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Information Session about CEPA

Information Session about CEPA. CEPA Mission. The mission of CEPA is to facilitate the selection and placement of students for English and Maths in higher education courses in the U.A.E. What is CEPA used for

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Information Session about CEPA

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  1. Information Session about CEPA

  2. CEPA Mission The mission of CEPA is to facilitate the selection and placement of students for English and Maths in higher education courses in the U.A.E.

  3. What is CEPA used for CEPA-Englishis a requirement for admission to the three higher education institutions (UAEU, ZU and HCT). Applicants must achieve a minimum score of 150 on CEPA-English.Students with CEPA-English scores below 150 CEPA will automatically be transferred to the HCT Diploma. CEPA-English is also used for placement purposes in first year English courses

  4. Why is CEPA English used for selection into Bachelors’ and Higher Diploma programs? Research has shown that almost all students scoring less than 150 on CEPA-English will fail to complete their courses at Bachelors’ and Higher Diploma level. This is because the English language demands of these courses are very high.

  5. When is CEPA test day? There will be only one date every year to hold CEPA. The next CEPA test day is : 10 th of May 2008

  6. The CEPA-English test lasts for 2 hours and consists of three sections: Grammar and vocabulary, Reading, and Writing. There is no break time between the three parts of the test. Instructions are in English and Arabic.

  7. Part 1, Grammar and vocabulary. 140 multiple-choice grammar items. 2.30 multiple-choice vocabulary items. Recommended time= 45 minutes * The grammar items are from common grammatical patterns in English. * The vocabulary items are from common English vocabulary.

  8. * A measure of a test taker’s understanding of common vocabulary * 30 questions 2nd thousand most common words 1st four sections of the academic word list Together with 40 grammar questions recommended time 45 minutes CEPA Vocabulary

  9. Open the websitehttp://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/ * Cut and paste your text into the large yellow box * Click on submit window * Evaluate the results Using Vocabulary Profiler

  10. * A measure of a test taker’s ability to recognize common grammatical patterns in English * Four-option MCQ Stem can be one or two sentences Vocabulary is controlled to elementary level * Same grammar as students are learning now * 40 questions * Together with 30 vocabulary questions recommended time 45 minutes CEPA Grammar

  11. Part 2, the Reading section consists of: four descriptive or narrative reading texts, with a total of 25 multiple-choice questions. The four texts are about: 1.Non prose paragraphs ( brochures- tables advertisements – diagrams or charts) 2.Animals 3. People 4.Historical development of………... Recommended time = 45 minutes

  12. Reading texts 1.Animals 200-250 words descriptive 2.People 275-325 words descriptive – narrative 3.Historical development of… 375-425 words descriptive- narrative (time sequence)

  13. Types of Comprehension questions a. Gist / main idea b. Factual detail c. Anaphoric reference d. Inference e. Sequence recognition f. Lexical focus

  14. http://www.abcteach.com/directory/reading_comprehension/ http://www.takesat.com/comprehension.php http://www.geocities.com/yamataro670/readinglab.htm http://www.longman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/practicereading.html http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade5/read.htm http://www.midmich.cc.mi.us/Student%20Services/Assessment/reading_comprehension_test_page.htm http://www.english-online.org.uk/pet/reading/petread4_1.htm http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/ Reading tests on the Internet

  15. Animal text resources http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalIndex/ http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Animals/index.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/ Famous people text resources http://www.famouspeople.com/famous_biographies.htm http://www.worldathletes.com/sports_biographies/Andy_Roddick.htm http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/index.html http://history1900s.about.com/library/misc/blpeople.htm Sources for texts

  16. Part 3, the writing section The Writing section consists of TWO writing tasks: functional writing ,a descriptive/ narrative text. The quality of students’ writing is assessed in terms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling, and content. Task 1 word limit (20-30 words) Task 2 word limit (120 - 200 words) Recommended time =30 minutes

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