ENGL02

Module ENGL02 Pacing Schedule

UPDATED: 22 Sep 2014 13:45:53 HIT F3 TO SEARCH ; F5 TO REFRESH

Weeks

1 + 2

Headway Intermediate

Units 1, 2 and 3

Reading Explorer 1

Units 1 and 2

Week 1:

No Tests

Week 2:

Progress Test 1: Thursday morning

(Listening, Reading and Use of English)

Writing 1: Thursday afternoon

(Narrative Using Past Tenses)

Weeks

3 + 4

Headway Intermediate

Units 4, 5 and 6

Reading Explorer 1

Units 3 and 4

Week 3:

Practice email 1: Thursday afternoon

(no marks)

Week 4:

Mid-Module Exam : Thursday morning

(Listening, Reading and Use of English)

Writing 2: Thursday afternoon

(A For and Against Essay)

Weeks

5 + 6

Headway Intermediate

Units 7, 8 and 9

Reading Explorer 1

Units 5 and 6

Week 5:

Practice email 2: Thursday afternoon

(no marks)

Week 6:

Progress Test 2: Thursday morning

(Listening, Reading and Use of English)

Writing 3: Thursday afternoon

(Writing about a City)

Weeks

7 + 8

Headway Intermediate

Units 10, 11

and 12

Week 7:

Speaking

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. Progress Test 1 assesses Units 1 – 3 of Headway and Units 1 – 4 of Nat Geo. Each Progress Test is worth 7.5% of ENGL02. Progress Test 2 assesses Units 7 – 9 of Headway and Units 9 – 12 of Nat Geo.			The Mid-Module Exam assesses all material students have studied up to that point. It tests Units 1 – 6 of Headway and Units 5 – 8 of Nat Geo. The Mid-Module Exam is worth 15% of ENGL02.			The Final Exam assesses all of Headway. One reading in the final exam will be on a theme from Nat Geo. 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 one third of 10%, or 3.33% 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 Tests	Value
Listening	10	2.5%	Listening	20	5%	Listening	30	10%	1	3.33%
Use of English	20	2.5%	Use of English	40	5%	Use of English	80	10%	2	3.33%
Reading	10	2.5%	Reading	20	5%	Reading	30	10%	3	3.34%
	TOTAL	7.5%		TOTAL	15%	Writing	2	10%	TOTAL	10%
							TOTAL	40%

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%	3
Speaking	10%	Speaking	10%	1
Homework	5%	Effort	5%	1 (ongoing)
Effort	5%	Homework	5%	1 (ongoing)
TOTAL	100%	Final Exams	40%	2
		TOTAL	100%	11