Alignment of the National Reporting System for Adult Education Standards to the Global Scale of English.........3 About the Global Scale of English.......................................................3 Alignment of the NRS standards to the GSE...................................5 Methodology. ........................................................................... 5 Arriving at a guide range for NRS levels................................................................5 Dividing NRS descriptors into descriptor segments..........................................7 Alignment......................................................................................................................7 NRS: GSE range calculations....................................................................................8 Appendix..................................................................................................... 9 NRS Level 1: Beginning Literacy.......................................................10 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 10 Writing........................................................................................................................ 12 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................14 Language................................................................................................................... 18 NRS Level 2: Beginning Basic.............................................................21 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 21 Writing........................................................................................................................ 23 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................26 Language................................................................................................................... 29
NRS Level 3: Low Intermediate ........................................................32 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 32 Writing........................................................................................................................ 35 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................37 Language................................................................................................................... 40 NRS Level 4: High Intermediate........................................................43 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 43 Writing........................................................................................................................ 46 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................49 Language................................................................................................................... 53 NRS Level 5: Low Adult Secondary..................................................55 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 55 Writing........................................................................................................................ 58 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................61 Language................................................................................................................... 66 NRS Level 6: High Adult Secondary.................................................68 Reading. ..................................................................................................................... 68 Writing........................................................................................................................ 71 Speaking and Listening..........................................................................................74 Language................................................................................................................... 78 References............................................................................................... 81
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