Подготовка к итоговым экзаменам в рамках дополнительного образования. Уровень А2 = Master Foreign Languages Exam Skills Development within the Framewo

СФЕРЫ, ТЕМЫ, СИТУАЦИИ ОБЩЕНИЯ

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ФОРМЫ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ КОНТРОЛЯ

Формы контроля: текущий, промежуточный и итоговый.

Форма текущего контроля – промежуточный тест на проверку уровня владения языковым материалом и степени сформированности навыков и умений в объеме пройденного материала.

Форма промежуточного контроля: письменный тест в конце тематически обусловленного блока пройденных уроков.

Форма итогового контроля: комплексный зачет/экзамен в конце семестра/года, включающий письменные и устные компоненты.

Цель контроля – фронтальная проверка знаний по изученному материалу во всех сферах, уровнях языка и видах речевой деятельности.

Содержание и формы проведения выпускных зачета и экзамена и образцы экзаменационных материалов прилагаются.

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ОБРАЗЦЫ ЭКЗАМЕНАЦИОННЫХ МАТЕРИАЛОВ

Уровень: Базовый

Данный раздел содержит демонстрационный вариант контрольных материалов в пяти разделах экзамена: чтение, аудирование, практическое использование языкового материала, письмо и говорение. Этот материал даст представление о содержательном и временном объеме экзамена, о характере заданий, об уровне их сложности.

Экзамен имеет различный формат для очной и дистантной форм обучения (см. таблицу).

РАЗДЕЛЫ

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СОДЕРЖАНИЕ ЭКЗАМЕНА (ЗАЧЕТА) ПРИ ОЧНОЙ ФОРМЕ ОБУЧЕНИЯ

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ЧТЕНИЕ

1. Задача

Проверить уровень сформированности умений слушателей в трех видах чтения:

с пониманием основного содержания прочитанного;

с полным пониманием прочитанного;

с извлечением необходимой информации.

При устном ответе проверяются также навыки произношения и интонирования в соответствии с нормами английского языка.

2. Продолжительность теста

Общая продолжительность теста - 30 минут.

3.Объем текстов

1500-2000 печ. зн.

4.Инструкции к заданиям

Инструкции к выполнению заданий даются на английском языке.

Язык инструкций простой и доступной для слушателей. Чтение инструкций не должно быть дополнительной трудностью.

5. Методические рекомендации

Экзаменационные тексты аутентичны и представляют различные жанры, поэтому на уроках слушатели должны читать не только отрывки из художественной литературы, но и объявления, рекламные материалы, вывески, брошюры, путеводители.

На экзамене слушатели демонстрируют умения, которые позволяют им вычленить ключевую информацию из прочитанного текста. Время выполнения задания лимитировано и является основным показателем степени владения данными явлениями. В процессе тренировки выполнения аналогичных заданий на уроке необходимо

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устанавливать четкий лимит времени обучения слушателей работе в различных временных режимах.

Для быстрого извлечения слушателями необходимой информации из текста могут быть полезными следующие рекомендации.

Слушатели:

-читают задания для того, чтобы знать, какую информацию они ищут в тексте;

-подчеркивают ключевые слова в задании и предполагают, какие соответствия этим словам они найдут в тексте;

-просматривают текст и ищут необходимую информацию;

-умеют пользоваться вопросами к тексту, например, если вопрос начинается с "How old …?", они ищут либо день, либо год, либо время года в зависимости от контекста, если с

"How many (much)…?", они ищут количество.

Для овладения умением понять основное содержание прочитанного слушателям необходимо:

-прочитать абзацы текста, содержащие основную мысль: первый и последний;

-отказаться от попыток понять каждое слово прочитанного текста.

Полное понимание прочитанного текста означает способность установления логических связей между предложениями, понимание контекстуальных значений слов, умение сделать выводы и выражать свое отношение к прочитанному материалу.

Упражнение "What does … refer to?" помогает слушателям понять, к чему относятся местоимения (he, she, they, these, those, this, that и т.д.).

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Примеры экзаменационного материала (чтение)

1.Read the text and answer the questions.

2.Read and translate into Russian the part of the text your examiner will ask you.

3.Be ready to discuss the text.

Samples of the texts

Text I

The ship arrived at the port of London and the people abroad were waiting to get off. A very rich woman was talking to a man standing close to her. She had two expensive fur coats. She had bought them in Paris when she called at one of the best department stores.

It was a cold day and woman was wearing one of her coats and had the other over her arm.

"If you take two coasts like these into the country," said the man, "you'll have to pay big duty on them. I know the customs officer always lets anyone take only one coat duty free but not two!"

The rich woman walked away to the other side of the ship. She was very upset. There she saw a woman she knew. She took her to a quiet part of the ship. "Will you do me a favour?" asked the rich woman quietly. "I have got two expensive fur coats. But I mustn't take two into England. Everyone may take only one, and you haven't got a fur coat, have you?" "No," said the woman. She was not rich and couldn't buy expensive things.

"Good. Will you put this coat on? Then it will look like

yours."

The other woman put the coat on. She liked it. It was very beautiful and looked fine on her. She had never had a coat like that in her life. "Remember!" said the rich woman. "Don't tell anyone about the coat and don't look at me. Just get off the ship. Then when we are on the train you can give it back to me."

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The two women got off the ship and went through the customs quite all right. When everyone got on the train it started on its way to London. The rich woman found the other one and said, "Thank you very much. You have been very kind. Now you can give me back my coat."

"Your coat?" asked the other. "This is my coat, and I am not going to give it to you or anyone else."

What could the rich woman do?

Notes:

to do smb. a favour – оказать услугу to pay duty – платить налог

Answer the questions:

1.How did the woman get to Great Britain from France?

2.What did she buy at one of the best department stores?

3.What places did she call at to buy the coats?

4.Why was the woman wearing one of the coats that day?

5.What did the woman have to do if she took two coats through the customs?

6.What did the woman decide to do not to pay duty on the other coat?

7.When was she going to have her coat back?

Text II

Steve was in a terrible accident at work. He fell through a floor tile and ripped off both of his ears. Since he was permanently disfigured, he settled with the company for a rather large sum of money and went on his way.

One day Steve decided to invest in a small, but growing telecom business. And, after weeks of negotiations, he bought the company outright. But after signing the contract he realised that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out to hire someone who could do that for him. The next day he

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had set up three interviews. The first guy was great. He knew everything he needed to and was very interesting. But at the end of the interview Steve asked him, "Do you notice anything different about me?" And the gentleman answered, "Why, yes, I couldn't help but notice you have no ears." Steve got very angry and threw him out. The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. But he asked her the same question, "Do you notice anything different about me?" and she replied, "Well, you have no ears." Steve again was upset and tossed her out.

The third and the last interview was the best of all three. It was with a very young man who was fresh out of college. He was smart. He was handsome. And he seemed to be a better businessman than the first two put together.

Steve was anxious, but went ahead and asked the young man the same question, "Do you notice anything different about me?" And to his surprise, the young man answered, "Yes. You wear contact lenses." Steve was shocked and said, "What an incredibly observant young man! How in the world did you know that?"

The young man fell off his chair laughing hysterically and replied, "Well, it's pretty hard to wear glasses without any ears!"

Notes:

he ripped off both of his ears - ему оторвало оба уха to be disfigured - быть обезображенным

I couldn't help but notice - я не мог не заметить to throw out - зд. выгонять

outright – вполне; раз и навсегда

Answer the questions:

1.What happened to Steve one day?

2.How did he look like after the accident?

3.How did he want to earn money?

4.Did he know how to run the telecom business?

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5.What kind of people were the three interviews who he wanted to employ?

6.What was Steve’s opinion about the third person?

7.What was the man’s reaction to Steve’s words?

Text III

John Smith and his wife, Mary by name, lived high up in the mountains. Once, while Smith was hunting in the wood, he saw a dog. There were no villages nearby and he decided to take the dog home.

The dog was terribly hungry and tired. He was so wild that didn’t let Smith and his wife touch him but he followed them to their house. Smith gave him some meat and left it in the house.

Night passed. In the morning Smith could not find the dog as it had run away. But in a day or two Smith found the dog in the wood and brought him back home. But the dog ran away again, and it repeated many times.

At last the day came when the dog stayed in the house, but a long time passed before Smith and his wife could touch him. They liked the dog much and called him Wolf.

Once a man came to their place. As soon as the dog saw him he jumped towards the man. Smith noticed that the man had recognized the dog at once.

“His name is not Wolf,” he said, “it’s Brown. This dog belonged to me, that’s why he knows me.”

“Oh,” cried Mary, “if it’s true, leave him here. We like the dog and he likes us.”

The man looked at the dog.

“He has known me since he was born,” he said. “Do you think he wants to stay with you?”

“Yes, of course,” said Smith, “I’m sure of it.”

“Well,” said the man, “I’ll go away. If he wants to stay, let him stay. But if he wants to go with me, let him go.”

Smith and his wife agreed.

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