- •I. Basic requirements for students' knowledge and skills
- •1.1 Main Features of the Syllabus
- •1.2 Level of English Language Proficiency at the Beginning
- •1.3 Aims
- •1.4 Objectives
- •II. Academic subject description
- •Thematic Module Distribution
- •II term
- •Іii. Main Course
- •IV. Samples of self-study assignments
- •I. Explain in English the meaning of the following words and word combinations.
- •II. Language use.
- •III. Match each word with its definition.
- •IV. For each of the expressions below choose one explanation from the four possible explanations given.
- •V. Grammar.
- •VI. Write a, an, or the where they are needed. Write /-/ where no article is needed.
- •VII. Fill in the prepositions: to, between, in, over, with, after, by, under. You can use the words more than once.
- •VIII. Arrange these sentences in a logical order to make a story.
- •IX. Speaking.
- •X. Give the Ukrainian equivalents to the following proverbs.
- •XI. Explain the difference between the following words and phrases.
- •Mediation.
- •XIII. Answer the following questions.
- •V. System of rating points and assessment criteria
- •VI. SampleS of module testS and criteria for their assessment module test and its assessment
- •6.1 Test Level
- •6.2 Test Content
- •6.2.1 Part 1: Listening
- •Trainees’ responses will be assessed according to an agreed marking scheme.
- •6.2.2 Part 2: Reading
- •Trainees’ performance will be assessed according to an agreed marking scheme.
- •6.2.3 Part 3: Language Use
- •Trainees’ performance will be assessed according to an agreed marking scheme.
- •6.3 Module Test Assessment
- •Module Test
- •Variant I
- •Doing up a derelict house
- •VII. Final assessment Final assessment in the course "English as the first language" consists of the oral examination.
- •Criteria for Oral Answer Assessment
- •Київський Національний Лінгвістичний Університет Спеціальність: 6.020303 переклад
- •Екзаменаційний білет № 1
- •Examination situations (I year, I semester)
- •Examination situations (I year, II semester)
- •VIII. Recommended literature
Criteria for Oral Answer Assessment
The examination marks are transformed into rating points in the following way:
“5” – 30 points;
“4” – 23 points;
“3” – 18 points;
“2” – 0 points;
A student’s final rating points are a sum of the term and examination rating points.
The correlation between traditional marks and ECTS is as follows:
Final rating points |
ECTS mark |
Final mark in national scale |
90 – 100 |
А |
“excellent” |
82 –89 |
В |
“good” |
75 – 81 |
С |
|
66 – 74 |
D |
“satisfactory” |
60 – 65 |
Е |
|
40 – 59 |
FX |
“unsatisfactory” with the possibility to re-sit the examination |
39 and lower |
F |
“unsatisfactory” with the obligatory study of the course once more |
Sample of the examination card
Київський Національний Лінгвістичний Університет Спеціальність: 6.020303 переклад
Семестр: I
Навчальна дисципліна: перша іноземна мова (англійська)
Факультет перекладачів
Екзаменаційний білет № 1
1. Read and render an authentic text and be ready to translate a suggested fragment into Ukrainian. Comment on the use and formation of the Present Perfect Continuous. Exemplify your commentary with the cases from the text. Find the examples of unstressed words which don’t undergo reduction. Transcribe them.
2. Speak on the suggested situation.
3. Translate the sentences from Ukrainian into English.
Затверджено на засіданні кафедри англійської мови
протокол № 4 від 25 листопада 2010 р.
Завідувач кафедри доц. Яценко Л. М.
Керівник секції ст. викл. Мартинюк О. С.
Sample of the examination situations
Examination situations (I year, I semester)
1. Introduce your family 2. Explain the way people solve parents – children problems 3. Prove the proverb: “Appearances are deceitful” 4. Compare the English, the Americans and the Ukrainians in terms of national character 5. National character: comment on the most peculiar traits of the Ukrainians. 6. Share the idea of your ideal spouse-to-be 7. Explain the way people build their relationships 8. Describe your favorite actor / actress 9. Tell the story about the pets your have 10. Describe the school you finished 11. Comment upon the proverb: “East or West – home is best” 12. Describe the outside of your house 13. Describe the inside of your house 14. Explain the way you do housekeeping 15. Explain the way people organize house-hunting 16. Describe the dwelling place of your dream 17. Describe the way students live in hostels 18. Explain how your were passing your entrance exams 19. Comment upon the difficulties you faced during your first year at the University 20. Describe the school of tomorrow you imagine 21. Speak on British, American and Ukrainian education 22. University decisions. Prove your choice of entering Kyiv National Linguistic University. 23. Describe your student’s working day 24. My University. Describe the University and your studies. 25. Prodigy children. Speak on the problems prodigy children face through their life. |