Test specs 2 year 2009/2010

موضوع: Test specs 2 year 2009/2010 السبت 15 أغسطس 2009, 2:37 pm

Ministry of Education

ELT Counsellor’s Office

Specifications for the GSEC Examination

First Stage (2009-2010)

English: (First Foreign Language) (Time: 3 Hours)

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A Language Functions (8 Marks)

1 Respond to each of the following situations: (4 Marks)

Four (4) everyday life situations are described briefly, but clearly. Students are asked to

respond by writing the appropriate language form(s) they would use in each situation.

(One mark each)

2 Say where each of the following two mini-dialogues takes place and who the

speakers are: (4 Marks)

Two real life mini-dialogues are given. The students are asked to write where each minidialogue

takes place and who the speakers are.

(Two marks for each mini-dialogue: one for the place and half a mark for each speaker)

B Vocabulary and Structure (14 Marks)

3 Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (8 Marks)

Sixteen (16) multiple-choice items, with four (4) options each, based on the vocabulary

and structure taught in the Set Books (eight vocabulary and eight structure), are provided.

Students are asked to choose the correct answer. (Half a mark each)

4 Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write it correctly: (6 Marks)

Six (6) separate sentences, with one mistake in each (three structure and three

vocabulary), are provided. Students are asked to find the mistake in each sentence, then

write the sentence correctly. (One mark each)

CReading (17 Marks)

5 Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (5 Marks)

An unseen Factual text of 120-150 words is provided. The text should be relevant to the

previously taught material. Students are asked to answer three (3) short-answer questions,

and two (2) multiple-choice ones, with four (4) options each. (One mark each)

6 Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (5 Marks)

An unseen Narrative, Descriptive or Argumentative text of 120-150 words is provided.

The text should be relevant to the previously taught material. Students are asked to

answer three (3) short-answer questions and two (2) multiple-choice ones, with four (4)

options each. (One mark each)

The questions in the two passages should test the following reading comprehension skills:

• identifying the main idea

• extracting information

• vocabulary in context-implied meaning

• understanding reference (e.g. pronouns and other reference words)

• predicting

The Spiders (7 Marks)

7 Answer the following questions: (7 Marks)

Students are asked to answer:

a two open-ended questions (One and a half marks each)

b two completion items (One mark each)

c two questions based on one quotation (One mark each)

The questions should test the students’ understanding of the plot, incidents and characters

in the prescribed novel.

D Writing (11 Marks)

8 Write a paragraph of about 100 words about ................: (6 Marks)

Students are asked to write a paragraph of about 100 words, about a topic appealing to

their age, interests, likes, aspirations, etc. The topic should be self-explanatory (i.e. easy

to understand)

The paragraph will be scored according to the following criteria:

• content

• vocabulary

• mechanics of writing

OR: Write a letter to .................../an e-mail to ...............: (6 Marks)

Students are asked to write a personal letter or an e-mail. The topic of the letter/e-mail

should be self-explanatory. The names of the addressee and the sender should be

mentioned, but no address is given.

9 a Translate into Arabic: (3 Marks)

Students are asked to translate three (3) short connected meaningful sentences of

about thirty (30) words from English into Arabic. (One mark each)

b Translate into English: (2 Marks)

Students are asked to translate two (2) separate meaningful sentences of about ten

(10) words each from Arabic into English. (One mark each)

The translation question aims at testing the students’ awareness of the areas of conflict

between the mother tongue and the target language.

Total: 50 ÷ 2 = 25 marks

Thank you very much

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