Internal Assessment 60%
Examination 40%

Assessment is to be based on the listed tasks. Oral
examinations should be taped. The students must achieve
at least 50% of EACH of the assessment
components.

40% Aural/Oral Examination (15 min)

40% Written Examination (2.5 hours)

20% Lecturer's assessment based on the listed tasks as
performed in class.

Criteria for Assessment

Successful communication is the focus of all assessment.
In assessing the communicative skills of the student,
the following criteria (subject to language-specific
needs) may assist in determining the level of student
performances:

- Appropriateness of responses
- Pronunciation/intonation/tones
- Language structure (i.e. syntax, word-order)
- Fluency (ease of use, hesitations, repetitions)
- Flexibility (capability to cope with unpredicted elements
in a dialogue)

Internal Assessment

Aural/Oral Examination (To be taped) 40%

Conversation on two prepared topics (one taken from
class work, one nominated by the student). (15%)

Series of role-playing tasks, combining some of the
listed interactions, including possibilities and
conditions. (15%)

Outlining various courses of action in the Foreign
Language (FL) to a set of conditions given in the FL,
e.g. what you do if you had locked your key in the
car/left your handbag on a train/found yourself covered
in red spots, etc. (10%)

Lecturer's Assessment 20%

Assessment based on listed tasks as performed in
class. (20%)

Examination 40%

Several comprehension passages based on the listed
tasks. (10%)

Student to give an account of the content of the
transcript of an interview. (10%)

Letter of complaint about a given situation, or an
appropriate answer to a letter of complaint. (10%)

Short essay in continuous prose (min 150 words) on a
choice of topics related to the listed tasks. (10%)

General Criteria for Assigning Grades

A = shows mastery of the language areas and
skills specified in the syllabus.
Makes only a few errors.
B = shows some mastery of the language
areas and skills specified in the
syllabus. Errors pose no real interference. C = shows the
ability to communicate within the specified areas. Errors are frequent but do
not affect overall communication. Often requires help. Understands most
questions. F = Frequency of errors hinders effective
communication. Does not understand questions. G = Does not
understand questions, cannot respond.