Evaluation & Exams

IES TERRA ALTASchool Year

2013/14

• Students get 70% of their marks from exams.

• The remaining (30%) comes from oral/written projects and attitude.

25% - ORAL PRODUCTION (Speaking)

25% - WRITTEN PRODUCTION (Writing)

5% - ATTITUD

E

15% - ORAL COMPREHENSION

(Listening)

15% - WRITTEN COMPREHENSIO

N (Reading)

15% - USAGE OF ENGLISH

10% - Class Assignments ()10% - Class Observation (Speaking activities as

classwork and use of English in class)5% - Speaking Test()

TERM 1 (group work)

Dramatization of a literary text

TERM 2 (pair work) Role-play

TERM 3 (individual) Oral Presentation

• Deadlines – 2 weeks before the end of their respective terms.

10% - Essays 15% - Test EssayPAAU WRITING – Your written production will

be evaluated following the A Level Exams in Catalonia (Selectivitat).

Evaluation criteria:

The following aspects will be evaluated separately on a scale of 0 to 10 points.

GRAMMAR (25% of the composition grade)

Two different aspects will be contemplated under this heading:

• The correct and appropiate use of morphological and syntactic structures.

• The range (variety and complexity) of structures used.

VOCABULARY (25% of the composition grade)

Two main aspects will be considered:

• The range and appropiate use of vocabulary (variety of semantic fields, richness, phrasal verbs, collocations, idiomatic expressions, linking words,…)

• The correct spelling of words.

TEXT/PARAGRAPH BUILDING (25% of the composition grade)

Two main aspects will be considered:

• The clarity of organization of ideas within the sentence, the paragraph and the text.

• The clear and correct use of puntuation and text markers.

MATURITY (25% of the composition grade)

Aspects contemplated in this category:

• The skillful handling of the topic (clear thinking, good outline, well-reasoned ideas, creativity,…)

Remember:

• Wrong format: If an essay does not follow the format (letter, dialogue, news report, diary, for and against argumentation, …) of the chosen option, it will be penalized up to 1 point.

• Wrong topic: No points will be given to a composition written on a topic not included in the two given options.)

• It will not be admissible to copy literally from the text sentences or some parts from the text in

the written comprehension provided.

25% - ORAL PRODUCTION

25% - WRITTEN PRODUCTION

5% - ATTITUD

E

15% - ORAL COMPREHENSION

10% - WRITTEN

COMPREHEN.

(Reading)

10% - READER

10% - USAGE

OF ENGLISH

• TERM 2 – The Big Sleep, RAYMOND CHANDLER. Ed. Oxford Book Worms (stage 4)

ISBN 978-0-19-479165-6.

EXAM: 1st week after Christmas break.

• TERM 3 - The Age of Innocence, EDITH WHARTON. Ed. Black Cat/Vicens-Vives (Step 5 – B2.2) ISBN 978-88-530-0554-0

EXAM: 1st week after Easter break.

• DAY 1:– Listening exam– Writing exam– Speaking exam

• DAY 2:– Reading exam– Usage of English

exam (Gram. & Voc.)

– Speaking exam

1 Term exam distributed in 2 days

• Attendance in class.• Participation in class.• Positive attitude to learning English.• Develop a more analytic attitude to tasks

such as writing, reading or the assimilation of grammatical rules.

ACTA nº5, 2007/2008:

“En cas d’absència el dia d’un examen el Departament d’Idiomes només acceptarà repetir l’examen si hi ha una justificació de pes; és a dir, per motius mèdics (amb justificant mèdic) o motius de força major (defunció d’un parent, etc – no per motiu de festa major del poble, per exemple).”