Assessment
Assessment: Student achievement is measured from a variety of assessment perspectives, including Continuous Assessment (20%), Computer-Based Mid-Module (20%), one Speaking Examination (10%), one Writing Examination (10%), and Final Examinations (40%). Continuous Assessment includes Formative Speaking Tasks, Reading Program Tasks, Formative Writing Tasks, and Learning Management System (LMS) Practice. The Mid-Module and Final Examinations focus on listening and reading comprehension, grammar usage, and vocabulary.
The assessment tools are designed and administered as follows:
Continuous Assessment
o Content: Formative Speaking Tasks, Reading Program Tasks, Formative Writing Tasks, and LMS Practice.
o Format: Supplemental Speaking Materials, Supplemental Writing Materials, Reading Program Graded Readers, and LMS Practice.
o Weight: 20% of the final grade.
Computer-Based Mid-Module Examination
o Content: Listening & Reading Comprehension, Grammar Usage, Vocabulary
o Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
o Frequency: One mid-module exam.
o Time: 90 minutes.
o Weight: 20% of final grade.
Speaking Examination
o Content: A short talk on a familiar topic.
o Format: A prompted extended turn in front of assessors and a short dialogue with assessors
o Frequency: One per module.
o Time: 5 minutes.
o Weight: 10% of the final grade.
Writing Examination
o Content: A coherent and cohesive argumentative essay of at least three paragraphs on a familiar topic, using facts, opinions, appropriate introduction, supporting details, conclusion, and displaying accurate spelling and appropriate grammatical and lexical range and accuracy for this level in legible, neat, and comprehensible writing.
o Frequency: One per module.
o Time: 40 minutes.
o Weight: 10% of the final grade.
Computer-Based End-of-Module Examination
o Content: Listening & Reading Comprehension, Grammar Usage, Vocabulary
o Format: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs).
o Frequency: One at end of module.
o Time: 105 minutes.
o Weight: 40% of final grade.
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