Cambridge English Certificates in ESOL Skills for Life
There are a total of 18 marks for each of the 3 tasks.
For each task, candidates are given a mark of 0 – 6 for each of the Learning Outcomes in the tables below.
Learning Outcome
Be able to produce simple
text – Sentence
Learning Outcome
Be able to produce simple
text – Word
Learning Outcome
Be able to complete a form
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Construct simple
complete sentences
correctly for an
intended audience
Use full stops correctly
Use capitalisation
correctly
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Construct simple
complete sentences
correctly for an
intended audience
Use capitalisation
correctly
Spell words correctly
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Record personal details
on a simple form
correctly
Entry 1 Writing – Task 1 (form or questionnaire)
Some evidence of ability to construct compound sentences.
Sentence grammar (e.g. verb form and tense, word order) is sufficiently controlled
for most of message to be communicated, though meaning may be impeded at
times.
Full stops and capital letters consistently used as sentence boundary markers.
Uses simple sentences without conjunctions.
Some control over sentence grammar (e.g. verb form and tense, word order),
though meaning may often be impeded.
Full stops and capital letters sometimes used as sentence boundary markers.
Some evidence of attempt to use simple sentences.
Some evidence of attempt to produce correct verb forms, though not consistently.
Limited use of sentence boundaries.
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
Clear evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation is generally legible but there may be occasional
instances of illegibility.
Usually uses upper and lower case letters appropriately.
Some task-appropriate and common words are spelled correctly.
Some evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation is generally legible, but there may be instances of
illegibility and it may require effort by the intended audience.
Produces both upper and lower case letters, but often uses them inappropriately.
Some common words are spelled correctly but difficulty with less familiar words.
Limited evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation requires some effort by the intended audience.
Limited evidence of ability to use upper and lower case letters appropriately.
Limited evidence of ability to spell common words correctly.
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
All sections of the form are completed appropriately and effectively.
5 or 6 marks
3 or 4 marks
1 or 2 marks
0 marks
5 or 6 marks
3 or 4 marks
1 or 2 marks
0 marks
5 or 6 marks
Form is generally completed appropriately.
3 or 4 marks
Some sections of the form are completed.
1 or 2 marks
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
0 marks
Cambridge English Certificates in ESOL Skills for Life
Entry 1 Writing – Tasks 2 & 3 (e.g. message, note, description)
Learning Outcome
Be able to produce simple
text – Text
Learning Outcome
Be able to produce simple
text – Sentence
Learning Outcome
Be able to produce simple
text – Word
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Construct simple
complete sentences
correctly for an
intended audience
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Construct simple
complete sentences
correctly for an
intended audience
Use full stops correctly
Use capitalisation
correctly
Assessment Criteria
The learner can:
Construct simple
complete sentences
correctly for an
intended audience
Use capitalisation
correctly
Spell words correctly
Intended audience would be informed.
Clear evidence of awareness of audience.
5 or 6 marks
Intended audience would on the whole be adequately informed.
Evidence of awareness of audience.
3 or 4 marks
Intended audience would be partially informed.
Some evidence of awareness of audience.
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
Some evidence of ability to construct compound sentences.
Sentence grammar (e.g. verb form and tense, word order) is sufficiently controlled
for most of message to be communicated, though meaning may be impeded at
times.
Full stops and capital letters consistently used as sentence boundary markers.
Uses simple sentences without conjunctions.
Some control over sentence grammar (e.g. verb form and tense, word order),
though meaning may often be impeded.
Full stops and capital letters sometimes used as sentence boundary markers.
Some evidence of attempt to use simple sentences.
Some evidence of attempt to produce correct verb forms, though not consistently.
Limited use of sentence boundaries.
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
Clear evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation is generally legible but there may be occasional
instances of illegibility.
Usually uses upper and lower case letters appropriately.
Some task-appropriate and common words are spelled correctly.
Some evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation is generally legible, but there may be instances of
illegibility and it may require effort by the intended audience.
Produces both upper and lower case letters, but often uses them inappropriately.
Some common words are spelled correctly but difficulty with less familiar words.
Limited evidence of ability to use appropriate vocabulary.
Handwriting and digit formation requires some effort by the intended audience.
Limited evidence of ability to use upper and lower case letters appropriately.
Limited evidence of ability to spell common words correctly.
Insufficient evidence of achievement at this level.
1 or 2 marks
0 marks
5 or 6 marks
3 or 4 marks
1 or 2 marks
0 marks
5 or 6 marks
3 or 4 marks
1 or 2 marks
0 marks