
- support your opinion by providing at least two relevant ideas or examples; and
- develop a conclusion that follows from and supports the ideas or examples presented in your essay.
Your response must be written in your own words.
Presentational Writing: Polish
Sample Strong Response to Sample Assignment 2
Note: The sample strong response for the presentational writing assignment is an example of a response that a candidate might write. While the sample response demonstrates effective presentational writing skills, it could contain typical errors that candidates may produce in composing an essay in Polish. Please see the rationale following the response for more details.
Uważam, że doświadczenia życiowe uczniów mogą być wykorzystane do ułatwienia uczenia się.
Jako uczeń czułam się wyjątkowa i doceniana, gdy moi nauczyciele odnosili się do wydarzeń z mojego życia i wykorzystywali je do budowania nowej wiedzy. Pamiętam moje uczucie zachwytu, gdy moi nauczyciele rozmawiali na lekcjach o czymś z mojego życia. Moi koledzy z klasy uwielbiali też, gdy dyskusje w klasie zawierały przykłady ich doświadczeń życiowych. Pomogło nam to nawiązać silne kontakty, które ułatwiły naukę. Dlatego jako nauczyciel staram się poznawać pochodzenie kulturowe i doświadczenia moich uczniów, aby wykorzystać je podczas nauczania nowych pojęć.
Na przykład na zajęciach z wiedzy o społeczeństwie wyświetlam mapy ścienne krajów ojczystych moich uczniów. Kiedy uczniowie uczą się o geografii Stanów Zjednoczonych i lokalizują na mapie rzeki lub góry, daję moim uczniom możliwość podzielenia się geografią ich ojczyzny/kraju dziedzictwa, wskazując naturalne cechy na mapie ściennej swojego kraju. Czasami dyskutujemy o różnicach i podobieństwach między różnymi krajami. Zwiększa to uczestnictwo w zajęciach i daje wszystkim szansę na podzielenie się punktami widzenia w środowisku integrującym kulturowo.
Podsumowując, oczywiste jest, że integracja doświadczeń życiowych i pochodzenia uczniów ułatwia naukę i tworzy środowisko integracyjne w klasie, w którym każdy czuje się ważny, szanowany i ceniony.
Presentational Writing: Polish
Rationale for Sample Strong Response to Sample Assignment 2
The response is a well-organized and coherent essay that effectively communicates clear ideas and develops a logical conclusion. The candidate states a clear opinion on the issue presented in the question by expressing that students’ life experiences can be used to facilitate learning.
The candidate effectively supports and explains the stated opinion with at least two of the candidate's own relevant ideas or examples. As a student, the writer and classmates felt special when the teachers referred to something from their lives in classes. As a teacher, the writer displays maps of the home countries of the students in class. This increases student participation and allows students to share their diverse points of view.
The response effectively uses a range of appropriate vocabulary and/or idiomatic language. It also effectively uses a range of appropriate grammatical constructions and time frames. Minor errors do not interfere with comprehensibility.
Performance Characteristics for Presentational Writing: Polish Assignment
The following characteristics guide the scoring of the response to the Presentational Writing: Polish assignment.
| APPROPRIATENESS | The extent to which the response is an essay written in the candidate's own words, states an opinion on the issue presented in the question, and uses language, style, and sociocultural conventions appropriate for the assignment (task, purpose, audience, and context or situation) |
|---|---|
| SUPPORT | The extent to which the response supports and explains the stated opinion with the candidate's own relevant ideas or examples |
| ORGANIZATION | The extent to which the response is a well-organized and coherent essay that communicates clear ideas, develops a logical conclusion, and uses cohesive devices to connect sentences |
| GRAMMAR | The extent to which the response uses a range of appropriate grammatical constructions, time frames, sentence structures, and mechanics (i.e., spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and diacritical marks) |
| VOCABULARY | The extent to which the response uses a range of appropriate vocabulary and academic and/or idiomatic language |
Score Scale for Presentational Writing: Polish Assignment
A score will be assigned to the response to the Presentational Writing: Polish assignment according to the following score scale.
| Score Point | Score Point Description |
|---|---|
| 4 | The "4" response demonstrates effective presentational writing skills. |
| 3 | The "3" response demonstrates generally effective presentational writing skills. |
| 2 | The "2" response demonstrates partially effective presentational writing skills. |
| 1 | The "1" response demonstrates ineffective presentational writing skills. |
| U | The response is unscorable because it is merely a repetition of the assignment, not related to the assignment, not primarily in the target language, or not of sufficient length to score. |
| B | There is no response to the assignment. |