SPECIFICATION OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMMENT FOR TERM 4



Review of summative assessment for term 4

 

Duration of summative assessment - 40 minutes Listening – 10 minutes

 

Reading – 10 minutes

Writing – 20 minutes

Speaking task is conducted separately. The time spent for a pair should not be more than 4 minutes (1 minute for preparation, 3 minutes for the learners’ speech)

Total marks - 24

 

The structure of the summative assessment

This summative assessment consists of tasks: listening, reading, writing and speaking.

Different types of tasks are used in the summative assessment for the term.

Listening – True/False and Gap-filling tasks.

Reading – True/False and Sentence completion tasks.

Writing – Writing an essay.

Speaking – Two-way discussion.

Open-ended tasks require learners to follow instructions of the task, answer questions in words, expressions and sentences.

Multiple matching tasks require learners match sentences or phrases or questions to extracts or to paragraphs or sections of the passage.

Multiple choice tasks consist of several possible answers from which the correct one should be selected.

Transcript for listening task can be found after the mark scheme.

The content of the summative assessment for the 4 term should be selected on topics “Food and Drink” and “The World of Work”.


 

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Characteristic of tasks for summative assessment for the term 4

 

Unit Strand Learning objective *Total *Qu *Type of *Task description Time Total  
      number of estio question     marks  
      questions n №          
                   
Food and Listening 8.2.5.1 (8.L5) Recognise the 6 1 True / False Each learner works individually. 10 minutes 6  
Drink.   opinion of the speaker(s)   2   Task 1 enables learners to identify the      
The World   with little or no support in   3   speaker’s opinion. The task has 3      
of Work.   extended talk on a wide       statements which are true or false      
    range of general and       according to the context. Learners      
    curricular topics.       should identify whether the statements      
            are True or False according to the      
            interview. Learners should be given 1      
            minute to look through the questions      
   

8.2.3.1 (8.L3) Understand

 

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Gap filling

before they listen.      
      Gap filling questions enable learners to      
    with little or no support most   5   identify the detail of an argument. The      
    of the detail of an argument   6   task has 3 statements with a gap where      
    in extended talk on a wide       the learners should write no more than      
    range of general and       two words according to the context.      
    curricular topics.       Learners should be given 1 minute to      
            look through the questions before they      
            listen again.      
                   
  Reading 8.4.6.1 (8.R6) Recognise the 6 1 True / False Each learner works individually. 10 minutes 6  
    attitude or opinion of the   2   Task enables learners to identify      
    writer on a growing range of   3   whether the given statements are true      
    unfamiliar general and   4   or false according to the context. The      
    curricular topics, including   5   question itself comprises a sentence      
    some extended texts.   6   taken from the text that carries specific      
            information about what is told in the      
            text.      
                   
  Writing 8.5.1.1 (8.W1) Plan, write, 1 1 Open ended Each learner works individually. 20 minutes 6  
    edit and proofread work at       A learner should write an essay      
    text level with little support       according to the task. There are two      
    on a growing range of       options on the topics ‘Food and Drink’      
                   

 


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Unit Strand Learning objective *Total *Qu *Type of *Task description Time Total
      number of estio question     marks
      questions n №        
                 
    general and curricular topics.       or ‘The World of Work’. Learners    
            should choose one topic to write an    
    8.5.4.1 (8.W4) Use with       essay using appropriate style and    
    some support style and       register.    
    register appropriate to a            
    variety of written genres on            
    general and curricular topics.            
                 
  Speaking 8.3.5.1 (8.S5) Interact with 1 1 Open ended The task has 8 different cards with 4 4 minutes 6
    peers to negotiate, agree and       questions. The questions on the topics for a pair  
    organise priorities and plans       ‘Food and Drink’ and ‘The World of    
    for completing classroom       Work’. Learners pair up and have a    
    tasks.       two-way conversation discussing the    
            given questions. They have 1 minute to    
    8.3.6.1 (8.S6) Link       prepare and 3 minutes to speak. They    
    comments with some       provide their own points of view on    
    flexibility to what others say       topics, explaining, justifying their    
    at sentence and discourse       positions and commenting others’    
    level in pair, group and       viewpoints. Teacher can ask additional    
    whole class exchanges.       questions to support learners or cut the    
            number of questions if necessary.    
                 
TOTAL:             40 minutes 24
              (excluding  
              Speaking)  
                 

Note: *-sections that can be changed

           
                 

 


 

 

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