External Evaluation of the European Baccalaureate (Annexes)

Coursework
assessment
None in the conventional sense of items
submitted specifically as ‘coursework’,
although the Preliminary Mark reflects the
standard of work produced throughout the
course.
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No dictionaries allowed in any external
assessment or in preparation time for
speaking tests.
Listening tests by means of personal
stereos with rewind facility or language
laboratory.
The usual sequence and timing of taking
the above units is the first three in the first
year of the course (leading to an AS level)
and the remaining three in the second
year, but alternative sequences are
acceptable.
Units may be re-taken.
Broad topic areas are published (all
relating to the target-language country),
indicating the areas from which reading
and listening material will be drawn.
A list is published of grammatical
structures which candidates may be
expected to recognise or use.
Grade Boundary UMS marks are published
for all units.
Grade descriptors are published for each
of the elements (speaking, reading and
listening, writing, cultural component) at
Grades A, C and E.
Broad Assessment Objectives are
published, relating to candidates’ ability to:
understand and respond, in
speech and writing, to both spoken
and written French;
demonstrate knowledge
prescribed grammar and syntax
and apply it accurately;
demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of aspects of
French society.
Assessment Criteria are published in
the form of grids for the various
components, describing the levels to be
attained for the award of each mark. In
some tests, detailed and specific pointby-point
mark-schemes are used
instead.
See Culture and Society coursework
option above – component 6 in first
section.