Friday, May 9, 2008

Format of final test Module 2

What are you expected to do in the exam room?

Part I: Exam format
Students will take the exam individually in the first part and in pairs in the second part of the exam (2 students – 2 examiners).
Total time for each pair is approximate 12 minutes.
In the first part, one student will talk about a topic given by the examiner in less than 3 minutes (1 for preparation and less than 2 for presenting) and stay there to wait for the second to complete his/ her task.

In the second part, both candidates are given a card that describes a situation with prompts. They will read the situation and the prompts and think about it in 3 minutes (No exchange is allowed at this stage).
Then they will start conducting the assigned discussion.
The discussion itself should be less than 3 minutes long.

Part II: Marking criteria
Pronunciation 3 points
Fluency and coherence 2 points
Appropriacy 2 points
Conversation skills 3 points

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