English in Daily Life Exam Orientation

1. English in Daily LifeExam Orientation By Feng Xue November, 2004 BeiwaiOnline

2. What Do I Expect? – No way Some insider information about the real exam papers? Sorry, no way. But honestly, 30% is from the textbook.

3. Where Am I? I’ve done plenty of practice around the given topics and expressions by myself. • I’ve done plenty of practise around the given topics and expressions by myself. I’ve finished the tasks in the textbook. I just read through the textbook, but left some tasks undone, because they are difficult. I was too busy to finish even half of the textbook or do the practise. Sample Paper Ready? • 平台 – 学习园地 - 课程考核 – • 终结考试样题 • （附答案及评分标准）

4. Contents • Form(考试形式) • Structure (试题结构) • Focus (考试重点) • Difficulty level (难度水平) • Special exam items and their exam techniques (重点题型以及答题要领) • Marking criteria (评分标准, 得分点) • Resources for exam preparation (复习资源)

5. Exam Structure & Question Types

6. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Written Session Written Test+ Oral Test

7. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Written Session Written Test+ Oral Test

8. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Written Session Written Test+ Oral Test

9. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Written Session Written Test+ Oral Test

10. Form& Structure– Question Types • Multiple choice • Blank-filling (dictation, summary, diagram, table completion) • True/False (Not Given) • Short-answer • Matching • Essay writing (structured)

11. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Oral Session Written Test +Oral Test Taking Test Waiting

12. Form & Structure(考试形式/结构)– Oral Session Written Test +Oral Test

13. Form & Structure – Good Conversations • 95: Demonstrates an extremely high level of oral English fluency rarely achieved by others. Excellent conversational skills, sentence structure, grammar and vocabulary. Able to argue and make points very clearly with only rare errors. Excellent pronunciation.

14. Exam Focus & Difficulty Level

15. Focus (考试重点) • The home • Getting around • Life and relationship • People • Comprehensive language proficiency • Themes • The family • Daily Routines • Local community • Health • Functions • Following daily conversations • Asking questions • Giving descriptions • Expressing opinions • Expressions (vocabulary, grammar) • Cultural knowledge • Understanding texts • Composing introductions • Writing descriptions • Producing letters

16. Difficulty Level (难度水平) • Intermediate – upper intermediate (Listening and writing are about the level of the textbook.)

17. Special Items and Their Techniques(特殊题型及其答题要领)

18. instructions clear handwriting wise timing (30’=2’ +3’ +2’ +20’ +3’) spelling word form word number capitalization (大小写) Special Items and Their Techniques –1 Writing: Blank-filling: Short-answer Questions

19. “As foot specialists will tell you, shoes can be dangerous to your feet. The thinner and higher the heel, the greater the risk of foot and back problems. Standing in high heels inevitably hurts after an hour on foot. This results in aches and pains.” Special Items and Their Techniques – 2 Short answer questions: 49. What are the harms high heels can do to people? -- Foot and back problems / foot aches and pains

20. -- Any two of the following: slaves to male ideas / influence of men’s ideas; intention to please men; social trend / fashion; looking better – smaller feet, longer legs; make women walk differently and look differently Special Items and Their Techniques – 3 Short answer questions: 50. Name at least two reasons why women wear high heels? So why do we do it? The traditional criticism is that women are slaves to male ideas. Almost everyone is trying on the new higher heels. Feet look smaller in high heels. … And it is not just feet. High heels make a woman’s leg look longer, and everyone looks better with longer legs. It is what they do to your head, not your feet. That is what makes women walk differently and look differently in high heels.

21. Summary of Short Answer Questions (答题要领) • Understanding • Rule is not rigid

22. 10 minutes preparation in the waiting room No reading from the test paper Appropriate body language (gesture, eye contact, facial expressions) No silence If you can’t quite understand your partner, ask your partner to repeat or rephrase. If your partner gets stuck, say something to keep the conversation going or to invite your partner’s responses. Don’t overdo your role, leaving no chance to your partner. No enquiry about your performance. Some Techniques for Oral Test(口试注意事项)

23. Writing and Speaking Criteria写作及口语评分标准

24. Writing Criteria(写作评分标准) 规定使用的词汇少于8个每个扣0.5分；词汇错误每个扣0.5分。 摘自：平台- 学习园地- 课程考核- 样题及答案

25. 95: Demonstrates an extremely high level of Oral English fluency rarely achieved by others. Excellent conversational skills, sentence structure, grammar and vocabulary. Able to argue and make points very clearly with only rare errors. Excellent pronunciation. 85: Demonstrates a quite high level of Oral English skills. Fairly good sentence structure, very small grammar and vocabulary problems. Conversation flows, no requirement for partner to repeat questions or ask student for explanation, but a few pronunciation errors cause the listener to concentrate. … 20: Has almost no oral English skills at all and uses Chinese constantly. Little vocabulary. Very poor pronunciation. Speaking Criteria(口语评分标准)

26. Tips for Exam Preparation

27. Pre-exam Preparation- General • To reinforce what you have already learned • To identify your weaknesses and practice to improve • To get familiar with the exam items and process • To learn lessons if you find it too late to prepare

28. Pre-exam Preparation - Specific • Keep a minimum exposure to English for 2 hours a day. • Review each unit by checking against the performance objective list. • Review your notes. (Or regret that you don’t have one.) • Read the exam guideline. • Do a trial exam, closely following the time and requirements. • Analyse your performance afterwards.

29. a. Focalpoints (unit-based) b. Self-assessment tests (unit-based) d. FAQs (unit-based) Resources for exam preparation(复习资源及使用) 平台-学习园地-复习与自测 • c. Tutorial materials (unit-based) 平台-学习园地-课程辅导资料 平台-社区-论坛-FAQ与教材勘误 平台-社区-论坛-高级日常英语 • e. Topics for oral practice

30. Pencil & eraser Student card ID card Check the paper before listening starts Name and student number on both papers Leave all the papers after the test Important Notice(重要提示)

31. The End Wish you success!