Module ENGL03                                   Pacing Schedule

UPDATED: 30 Aug 2014 21:34:12        HIT F3 TO SEARCH ; F5 TO REFRESH

(CA = continuous assessment)

Breakdown of Marks(Total  equals 100)

Breakdown of Marks by Source(+/- 3%) Total equals 100%

Reading Explorer 22%:  Reading and UoE questions

TOEFL                  21%:  15% TOEFL exam plus 5-6% from Green Book style structure/written expression questions in UoE exams

Headway               22%:  Listening, Reading and UoE questions

Writing                 20%:  10% final exam and 10% from writing tests

Speaking              10%:  Persuasive Speech(5%) and Interview(5%)

Homework            2.5%: Headway Workbook(Every Sunday morning, the previous unit’s workbook pages must be completed.)

Effort                    2.5%: Section Teacher

***IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT 03***

Assessment Descriptors

1. The 45-minute Writing Tests will have one prompt which students respond to with 3-4 paragraphs and 200 words. Writing tests should be ordered from best to worst and submitted for moderation to the coordinator on Sunday.

2. The Writing Final Exam will be 90 minutes long and have two prompts.

3. Progress Test 1, covering HW Units 1-2, RE Units 1-4 and TOEFL Green Book Structure and Written Expressions Skills 1-5, and Progress Test 2, covering HW Units 5-6, RE Units 7-12 and TOEFL Green Book Structure and Written Expressions Skills 10-20, will each be 25 minutes long plus Listening. They will have 10 Listening, 20 UoE and 10 Reading questions. Each section will be weighed equally.

4. The Mid-Module Exam  will be 50 minutes long plus the Listening and cover HW Units 1-4, RE Units 1-8 and TOEFL Green Book Structure and Written Expressions Skills 1-11. It will have 20 Listening, 40 UoE & 20 Reading questions. Each section will be weighed equally.

5. Speaking Test 1 will be two minutes per student and come from previously unseen persuasive prompts. Students will find out their prompt TEN minutes before they speak. Speaking Test 2 will take place in the form of an IELTS-style interview with previously unseen questions.

6. The Headway, TOEFL Green Book and Reading Explorer Final Exam will cover Units 1-8 of Headway, Units 1-12 of Reading Explorer & Skills 1-25 of the Structure & Written Expression section of the TOEFL Book. It will have 30 Listening, 60 UoE & 30 Reading questions. Each section will be weighed equally.

7. Use of English(UoE) questions can test any word from the relevant chapters of the Reading Explorer book and the Headway Word List.

8. TOEFL practice tests should be given under test conditions. Please have students use bubble sheets from the back of the TOEFL Book. To finish in one session, start the Listening section by three minutes past the hour. Skip all Listening instructions and the 10 minute break.

9. The effort mark comes from the teacher but should be used to help students reach their full potential.

10. Headway Workbook Homework is due every Sunday at the beginning of class.

11. ***PROMOTION = A + 500 TOEFL***

English 03 Aims

Introduction: The 03 Module aims to prepare students to succeed in 04. In 04 students need to be able to achieve a 500 on the TOEFL. Vocabulary appears to be the biggest problem for students in 04 so 03 will attempt to bridge the gap between the vocabulary students know coming out of 02 and the vocabulary they need to succeed in 04. It will also attempt to improve the productive and passive grammar skills of the students so that they are able to succeed on the TOEFL and on the writing exams. Finally, 03 will attempt to improve the listening and reading comprehension skills of the students so that they have a realistic chance to pass 04.

TOEFL

To be able to achieve a 470 on the TOEFL ITP.

Headway Upper-Intermediate Units 1-8

To show mastery of the grammatical structures and vocabulary taught in Headway. See pages 2-4 in the Student Book.

Reading Explorer 2

To show mastery of the vocabulary and comprehension of the passages in Reading Explorer 2.

Writing

1. To show mastery of the present simple, present perfect, past simple active and passive tenses.

2. To show mastery of subject-verb agreement.

3. To be able to link groups of words with and, but and because.

4. To be able to successfully write for and against essays, narratives and summaries of tables and graphs.

Refer to the PEP Google Calendar for Final Exam dates

Weighting of the course components

PROMOTION BY TOEFL SYSTEM

All ENGL03 students will take TOEFL.

Calculation: =IF(score>469,15,IF(score>439,((score-440)/2),0))

A student who scores an A/A+ and 500+ may be promoted to the undergraduate program.