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Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B1: Interact with others
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Participate in brief interactions to exchange information with one other person

Performance Descriptors

The learner:

• Conveys information on familiar topics
• Shows an awareness of factors such as social, linguistic, and cultural differences that affect interactions in brief exchanges with others
• Chooses appropriate language in exchanges with clearly defined purposes
• Participates in short, simple exchanges
• Gives short, straightforward instructions or directions
• Speaks or signs clearly in a focused and organized way
• Repeats or questions to confirm understanding
• Uses and interprets non-verbal cues (e.g. body language, facial expressions, gestures)

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is limited
• Involves one other person
• Is brief
• Addresses a familiar audience
• Contains concrete and familiar content
• Has a highly explicit purpose
• Is informal

Interaction Types:

• Exchange information
• Give instructions
• Provide directions
• State preferences

ESKARGO:

Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B1.1

Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B2: Write continuous text
Level: 1
At this level, learners: Write brief texts to convey simple ideas and factual information

Performance Descriptors

The learner:

• Writes simple texts to request, remind, or inform
• Conveys simple ideas and factual information
• Demonstrates a limited understanding of sequence
• Uses sentence structure, upper and lower case, and basic punctuation
• Uses highly familiar vocabulary

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is limited
• Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
• Addresses a small, familiar audience
• Is informal
• Is up to a paragraph in length
• Has a familiar context
• Has a highly explicit purpose

Text types:
instructional, descriptive, narrative, and brief informational texts

Examples:

• Notes
• Brief emails
• Directions
• Instructions
• Text messages

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B2.1

Competency B: Communicate Ideas and Information
Task Group B3: Complete and create documents
Level: 1

At this level, learners: Make straightforward entries to complete very simple documents

Performance Descriptors

To complete documents, the learner:

• Makes a direct match between what is requested and what is entered
• Makes entries using familiar vocabulary

To create documents, the learner:

• Follows conventions to display information in lists, labels, simple forms, signs (e.g. images support the message, text is legible)
• Organizes lists to suit purpose (e.g. chronologically, alphabetically, numerically, sequentially)
• Includes titles where required
• Uses labels and headings to organize content
• Presents text and numbers below one or more headings in lists

Task Descriptors

• Scope of task is limited
• Involves one document up to a page in length
• Has a very simple format
• Requires few entries
• Contains clearly labeled entry fields
• Entries require common, familiar vocabulary
• Has a familiar context
• Addresses concrete, day-to-day topics
• Has a highly explicit purpose
• Documents at this level may require entering up to one paragraph of text

Examples:

• Lists
• Labels
• Simple forms
• Cheques
• Signs

ESKARGO:
Embedded Skills, Knowledge and Attitudes Reference Guide for Ontario – B3.1