| Objective test |
B1 B2 B10 C2 C4 |
An objective test based on materials covered in class, further reading and assignments required by both teachers. Includes various sorts of exercises, a composition and a listening test. |
35 |
| Oral presentation |
A6 A9 B2 B4 B6 C2 |
Students will talk about a topic chosen by her/himself, where there is an element of controversy involved. It should be based on a text, taken from a magazine, newspaper, website, etc, where a point of view is expressed, and the student should include and argue his/her own point of view on the topic. This test is individual, cannot be done in pairs or groups, and should be performed without notes. They should make use of a PowerPoint or other presentation, but this should only be consulted, not read in its entirety. Details can be found in the course programme available on Moodle. |
20 |
| Speaking test |
A6 A9 |
All students will perform a speaking test at the end of the four-month period, individually or in pairs, in which they must display communicative competence in the English language. Students will be assessed on their ability to make themselves understood, their coherence, fluency, pronunciation and also their lexical and grammatical complexity and correctness. |
15 |
Teachers have access to the software Turnitn, useful for detecting plagiarism in work done outside the classroom. Essays may be tested through Turnitin in order to detect
wrong citations, plagiarism or any other type of fraud. Should this occur, the
rules for plagiarism will be applied. (Normas de
avaliación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e
mestrado universitario). Turnitin recognises papers previously turned in by
other people (or the student him/herself) at this university or other
universities, as well as other material found on Internet. IMPORTANT: In order to pass this subject, a minimum of 5 out of 10 is required. A score of 4 out of ten is the minimum required in the written examination. Those students who do not attend the written exams will be given a grade of NP (absent). JULY ASSESSMENT: Students who are absent from or who fail in the first opportunity examination will have to sit the "second opportunity" exam session in July, where the criteria for assessment will be the following: Speaking test (10%), Objective test (40%), Oral presentation (15%) student portfolio (20%). Summary of a short story (15%), chosen by the teacher, from the book by Graham Greene “Twenty-one stories” available on the following site: Those who have passed part of the subject in the first opportunitysession will NOT be required to repeat that part in July (2nd opportunity). Students sitting the December exam (final exam brought forward) will be assessed according to the criteria specified for the July opportunity. SPECIAL DISPENSATIONS: Those who have a special dispensation for part-time study according to the norms established by the University of A Coruña, will be required to fulfil the same requirements as those of the July session. |
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