: Link Tasks

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Link Task 1
Approach: One to one
Instructions: Students listened to a message and were asked to retell it.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Component: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	22 26 37 75 25 27 70 63 37	51 60 54 84 36 45 86 73 54
Total score (out of 9): 7–9 3–6 0–2	7 68 25	30 63 7

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Link Task 2
Approach: Stations
Instructions: Students listened to a fable and answered questions about it.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Component: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	48 44 58 75 14 80 55	48 63 47 82 38 78 37
Total (out of 15): 12–15 8–11 0–7	25 65 10	30 57 13
Commentary: Year 4 and year 8 students performed comparably on this task.

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Link Task 3
Approach: Stations
Instructions: listened to a story and marked a picture according to the story.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Component: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	91 92 96 94 91 92 93 95	.
Total (out of 8): 8 5–7 0–4	76 20 4	.
Commentary: Year 4 students performed very well on this task.

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Link Task 4
Approach:Stations
Instructions: listened to a radio report and answered questions about it.
	% responses
	y4	y8
Component: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7	92 90 56 21 73 33 61	.
Total (out of 11): 8–11 4–7 0–3	18 56 26	.