GRADING PROCEDURES

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • At the beginning of the semester the instructors will establish the program and present it to students.
  • During the semester, instructors will keep a record of students' marks (from tests and homework) and their attendance.
  • To be admitted to the final exam, students must pass the mid-term exam.
  • At the Center for Polish Language and Culture in the World the following system is used to calculate the final grade, which is recorded in the student's official grade book:

 

Upon completion of the (semester- or year-long) course, students receive diplomas. The grade on the diploma is the average mark from all the exams.

MID-TERM AND FINAL EXAMS

  • Exams take place twice per semester. Mid-term and final exams in grammar, vocabulary and linguistic skills are scheduled at appointed times. Other tests are individually arranged by the instructors.
  • Grades from individual subjects (i.e. grammar, vocabulary, communication and conversation, listening comprehension, etc.) are noted in the student's official examination card.
  • Instructors prepare additional exams separately and schedule them at appointed times.
  • The mid-term and final exam sections and their values are as follows:

 

* At the C level the linguistic skills, and thus the exam values, in the program may be modified depending on the needs of the group. Alterations should be arranged with the director of studies.

 

  • Mid-term and final exams are for the students' inspection only. They are the property of the center and, after being corrected, should be returned to the group leader.
  • Should the student receive an unsatisfactory grade in any section of the exam, (s)he may improve the grade by taking a make-up exam.

 

         WRITTEN EXAM

  • The grammar and lexical exercises are to test knowledge of grammar and vocabulary in various contexts.
  • In the "Listening Comprehension" and "Reading Comprehension" sections, detailed and global comprehension are tested through a range of techniques.
  • The written component evaluates the following:

• fulfillment of the task (content, length, form, composition);

• grammatical accuracy;

• vocabulary and style;

• spelling and punctuation.

 

          ORAL EXAM

  • In this exam, students draw from prepared sets of questions.
  •  The sets for levels A1 to B1consist of 2–3 tasks which test the student's ability to communicate in typical, everyday situations.
  • The sets in levels B2 to C2contain 2–3 tasks which test the student's ability to produce longer, logical, and well-organized sentences.
  • The oral exam evaluates the following:

Levels A1 to B1:

• comprehension of the instructions;

• fulfillment of the task and manner of presentation;

• fluency of speech;

• linguistic accuracy (vocabulary/grammar/pronunciation and intonation).

 

Level B2 and above:

• fulfillment of the task and the manner of presentation;

• speech style;

• grammatical accuracy;

• range of vocabulary, idiomatic use, and style;

• pronunciation and intonation;

• fluency of speech.