Module ENGL00 Pacing Schedule

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Week

1 & 2

Headway Elementary Units

1 - 4

Week 1

No Test

Writing About A Family (0% Weight)

Week 2

Progress Test 1

Listening, Reading and Use of English

Testing Units 1 - 4

Writing Test 1: Writing About Your Routine

Weeks

3 & 4

Headway Elementary Units

5 - 8

Week 3

No Test

Writing Test 2: Describing A Room

Week 4

Mid-Module Test

Listening, Reading and Use of English

Testing Units 1 - 8

Writing Test 3: Writing About The Past

In-Class Speaking Test: Assessment materials provided

Week

5 & 6

Headway Elementary Units

9 - 12

Week 5

No Test

Writing Test 4: Comparing Two Things

Week 6

Progress Test 2

Listening, Reading and Use of English

Testing Units 9 - 12

Writing Test 5: Saying What Is Happening

Week

7 & 8

Headway Elementary Units

13 - 14

Week 7

Speaking Test During Office Hour: Assessment materials provided

Listening & Writing Exam

Week 8

Final Use of English & Reading Exam

Progress Test Descriptor

Mid-Module Exam Descriptor

Final Exam Descriptor

Writing Test Descriptor

Progress Tests assess material from the units students have studied up to that point. They do not assess retroactively. All tested grammar and vocabulary items come from the Headway Elementary Student’s book.

Progress Test 1 assesses Units 1 – 4 of Headway.

Progress Test 2 assesses Units 9 – 12 of Headway.

Each Progress Test is worth 7.5%.

The Mid-Module Exam assesses all material students have studied up to that point. All tested grammar and vocabulary items come from the Headway Elementary Student’s book.

It tests Units 1 – 8 of Headway.

The Mid-Module Exam is worth 15% of ENGL00.

The Final Exam assesses all of Headway.

The Final Exam is worth 40% of the entire mark.

The Final Writing Exam consists of one seen task, previously done, and one unseen task.

Each Writing Test is worth 2%

Writing tests are marked by the class teacher and then adjusted according to students’ performance in the Final Exam.

Skill

Questions

Weighting

Skill

Questions

Weighting

Skill

Questions

Weighting

Writing Test

Weighting

Listening

10

2.5%

Listening

20

5%

Listening

30

10%

1

2%

Use of

English

20

2.5%

Use of

English

40

5%

Use of

English

80

10%

2

2%

Reading

10

2.5%

Reading

20

5%

Reading

30

10%

3

2%

  

TOTAL

7.5%

 

TOTAL

15%

Writing

2

10%

4

2%

 

TOTAL

40%

5

2%

 

TOTAL

10%

Breakdown by Skill Weighting Weighting of the Course Components
Listening 20% Components Weighting No. of Assessments
Reading 20% Progress Tests 15% 2
Use of English 20% Mid-Module Exam 15% 1
Writing 20% Writing Tests 10% 5
Speaking 10% Speaking 10% 2 (1 in class & 1 in office)
Homework 5% Effort 5% 1 (ongoing)
Effort 5% Homework 5% 1 (ongoing)
TOTAL 100% Final Exam 40% 2
  TOTAL 100% 14