I apologize, but I do not have the full text of Script E to provide an examiner comment. Based on the partial text provided, it does not appear the candidate has fully addressed the required content points for the task.
This document discusses various methods for assessing speaking skills in language learners. It describes imitative, intensive, responsive, and interactive speaking tasks. Imitative tasks involve repeating words or sentences. Intensive tasks elicit specific grammatical forms through repetition, sentence completion, picture cues, and reading aloud. Responsive tasks use brief question-answer exchanges and paraphrasing. Interactive tasks use oral interviews with warmup, level-check, probing, and wind-down questions. Scoring typically focuses on pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy of the target form.
The document discusses assessing 4 major language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It provides definitions and examples of assessment tasks for each skill level of listening (imitative, intensive, selective, extensive) and speaking (imitative, intensive, responsive, interactive, extensive). The skills are assessed through tasks such as repetition, question-answering, role plays, interviews, presentations and more to evaluate elements like vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
This 40-minute lesson plan aims to contrast the present continuous and present simple verb tenses. It includes tasks to clarify the meaning and form of the target tenses through examples from a text. Students will complete exercises to distinguish between activity and state verbs, answer conceptual questions, and engage in controlled written practice with feedback. The lesson concludes with a gist reading comprehension activity and fill-in-the-blank exercise to provide additional controlled practice of the target grammar points.
The document discusses various methods for assessing speaking ability, divided into 5 basic types - imitative, intensive, responsive, interactive, and extensive. It then provides details on designing assessment tasks for each type. For imitative speaking, tasks include repetition and read-alouds. Intensive tasks include directed responses, fill-in-the-blank dialogs, and picture prompts. Responsive tasks involve questions and answers or giving instructions. Interactive tasks include interviews, role-plays, and discussions. Extensive tasks include oral presentations, storytelling, and translations. The document emphasizes matching tasks to objectives and establishing reliable scoring criteria.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing, including what skills to test, how to design assessment tasks, and how to score writing. It describes microskills like spelling and grammar, and macroskills like organization and rhetorical forms. Assessment tasks can be imitative, intensive, responsive, or extensive writing. Scoring methods include holistic, primary trait, and analytic scoring. Responding to writing involves formative feedback on meaning, organization, and language use at different stages of the writing process.
The document discusses assessing writing skills. It describes different types of writing like academic, job-related, and personal writing. It outlines micro skills like imitative and intensive writing, and macro skills like responsive and extensive writing. For micro skills, it provides examples of assessment tasks for imitative writing like spelling tests and dictation. For intensive writing, it discusses tasks like rewriting sentences and transforming grammar. For macro skills, it discusses designing assessment tasks for responsive and extensive writing like guided questions, paragraph construction, and scoring methods.
This document discusses assessing reading ability in a second language. It covers several key points:
1. There are different types and genres of reading that should be assessed, including academic, job-related, and personal reading.
2. Assessing reading involves inferring comprehension through tasks that evaluate understanding of vocabulary, grammar, and discourse features.
3. Effective readers must master both bottom-up decoding skills and top-down comprehension strategies, including using background knowledge and cultural schemata.
4. Reading assessment tasks are categorized as perceptive, selective, interactive, and extensive based on the length and complexity of the text and the type of comprehension required.
This document discusses various methods for assessing speaking skills in language learners. It describes imitative, intensive, responsive, and interactive speaking tasks. Imitative tasks involve repeating words or sentences. Intensive tasks elicit specific grammatical forms through repetition, sentence completion, picture cues, and reading aloud. Responsive tasks use brief question-answer exchanges and paraphrasing. Interactive tasks use oral interviews with warmup, level-check, probing, and wind-down questions. Scoring typically focuses on pronunciation, fluency, and accuracy of the target form.
The document discusses assessing 4 major language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. It provides definitions and examples of assessment tasks for each skill level of listening (imitative, intensive, selective, extensive) and speaking (imitative, intensive, responsive, interactive, extensive). The skills are assessed through tasks such as repetition, question-answering, role plays, interviews, presentations and more to evaluate elements like vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
This 40-minute lesson plan aims to contrast the present continuous and present simple verb tenses. It includes tasks to clarify the meaning and form of the target tenses through examples from a text. Students will complete exercises to distinguish between activity and state verbs, answer conceptual questions, and engage in controlled written practice with feedback. The lesson concludes with a gist reading comprehension activity and fill-in-the-blank exercise to provide additional controlled practice of the target grammar points.
The document discusses various methods for assessing speaking ability, divided into 5 basic types - imitative, intensive, responsive, interactive, and extensive. It then provides details on designing assessment tasks for each type. For imitative speaking, tasks include repetition and read-alouds. Intensive tasks include directed responses, fill-in-the-blank dialogs, and picture prompts. Responsive tasks involve questions and answers or giving instructions. Interactive tasks include interviews, role-plays, and discussions. Extensive tasks include oral presentations, storytelling, and translations. The document emphasizes matching tasks to objectives and establishing reliable scoring criteria.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing, including what skills to test, how to design assessment tasks, and how to score writing. It describes microskills like spelling and grammar, and macroskills like organization and rhetorical forms. Assessment tasks can be imitative, intensive, responsive, or extensive writing. Scoring methods include holistic, primary trait, and analytic scoring. Responding to writing involves formative feedback on meaning, organization, and language use at different stages of the writing process.
The document discusses assessing writing skills. It describes different types of writing like academic, job-related, and personal writing. It outlines micro skills like imitative and intensive writing, and macro skills like responsive and extensive writing. For micro skills, it provides examples of assessment tasks for imitative writing like spelling tests and dictation. For intensive writing, it discusses tasks like rewriting sentences and transforming grammar. For macro skills, it discusses designing assessment tasks for responsive and extensive writing like guided questions, paragraph construction, and scoring methods.
This document discusses assessing reading ability in a second language. It covers several key points:
1. There are different types and genres of reading that should be assessed, including academic, job-related, and personal reading.
2. Assessing reading involves inferring comprehension through tasks that evaluate understanding of vocabulary, grammar, and discourse features.
3. Effective readers must master both bottom-up decoding skills and top-down comprehension strategies, including using background knowledge and cultural schemata.
4. Reading assessment tasks are categorized as perceptive, selective, interactive, and extensive based on the length and complexity of the text and the type of comprehension required.
The document discusses various methods for assessing student writing abilities. It outlines four main types of writing performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. For imitative writing, common assessment tasks include copying letters/words, dictation, and spelling tests. Intensive writing focuses on grammar, vocabulary, and sentence formation tasks like dictation and transformations. Responsive and extensive writing involve longer-form paragraph and essay writing and can be assessed through methods like paraphrasing, guided questions, and analytical scoring rubrics. The document provides examples of different assessment techniques for each writing type.
This document discusses assessing writing skills in the classroom. It begins by outlining the key sub-skills involved in writing like mechanics, structure, expression, and provides examples of exercises that can help assess these skills. It then shows a rubric that teachers can use to evaluate students' writing abilities in different sub-skills on a scale from 1 to 5. The rubric also outlines the criteria for the highest and lowest performance levels. It encourages describing intermediate steps. Finally, it provides some dos and don'ts for effectively assessing student writing like giving clear feedback without disheartening students.
Reading 2 - test specification for writing test - vstepenglishonecfl
This document provides guidelines for designing effective writing prompts for tests. It recommends clearly defining the intended writing skills being assessed and the specific task, such as writing an essay. The task should be situated within a problem or scenario to provide context. An example compares a less focused prompt about social media's impact to a more focused one about its impact on young people. Overall, the document stresses the importance of crafting clear, specific writing prompts that guide test takers to demonstrate the intended writing skills.
This document discusses principles of assessing writing. It covers four main questions to consider when assessing writing: what to test, how to test, how to score, and examples. It describes different types of writing like academic, professional, and personal writing. It also outlines different writing assessment methods like imitative, intensive, and responsive writing tasks. Specific examples of writing assessment tools are provided like dictation, transformation tasks, and picture prompts. The document discusses holistic, primary trait, and analytic scoring methods. It provides guidance on responding to and assessing different stages of the writing process.
Testing writing (for Language Teachers)Wenlie Jean
The document discusses the key considerations for properly testing writing ability. It identifies four main problems in testing: 1) using representative tasks, 2) eliciting valid writing samples, 3) ensuring scores are valid and reliable, and 4) providing feedback. For each, it outlines various factors that test designers should take into account such as specifying all content domains, including a representative task sample, restricting candidates, using appropriate scoring scales, and calibrating scorers. The goal is to develop writing tests that accurately measure students' abilities.
The document contains summaries of ISE exam results for several candidates.
1) Marco received a B grade for his topic presentation and portfolio discussion, showing good language control but some inaccuracies. William received a C for his topic presentation, demonstrating preparedness but difficulty with questions.
2) Athanasia received a B for her topic and interactive task, speaking fluently with some errors. She received a C for her portfolio discussion, lacking communication skills.
3) Edoardo received Cs, partially fulfilling tasks due to hesitancy and limited language.
4) Leda received As and Bs, demonstrating sophisticated language use and excellent interactive skills.
Bem guide september 2013 vs bem guide october 2007Mr Bounab Samir
This document provides guidance for different types of examiner tasks involving reading comprehension, information transfer, multiple choice questions, auxiliary questions, true/false/not mentioned, identification, lexis, mastery of language, pronunciation, and rhyme. It outlines the instructions examiners should provide for each task type and indicates with checkmarks or crosses whether sample instructions are appropriate or not for that task type. The document aims to help examiners design tasks that effectively test examinees' skills.
The document provides information about the structure and format of the Cambridge English: First Certificate in English (FCE) Listening exam. It is divided into 4 parts that test different listening skills. Part 1 contains 8 multiple choice questions about short extracts. Part 2 has 10 questions that require note-taking or sentence completion from a longer listening passage. Part 3 presents 5 short related extracts and requires matching questions. Part 4 contains 7 questions that require selecting answers from 2 or 3 options after hearing a longer dialogue or discussion. The document provides sample questions and scripts to illustrate the different task types. It also offers preparation advice, suggesting strategies for each part of the exam like reading questions first and not getting distracted by individual words.
The document provides frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Cambridge English: Advanced exam. It addresses questions about the exam format, scoring, and preparation. Some key points:
- There is no official vocabulary list for the exam, but candidates should read widely to build vocabulary.
- Scores on the individual papers (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Use of English) are averaged to calculate the overall exam score. Candidates do not need to pass each paper.
- The Reading & Use of English paper has two sub-scores, one for Reading and one for Use of English. Tasks include multiple choice, matching, and reordering paragraphs. Spelling must be correct.
Assesing Writing. This is my presentation in Language Testing class. The materials on these slides are mostly taken from Douglas Brown's book, Language Assessment.
The document provides an overview of key considerations for developing a reading test, including:
1. Defining the constructs being assessed and their purpose, as well as test taker characteristics and how results will be interpreted.
2. Specifying the overall test structure and individual task formats, number of tasks, and scoring methods.
3. Guidelines for writing test items including text selection, item types, language use, and common errors to avoid in multiple choice questions.
This document discusses different types of reading assessments:
1) Perceptive reading assessments include reading aloud, writing responses, multiple choice, and picture-cued items to test reading comprehension at the word and sentence level.
2) Selective reading assessments use multiple choice, matching, editing, and picture-cued tasks to examine ability at a higher comprehension level.
3) Interactive reading assessments focus on skills like cloze tasks, scanning information, transferring data from charts/graphs, ordering tasks, and short-answer questions to evaluate reading strategies and understanding of longer texts.
This document discusses assessing students' writing skills. It describes four types of written performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves basic spelling and short sentences. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research papers. The document also discusses designing assessment tasks and scoring methods for each type of writing.
1. There are challenges to reliably testing productive language skills like writing and speaking, such as eliciting representative samples of ability and obtaining consistent scores.
2. These problems can be addressed by setting clear, appropriate tasks; restricting responses; using varied test formats; and developing well-structured scoring criteria and scales.
3. Scoring can be done using holistic scales that provide an overall assessment, or analytic scales that separately score different skill aspects. Both approaches have advantages depending on testing needs and context.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing skills, including the historical context of writing, genres of written language, types of writing performance, microskills and macroskills involved in writing, and issues in designing assessment tasks to evaluate different types of writing. It provides examples of assessment tasks that could be used to evaluate imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive writing abilities. These include spelling tests, picture description tasks, grammatical transformation exercises, paragraph construction, and impromptu essay topics like those seen on the Test of Written English.
The document discusses different types and levels of writing performance that can be assessed: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves copying letters, words, and punctuation. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and meaning within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs. Extensive writing involves longer works like essays and research reports that accomplish a purpose through organized ideas. The document also outlines tasks and scoring methods used to assess different types of writing performance.
Module VIII Testing the Productive SkillsAnnalynInsic
This document discusses testing the productive skills of speaking and writing for language learners. It provides details on testing various components of speaking like pronunciation, grammar, word choice, fluency, and comprehension. Sample test items are provided for each component. For writing, the document discusses testing content, form, grammar, syntactic pattern, style, and mechanics. Sample test items for assessing content are also given. The overall purpose is to evaluate learners' proficiency in oral communication and written expression based on important criteria.
This document discusses approaches to assessing writing ability. It identifies 5 types of writing: imitative, intensive (controlled), responsive, extensive, and job-related. For imitative writing, tasks focus on handwriting, copying, and spelling. Intensive writing focuses on using correct vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences and paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research projects. Micro-skills include spelling, handwriting, and grammar, while macro-skills involve organization, purpose, and conveying meaning. The document provides examples of assessment tasks for different writing types and skills.
The Business English Certificates (BEC) are internationally recognized qualifications that demonstrate proficiency in English for business. There are three levels - Preliminary, Vantage and Higher - aligned with the Common European Framework. BEC is recognized by over 1,000 organizations and leading companies and tests reading, writing, listening and speaking skills with exams offered monthly in both paper and computer formats. Candidates must register at least 10 weeks in advance with an authorized exam center.
The document discusses various methods for assessing student writing abilities. It outlines four main types of writing performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. For imitative writing, common assessment tasks include copying letters/words, dictation, and spelling tests. Intensive writing focuses on grammar, vocabulary, and sentence formation tasks like dictation and transformations. Responsive and extensive writing involve longer-form paragraph and essay writing and can be assessed through methods like paraphrasing, guided questions, and analytical scoring rubrics. The document provides examples of different assessment techniques for each writing type.
This document discusses assessing writing skills in the classroom. It begins by outlining the key sub-skills involved in writing like mechanics, structure, expression, and provides examples of exercises that can help assess these skills. It then shows a rubric that teachers can use to evaluate students' writing abilities in different sub-skills on a scale from 1 to 5. The rubric also outlines the criteria for the highest and lowest performance levels. It encourages describing intermediate steps. Finally, it provides some dos and don'ts for effectively assessing student writing like giving clear feedback without disheartening students.
Reading 2 - test specification for writing test - vstepenglishonecfl
This document provides guidelines for designing effective writing prompts for tests. It recommends clearly defining the intended writing skills being assessed and the specific task, such as writing an essay. The task should be situated within a problem or scenario to provide context. An example compares a less focused prompt about social media's impact to a more focused one about its impact on young people. Overall, the document stresses the importance of crafting clear, specific writing prompts that guide test takers to demonstrate the intended writing skills.
This document discusses principles of assessing writing. It covers four main questions to consider when assessing writing: what to test, how to test, how to score, and examples. It describes different types of writing like academic, professional, and personal writing. It also outlines different writing assessment methods like imitative, intensive, and responsive writing tasks. Specific examples of writing assessment tools are provided like dictation, transformation tasks, and picture prompts. The document discusses holistic, primary trait, and analytic scoring methods. It provides guidance on responding to and assessing different stages of the writing process.
Testing writing (for Language Teachers)Wenlie Jean
The document discusses the key considerations for properly testing writing ability. It identifies four main problems in testing: 1) using representative tasks, 2) eliciting valid writing samples, 3) ensuring scores are valid and reliable, and 4) providing feedback. For each, it outlines various factors that test designers should take into account such as specifying all content domains, including a representative task sample, restricting candidates, using appropriate scoring scales, and calibrating scorers. The goal is to develop writing tests that accurately measure students' abilities.
The document contains summaries of ISE exam results for several candidates.
1) Marco received a B grade for his topic presentation and portfolio discussion, showing good language control but some inaccuracies. William received a C for his topic presentation, demonstrating preparedness but difficulty with questions.
2) Athanasia received a B for her topic and interactive task, speaking fluently with some errors. She received a C for her portfolio discussion, lacking communication skills.
3) Edoardo received Cs, partially fulfilling tasks due to hesitancy and limited language.
4) Leda received As and Bs, demonstrating sophisticated language use and excellent interactive skills.
Bem guide september 2013 vs bem guide october 2007Mr Bounab Samir
This document provides guidance for different types of examiner tasks involving reading comprehension, information transfer, multiple choice questions, auxiliary questions, true/false/not mentioned, identification, lexis, mastery of language, pronunciation, and rhyme. It outlines the instructions examiners should provide for each task type and indicates with checkmarks or crosses whether sample instructions are appropriate or not for that task type. The document aims to help examiners design tasks that effectively test examinees' skills.
The document provides information about the structure and format of the Cambridge English: First Certificate in English (FCE) Listening exam. It is divided into 4 parts that test different listening skills. Part 1 contains 8 multiple choice questions about short extracts. Part 2 has 10 questions that require note-taking or sentence completion from a longer listening passage. Part 3 presents 5 short related extracts and requires matching questions. Part 4 contains 7 questions that require selecting answers from 2 or 3 options after hearing a longer dialogue or discussion. The document provides sample questions and scripts to illustrate the different task types. It also offers preparation advice, suggesting strategies for each part of the exam like reading questions first and not getting distracted by individual words.
The document provides frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Cambridge English: Advanced exam. It addresses questions about the exam format, scoring, and preparation. Some key points:
- There is no official vocabulary list for the exam, but candidates should read widely to build vocabulary.
- Scores on the individual papers (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Use of English) are averaged to calculate the overall exam score. Candidates do not need to pass each paper.
- The Reading & Use of English paper has two sub-scores, one for Reading and one for Use of English. Tasks include multiple choice, matching, and reordering paragraphs. Spelling must be correct.
Assesing Writing. This is my presentation in Language Testing class. The materials on these slides are mostly taken from Douglas Brown's book, Language Assessment.
The document provides an overview of key considerations for developing a reading test, including:
1. Defining the constructs being assessed and their purpose, as well as test taker characteristics and how results will be interpreted.
2. Specifying the overall test structure and individual task formats, number of tasks, and scoring methods.
3. Guidelines for writing test items including text selection, item types, language use, and common errors to avoid in multiple choice questions.
This document discusses different types of reading assessments:
1) Perceptive reading assessments include reading aloud, writing responses, multiple choice, and picture-cued items to test reading comprehension at the word and sentence level.
2) Selective reading assessments use multiple choice, matching, editing, and picture-cued tasks to examine ability at a higher comprehension level.
3) Interactive reading assessments focus on skills like cloze tasks, scanning information, transferring data from charts/graphs, ordering tasks, and short-answer questions to evaluate reading strategies and understanding of longer texts.
This document discusses assessing students' writing skills. It describes four types of written performance: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves basic spelling and short sentences. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research papers. The document also discusses designing assessment tasks and scoring methods for each type of writing.
1. There are challenges to reliably testing productive language skills like writing and speaking, such as eliciting representative samples of ability and obtaining consistent scores.
2. These problems can be addressed by setting clear, appropriate tasks; restricting responses; using varied test formats; and developing well-structured scoring criteria and scales.
3. Scoring can be done using holistic scales that provide an overall assessment, or analytic scales that separately score different skill aspects. Both approaches have advantages depending on testing needs and context.
The document discusses various topics related to assessing writing skills, including the historical context of writing, genres of written language, types of writing performance, microskills and macroskills involved in writing, and issues in designing assessment tasks to evaluate different types of writing. It provides examples of assessment tasks that could be used to evaluate imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive writing abilities. These include spelling tests, picture description tasks, grammatical transformation exercises, paragraph construction, and impromptu essay topics like those seen on the Test of Written English.
The document discusses different types and levels of writing performance that can be assessed: imitative, intensive, responsive, and extensive. Imitative writing involves copying letters, words, and punctuation. Intensive writing focuses on vocabulary, grammar, and meaning within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences into paragraphs. Extensive writing involves longer works like essays and research reports that accomplish a purpose through organized ideas. The document also outlines tasks and scoring methods used to assess different types of writing performance.
Module VIII Testing the Productive SkillsAnnalynInsic
This document discusses testing the productive skills of speaking and writing for language learners. It provides details on testing various components of speaking like pronunciation, grammar, word choice, fluency, and comprehension. Sample test items are provided for each component. For writing, the document discusses testing content, form, grammar, syntactic pattern, style, and mechanics. Sample test items for assessing content are also given. The overall purpose is to evaluate learners' proficiency in oral communication and written expression based on important criteria.
This document discusses approaches to assessing writing ability. It identifies 5 types of writing: imitative, intensive (controlled), responsive, extensive, and job-related. For imitative writing, tasks focus on handwriting, copying, and spelling. Intensive writing focuses on using correct vocabulary, grammar, and form within a context. Responsive writing connects sentences and paragraphs around a topic. Extensive writing involves longer essays and research projects. Micro-skills include spelling, handwriting, and grammar, while macro-skills involve organization, purpose, and conveying meaning. The document provides examples of assessment tasks for different writing types and skills.
The Business English Certificates (BEC) are internationally recognized qualifications that demonstrate proficiency in English for business. There are three levels - Preliminary, Vantage and Higher - aligned with the Common European Framework. BEC is recognized by over 1,000 organizations and leading companies and tests reading, writing, listening and speaking skills with exams offered monthly in both paper and computer formats. Candidates must register at least 10 weeks in advance with an authorized exam center.
This document announces the winners of various cattle producer awards for 2011-2012. It recognizes the top producers for each month from September 2011 to August 2012 based on quality metrics. It also lists the winners of regional and national competitions that judged producers on cattle grading, slaughter percentages, and volume supplied to Meatco. The overall 2012 Producer of the Year award goes to Wolfgang Zimmer.
This document celebrates a birthday and requests not to include any male names in a presentation. It also expresses frustration that despite wearing a sexy dress to a party, the author did not receive any compliments. Additionally, the author expresses excitement about being in a picture with someone named Reechal.
Intermediate Market Leader Practice file 3rd edition (2014)Kathelin Cañizares
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help alleviate symptoms of mental illness and boost overall mental well-being.
About 46% of American households will pay no federal income tax in 2011. Half of these households pay no tax due to basic exemptions and deductions in the tax code, while the other half pay no tax due to tax expenditures that eliminate their tax liability or provide refunds. The tax provisions that most significantly reduce tax liability for lower-income households are benefits for seniors and credits for children and the working poor. Middle-income households are most impacted by credits for children and education as well as itemized deductions. Higher-income households paying no tax benefit most from deductions and reduced rates on capital gains and dividends.
This document provides an overview of the Indian steel industry. It discusses the industry's size, major players, growth over time, and acquisitions that have occurred. Some key points:
- India is now one of the largest steel producers in the world, with both public and private sector companies involved. Major players include SAIL, Tata Steel, Essar Steel, and JSW Steel.
- The industry has grown significantly since the 1990s with increased investment and production capacity. India's crude steel production grows over 10% annually.
- Notable acquisitions include ArcelorMittal's purchase of Arcelor and Tata Steel's acquisition of Corus, demonstrating the industry's dynamic nature.
This document outlines an assessment task for a social media profile that is worth 25% of the grade. The task involves building an online presence through social media and demonstrating interaction and communication skills. The document provides the name and student number of the person completing the assessment.
This presentation discussed the genealogy research tool Find-A-Grave. It explained how to search for cemeteries and individuals, request photos, and contribute photos and information to entries. The presenter showed how they used Find-A-Grave to research the Deats family, finding burial plots, monuments, and individuals in Cherryville Baptist Cemetery. They tracked research findings in a spreadsheet and posted photos to Find-A-Grave, Family Tree Maker, and a genealogy blog. The presentation demonstrated how Find-A-Grave can aid family history research.
This document provides an overview of search engine optimization (SEO) and why websites need to be optimized. It discusses how search engines like Google work and the importance of keyword research. The document outlines best practices for on-page SEO like including target keywords in headings and body text. It also discusses off-page SEO factors like building relevant links. Additionally, the document covers Google algorithm updates like Panda and Penguin, and emphasizes that quality, relevant content is key to success with SEO.
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Karen O'Brien, Susanne Moser, Ioan Fazey and others from Future Earth's Transformations Knowledge-Action Network discuss mobilising research around the social challenge of a 1.5°C target for climate action.
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We provide guidance and codes for the for the following power systems areas.
1. Deregulated Systems,
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3. Unit commitment
4. Economic Dispatch using AI methods
5. Voltage stability
6. FLC Control
7. Transformer Fault Identifications
8. SCADA - Power system Automation
we provide guidance and codes for the for the following power Electronics areas.
1. Three phase inverter and converters
2. Buck Boost Converter
3. Matrix Converter
4. Inverter and converter topologies
5. Fuzzy based control of Electric Drives.
6. Optimal design of Electrical Machines
7. BLDC and SR motor Drives
This document provides a strategic analysis of Apple Inc. It includes sections on Apple's vision and mission statements, core values, culture, PESTEL analysis, and SWOT analysis. The PESTEL analysis examines political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal factors affecting Apple. The SWOT analysis identifies Apple's strengths as its reputation for high quality products, control over products and software, and stylish product launches. Weaknesses include high prices and reliance on the CEO. Opportunities include expanding into developing markets, while threats include increasing competition and short product lifecycles.
This document lists 161 potential project titles for PC-based projects. The projects cover a wide range of topics including robotics, biomedical devices, instrumentation, power systems, electronics, and more. Many involve interfacing a PC to other devices using technologies like serial communication, wireless transmission, and fiber optic cables. The document also provides contact information for an organization called Expert Systems and Solutions that may provide assistance or tutoring on the listed projects.
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The document discusses Havells India, an Indian electrical equipment company. It details Havells' plans to invest up to Rs. 500 crore over the next three years to achieve over 50% revenue growth and reach Rs. 10,000 crore in sales. This will include expanding its domestic and international operations through investments in production facilities, hiring 1,500 new employees, and potential acquisitions in China and Africa totaling $200 million. Currently, Havells has annual revenue of Rs. 6,500 crore from its domestic and international operations.
The document discusses market research and production research in the media industries. It explains that market research involves collecting statistical data about audience size, demographics, awareness of media products, and consumer behavior. Production research helps media companies understand audience opinions and preferences. The key terms provided define important audience measurement organizations and research methods like primary and secondary research.
The document discusses various aspects of communication including:
1) Communication is like the blood vessels of the body and is essential for business.
2) Communication provides information and feedback to help businesses set goals and adapt.
3) Memory, perception, psychological inertia, language and personality all impact communication. Effective communication involves clarity of purpose, preparation, using familiar language, relevance, and obtaining feedback.
Este documento propone acciones participativas como herramientas para mejorar la socialización en un Centro de Educación Inicial en Venezuela. El objetivo general es proponer estas acciones y los objetivos específicos son diagnosticar la socialización actual, determinar la factibilidad pedagógica de las acciones y diseñar las acciones participativas. El documento justifica que estas acciones pueden ofrecer cambios progresivos reconociendo la individualidad de cada niño.
Presentation on the assessment of oral abilities based on Hughes' chapter.
In Hughes, A. (2002). Testing oral ability. In Testing for Language Teachers (Cambridge Language Teaching Library, pp. 113-135). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511732980.011
This document discusses different types and methods for assessing speaking ability. It describes 5 types of speaking from imitative to extensive. For assessment, it proposes tasks that elicit imitative, intensive, responsive, interactive, and extensive speaking. Tasks include repetition, picture cues, questions, role plays, interviews, instructions, and translations. The document provides examples and discusses how to design valid, reliable speaking assessments through clear procedures, appropriate elicitation, and consistent scoring.
This document provides an overview of assessing speaking ability. It discusses that speaking is an important part of life and language curriculum, but can be challenging to assess due to its many dimensions. There are two main approaches to assessing speaking - construct-based and task-based. Speaking tasks can be open-ended, structured, or semi-structured. Developing quality speaking tasks involves choosing appropriate topics, scenarios, and materials. Scoring speaking typically uses rating scales which are developed through rater training. Reliability and validity are important concepts to consider when assessing speaking.
This document provides an overview and sample materials for the Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers (English Language) or LPATE. It includes descriptions and strategies for the four components - Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Sample papers and answers are provided for each section to help candidates understand what is required. The document outlines the objective of the LPATE, describes the proficiency levels assessed, and provides performance descriptors for different skills. It aims to help candidates prepare for the assessment by understanding the format and criteria.
Here are the key points about Communicative Achievement:
- It focuses on how appropriate the writing is given the communicative task, including using the correct genre/text type and register.
- It also considers the tone and language selected in terms of being appropriate for the task and holding the target reader's attention.
- The descriptors consider whether ideas are communicated simply, straightforwardly or more complexly.
- Following the conventions of the communicative task, such as genre, format and function, is the primary focus of this subscale.
So in summary, Communicative Achievement evaluates how well the candidate understood and addressed the communicative purpose and conventions required by the specific task.
The document summarizes Ai Tong School's revised assessment framework and provides details on formative and summative assessments. Key points include:
- Formative assessments now make up a larger percentage of students' grades compared to summative exams. Various formative tasks are used across subjects like oral presentations, projects, and practical lessons.
- Summative assessments evaluate student learning outcomes and are done at the end of topics or terms. Mini-tests and exams are used.
- Teachers receive training to properly conduct assessments and use rubrics for formative feedback. Students also have preparation sessions for performance-based tasks.
The document describes a speaking assessment for students at a university in Chile. It includes 3 tasks to evaluate students' speaking skills. In task 1, students discuss pictures in pairs to choose the best workspace and agree on their choice. In task 2, each student individually chooses a technological device from the pictures and gives 3 reasons for their choice. In task 3, students discuss the same pictures to agree on a gift for a friend's birthday. Rubrics are provided to evaluate pronunciation, vocabulary, fluency, organization and other criteria. The assessment aims to evaluate students' communicative competence through collaborative and individual speaking activities.
The document discusses assessment in open and distance learning. It defines assessment as a process of obtaining information about learner progress and achievement. Assessment serves two main purposes: to provide feedback to learners to improve learning, and to report on what has been achieved. There are formative assessments that are continuous and help motivation, and summative assessments that are end-of-course tests. Assessment in open distance learning includes non-assessable study materials, self-assessment questions, assignments, dialogue, and exams. Tutors provide comments on assignments to support learning and create dialogue between teachers and learners.
This document discusses rubrics for assessing student work. It defines a rubric as a scoring tool that lists criteria and performance levels. Five reasons for using rubrics are provided: they clarify expectations, set standards, help students take responsibility, have value for stakeholders, and tell students to do careful work. The main components of rubrics are identified as dimensions, criteria, descriptors, and a scale. A rubric template is shown. Steps for constructing rubrics are outlined, including identifying the learning goal, task, and criteria. Examples of holistic and analytic rubrics for speaking and writing are also provided. Web resources for finding and sharing rubrics are listed at the end.
The document discusses peer feedback in writing classes. It provides an overview of peer feedback, outlining its pros and cons. It then describes different forms peer feedback can take, such as commenting on drafts in groups or exchanging completed drafts. The document also discusses how to train students to effectively provide peer feedback, including focusing on clarity, interest, and accuracy. Students should be taught to ask questions, identify the main idea, and offer suggestions for improvement. Finally, the document summarizes that peer feedback can help writers, but students may need training to learn how to properly respond to and incorporate feedback.
Here are the steps in order:
1. The Interlocutor welcomes the candidates and checks their names.
b The Interlocutor introduces Part 2 and gives instructions to Candidate A.
c Candidate A speaks for 1 minute on their topic.
d The Interlocutor introduces Part 3 and gives instructions to the candidates.
e The candidates discuss their topic and answer the decision question.
f The Interlocutor introduces Part 1 and asks questions to the candidates.
g The Interlocutor thanks the candidates and ends the test.
h The Assessor and Interlocutor complete assessment forms.
i The Interlocutor introduces the Speaking test and checks the candidates are ready
This document discusses various strategies and techniques for providing feedback to students on their language production. It begins by explaining the differences between slips, errors, and attempts in student language and potential reasons why students make the same mistakes. It then discusses various sources of errors like L1 interference and developmental sequences in L2 learning.
The document goes on to discuss principles of correction like only interrupting communicative activities if communication breaks down and providing feedback after the event. It provides examples of gentle correction techniques and strategies for recording mistakes to address later. Finally, it discusses using error codes and symbols to provide feedback, training students to understand the correction process, using group writing, and strategies to reduce the drudgery of marking like selective marking
This document provides information about the Cambridge English: Business Preliminary exam, which certifies a basic level of business English proficiency. It describes the exam format and content, including three sections that assess reading and writing, listening, and speaking skills. For the reading and writing section, test takers complete multiple-choice questions, matching tasks, notes, and two short writing responses. The listening section includes multiple-choice questions and note-taking tasks. Finally, the speaking section consists of a 12-minute interview with one other candidate. The document offers tips for preparing for and doing well on each exam section.
The document discusses strategies for teachers to implement "maximum impact, minimum effort" marking. It proposes having students engage in self and peer assessment by reflecting on learning objectives and providing feedback to each other before teacher marking. It also suggests using progress reflection forms, verbal feedback stamps during lessons, and guided reflection questions to facilitate student-led assessment and reduce workload. The overall goal is to have students complete most of the reflection work so teachers can focus on high-level formative assessment to drive future learning.
1) The document describes a workshop used to help teachers assess students' speaking skills by making them more aware of the different criteria they could use and how the criteria should depend on the testing context.
2) The workshop involves teachers viewing student speaking samples, discussing what criteria affect their evaluations, being introduced to a list of common criteria, and examining how the criteria selection depends on factors like the test purpose and administration process.
3) The goal is to improve the validity and reliability of speaking assessments by making the criteria choices and weightings more explicit and tailored to the testing context.
The document discusses an English accreditation program in Uruguay that aims to recognize the English skills acquired by secondary school students. It provides details on the program's objectives, participants, curriculum, exams, and results. The program has seen growing participation since 2008, with over 350 students taking diagnostic tests in the second semester of 2009.
The document discusses various approaches to student assessment, including periodic achievement tests, portfolio assessment, end-of-course tests, and external examinations. Periodic achievement tests track student progress and provide feedback in a low-stress manner. Portfolio assessment allows students to work at their own pace and receive periodic feedback. End-of-course tests should test covered material and include different question types and marking criteria. External exams provide clear targets but may not suit all purposes or prioritize the most important areas.
The document provides peer-assessment tips from different academic departments. Some common tips included highlighting strengths and areas for improvement, using success criteria to provide focused feedback, comparing work to models or criteria, suggesting specific improvements, and setting targets. Departments suggested techniques like color coding, checklists, questioning, annotating examples, and focusing feedback on skills and criteria.
Oral Exams and Rubrics: An introductionJoAnn MIller
1. The document provides guidance on creating rubrics to assess oral exams in a simple, fair, and rapid manner.
2. It describes organizing oral exams with role cards and allowing students to leave once finished. It also presents a 5-point scale to grade accuracy and fluency.
3. Specific instructions are given for conducting two parts of the oral exam - a roleplay graded for accuracy, and a roleplay with the teacher graded for fluency. Sample roleplay situations are also included.
4. Additional information is provided on defining expectations through rubrics, the difference between holistic and analytic rubrics, and the importance of
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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The chapter Lifelines of National Economy in Class 10 Geography focuses on the various modes of transportation and communication that play a vital role in the economic development of a country. These lifelines are crucial for the movement of goods, services, and people, thereby connecting different regions and promoting economic activities.
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How to Setup Warehouse & Location in Odoo 17 InventoryCeline George
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2. CONTEXT FOR NEW TEACHERS
Before…
• Half a book (Market Leader) for one semester.
• Book was used as a syllabus.
• Assessment was up to the individual teacher.
Problems caused…
• Students were not fully stretched academically.
• Market Leader Book
Lots of the material not relavent.
Disliked by teachers and students.
Grammar and vocabulary topics are taught badly (in the
book).
• Students entering content modules with low levels.
• Comparison to other universities in Bogota.
• Often not a homogenous levels in classes (language & 2
content).
3. SOLUTIONS
Syllabus
• Market Leader Book + Supplementary Material =
One Semester.
• Material deemed unessecary was left out.
• Supplementary material added.
Testing
• Standardised testing (same test for all students).
• Standardised marking e.g. Criteria for grading is defined.
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4. NEW SYLLABUS – HOW TO USE IT
• Each class has lesson objectives and certain skills
objectives.
• Contains dates for assessments .
• IMPORTANT for teachers when swapping exams,
coursework, etc. For grading.
• Be aware some of the material from Market Leader
Books is in the tests.
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5. WHAT IS BEC?
• Cambridge ESOL accredited exam in Business
English.
• Teachers last year received training from the British
Council on how to prepare students to take the
BEC Exam.
• Idea is that in the future students will take the BEC
Exam at a B1 or B2 level on completing their
degree.
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6. BEC INTEGRATION INTO EAN SYLLABUS & TESTS
• The exams, coursework and assessment tasks are
modelled on BEC Exams.
• Syllabus contains 4 BEC Preparation Classes (One
for each skill)
This means…
• Students will have class preparation + practice in
exams with BEC style tests.
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7. EAN – SPEAKING TESTS INTRODUCTION
Part 1 – Interview/Easy Timing: 3 Minutes
Questions
• Assess the candidates’ ability to respond to questions and expand on
responses.
• Puts the student at ease.
Timing: 1.5 minutes (long turn) for
each student + 1 minute
Part 2 - Long Turn/Mini preparation time
Presentation
• Tests the students’ ability to sustain a ‘long turn’ or ‘mini presentation’.
• Student gets a small amount of time to prepare.
Part 3 – Collaborative Task Timing: 5 minutes
• Tests the students’ ability to communicate with another person.
• Tests ability to initiate, negotiate and respond in an appropriate way.
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8. SPEAKING TEST - ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
What aspects of speaking are we
assessing? C P r elim ina r y Spea kin g
An swer Key for BE
Understanding the Assessment Criteria Answers
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L.
6. 10. 5. 3. 11. 2. 7. 12. 1. 9. 4. 8.
Now match these factors with the four main areas of assessment for the BEC
Preliminary Speaking test:
Grammar and Discourse Pronunciation Interactive
Vocabulary Management Communication
C, D, K G, B, L A, F, I E, H, J
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9. EAN MARKING SCHEME - SPEAKING
Grammar and Vocabulary Discourse Management
• Range • Coherence
• Accuracy • Extent
• Appropriacy • Relevance
2 marks 2 marks
Pronunciation Interactive Communication
• Stress and rhythm • Initiating and responding
• Intonation • Hesitation
• Individual Sounds • Turn Taking
2 marks 2 marks Overall
• Teacher’s overall impression
• Confident and fluent?
• Well prepared?
Total Marks =10 Marks 2 marks
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10. EAN - SPEAKING ASSESSMENT PRACTICE
Part 1: Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyOuSA4mmEQ&feature=relmfu
EXAMINERS COMMENTS:
Paulo – Wrong use of connecter e.g. for then (so that), Wrong use of
make/do ‘make business’
Laura – pronunciation of fashion (impeding) and economy (slightly
impeding), didn’t answer the second question (What do you like about
your studies?), Wrong conditional e.g. If will not come so many tourists.
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11. EAN - SPEAKING ASSESSMENT PRACTICE
Part 2: Long Turn
EXAMINERS COMMENTS:
Paolo – Pretty good!
Laura – No final ‘s’ on 3rd person singular e.g. it connect, Incorrect
use of connecter e.g. further (furthermore), Wrong use of have in
negative 3rd person singular e.g. it don’t has to be.
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12. EAN - SPEAKING ASSESSMENT PRACTICE
Part 3: Collaborative Task
EXAMINERS COMMENTS:
Paolo – Paraphrasing when lack of vocabulary (Good), ‘Put in service
customer relations’ unclear what is meant to a ‘non-language teaching
specialised’, Wrong use of an adjective/adverb ‘Environmental
correctly’ (however meaning is still clear)
Laura – Clarifying (Good interaction), Employers (instead of
employees)
Overall Scores: Paolo – 10 (9) Laura – 9
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13. BEC PRELIMINARY WRITING EXAM
Part 1: 1/3 of writing section grade
Task type and focus
An internal company communication; this means a piece of
communication with a colleague or colleagues within the
company on a business-related matter; the delivery medium
may be a note, message, memo or email.
The range of functions in the task include re-arranging
appointments, asking for permission, and giving instructions.
Part2: 2/3 of writing section grade
Task type and focus
A piece of business correspondence; this means
correspondence with somebody outside the company (e.g. a
customer or supplier) on a business-related matter; the
delivery medium may be letter, fax or email.
The range of functions in the task include apologising and
offering compensation, making or altering reservations,
dealing with requests, and giving information about a
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product.
14. BEC PRELIMINARY WRITING EXAM
Expected word length
Candidates are asked to write 30–40 words for Part 1 and
60–80 words for Part 2. Significantly fewer words are likely to
mean that the task has not been completed, whereas overlong
pieces of writing may involve irrelevance or have a
negative effect on the target reader. If this is the case, overlength
or under-length answers will be penalised.
Irrelevance
The examiners’ first priority is to give credit for the
candidates’ efforts at communication, but candidates are
penalised for content irrelevant to the task set, as in the real
world this would have a negative impact on the target reader
and would impair communication
Spelling and punctuation
These are important aspects of accuracy and are always taken
into account. American spelling is equally valid, but there
should be consistency. 14
15. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script A
I must go attend an engineering exhibition in
Frankfurt from 15 March to 18 March. Can you tell Mr
Meier to ask him confirmation for the fly on Monday
and finish to made the travel documents for departure
in April?
Yours sincerely
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 3
The third content point (what work the assistant should do
while the writer is away) is not achieved as the second
sentence is confused and the role of Mr Meier is not clear
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16. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script B
I am going to attend an engineering exhibition in
Frankfurt, and the ticket’s date is 20th March, I will
be away for one week, during this week I would like
you to arrange the training meeting which we have
decided and make an appointment with selling
manager. I would like to see him 27th morning 10:30.
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 5
All points clearly achieved with only minor errors of
punctuation and the occasional missing preposition or article.
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17. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script C
I will go on a trip to Frankfurt about attend an
engineering exhibition tomorrow (15/March), so I want
you help me to leave a message if I have phone call.
Thank you
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 2
The candidate has failed to achieve both the second and third
content points (the dates when the writer will be away and
what work the assistant should do during this time), making
this an inadequate attempt at the task.
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18. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script D
Next week I go to an exhibition in Frankfurt. It’s from
9th to the 11th. While I am in Frankfurt you should
write the business letters. If there are any problems –
call me!
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 4
All the content points have been achieved but ‘Next week I go’
and ‘write the business letters’ are awkward, and require a little
effort by the reader.
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19. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script E
To Mrs Bennett
I receive your letter including CV we were also looking
for the person who is experienced in work. The date for
interview for you is 20-03-06 and we will very happy to
interview you. The best way you can reach us by public
transport. If you need any further information please
don’t hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 2
Only the first two content points have been achieved, which
holds the mark awarded at Band 2.
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20. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script F
Dear Miss Bennett
Thank you for your curriculum vitae and for the
interest in this job.
We are pleased to have an interview with you at
Monday, 23 April at 10 a.m. in our location. So we have
the possibility to introduce you to the team.
Can you please confirm me this requested date and
please send me the name of two referees in advance.
We hope to see you soon. If you have any questions
do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 4
The language used by this candidate is consistent with Band 5,
but the fact that the last content point (how to reach the
company by public transport) is not achieved holds the mark
awarded at Band 4.
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21. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script G
Dear Mrs Bennett
Thank you for applying our company. We arranged an
interview for you. The date is 4th April. Please arrive at
9.15 in the morning, the interview will start at 9.30.
Please arrive on time.
We also need the names and addresses of 2 referees.
The best way to reach our office is use underground.
You can find the name of the street where our office
is from the map. And use underground from
trainstation to our company. You don’t need change
train.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Yours sincerely
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 5
All the content points have been achieved and the candidate
has demonstrated confident control throughout most of the
letter, although there are a few non-impeding errors and a
slightly abrupt register.
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22. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script H
Dear Mrs Bennett
I have received your letter of application of post
traning substance, we have arrenged for you an
interview with Mr John on 26 April, please tell me your
2 referees names and addresses you can reach us by
busses numbered 610, 611 from city centre
Yours faithfully
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 3
All the content points have been achieved and the candidate
has used an adequate range of structure and vocabulary.
However, there is an impeding error (traning substance) and
this together with the lack of punctuation and the fact that
the script is slightly short, holds the mark awarded at Band 3
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23. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script A
Hello Erica,
I’d like to apologise you, but I can’t attend to this
meeting in our head office.
In this time I’m going to London for sales meeting
with our customers.
Instead of me, for this meeting will go my sales
assistance – Tom
Best regards
Natasha
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 3
A number of errors, but they do not impede communication.
Overall, an adequate attempt at the task
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24. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script B
To: Erica Young
Cc:
Subject: Meeting
Dear Mr Young:
Thanks for your last letter! I’m very glad to be
inviated to attend the meeting at your company’s head office. But first of all, I’m apologising for not being
able to go to the meeting. This is due to a error of my
agenda, in fact. I have a international conference that
day.
I feel sorry for my absence. I’d like to recommend
my personal assistant to go instead of me. His name
is Jim Green. I hope this will not cause you some
trouble.
Best wish yours
Chan Bo Fun
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 3
Generally well organised (although not concise), leading to a
satisfactory effect on the reader. There are, however, some
basic non-impeding errors, for example ‘a error of my agenda’,
‘cause you some trouble’. 24
25. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script C
I’m really sorry but I’m not able to go to the meeting
at our company’s head office. I can’t attend because of
previous arrangements which I can’t change.
Mr Jan Korwalski, a very good worker, will go instead
of me.
Please accept my apologies.
Marta Stefanska
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 5
All points covered. Successful attempt at complex language,
for example ‘I can’t attend because of previous arrangements’,
‘will go instead of me’. Concise, making a very positive effect on
the reader.
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26. EAN WRITING EXAMPLE
Script D
Dear Mrs Young
I would like to apologise for not being able to go to
meeting at our company’s head office because I will
not be in the country. I am going on the business trip
to Italy.
Mr Mark Smith will go instead of me.
Many Thanks.
Nadia Johnson
Regional Sales Manager
EXAMINER COMMENTS
Band 4
All points adequately dealt with. Good range of structure and
vocabulary. Minor non-impeding errors, for example ‘go to
meeting’, ‘on the business trip’. Positive effect on the reader.
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