A. WRITTEN SECTION:
Students shall be assessed in an exam which, though largely based on the contents of the textbook and the further material provided, may also include any other aspect of grammar and vocabulary which is supposed to be known to a student of English at this level.
There will be written tests along the year. These tests will largely include the contents studied in the Units seen in class. They will consist of the following parts:
1) grammar and vocabulary in use; 40 % of the mark; 2) reading comprehension; 20 % of the mark
3) listening comprehension; and 20 % of the mark; 4) writing a composition of about 150 words on one of two given topics. 20 % of the mark
For those passing these tests, the average of all of them will amount up to 50% of the final mark for each section, in case the student gets a poorer mark in the June exam; for those failing or not taking them, the only mark will be that of the June exam.
The June test will include the whole of the subject, that is, the same four sections stated above, a test on literature in English based on the topics seen in class and two translations from English into Spanish according to the following pattern:
1) grammar and vocabulary in use; 30 % of the mark; 2) reading comprehension; 10 % of the mark
3) listening comprehension; and 10 % of the mark; 4) writing a composition of about 150 words on one of two given topics. 10 % of the mark; 5) a test on literature in English 10 % of the mark; 6) translation of a text including vocabulary seen in class; 10 % of the mark; 7) translation of an unknown text (with the help of a dictionary). 10 % of the mark
Apart from this, students will have to make an oral presentation of a topic related to literature in English or an aspect of life in the English-speaking world, which will amount up to a 10 % of the final mark.
In the assessment of translation, the following criteria will be applied: Spelling mistakes, especially in Spanish (and including misuse of accents), will be regarded as serious and heavily penalised.
With respect to the final mark, the following criteria will be applied: + When the mark obtained in one or more parts of the exam is less than 50% of the total mark for that part and the Final Mark is: - higher than or equal to 6, the June mark will be "APROBADO";
- lower than 6 and higher than or equal to 5, the June mark will be "SUSPENSO", and, therefore, the students will have to resit all the parts where his mark is lower than or equal to 4;
- lower than 5, the June mark will be "SUSPENSO" and, therefore, the students will have to resit the WHOLE exam again in September.
B. CLASS WORK / HOMEWORK :
As the lessons will be mostly practical, attendance, co-operation in the classroom, performance, pronunciation and oral presentations, as well as homework, will be taken into account, which may result in subsequent changes in the final mark.
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