Nombre de la asignatura: English I - II

Parcial de estudio: First Period

English I II
Semester: April August 2017

First Period
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Nombre de la asignatura: English I - II
Parcial de estudio: First Period

Introduction
This Online Guide 1 integrates and measures primarily the receptive skills: listening, reading, language
use and the productive skill: writing. It places equal emphasis on them, which is why; the test items are
designed with an average standard score per skill. In this First Period, and after completion of units 1 to 6,
the above-mentioned skills will be assessed.

The Online Guide 1 is a 40-item multiple-choice test and consists of four sections:

1. Listening section: This section will have 10 multiple-choice questions which are based on a
video material taken from YouTube or any other audio resource on the internet and according to
the students level. It assesses students abilities to understand context, main idea, and
supporting details in a conversation.
2. Reading section: This section will have 10 multiple-choice questions which are, basically, about
two different articles, one from your Students book Big Picture-Elementary and the other one
from any other source of information. The articles will be found in a Word file. It assesses
students abilities to understand main and supporting ideas in written articles, vocabulary, and
the authors interest.
3. Language Use section: This section will have 10 multiple-choice questions which are focused
on the main grammatical structures and vocabulary in the students book. It assesses the
students ability to recognize statements that are contextually appropriate and grammatically
correct.
4. Writing section: This section will have 10 multiple-choice questions which are based on an
analytical writing activity. It assesses the students ability to choose the best option about how
certain sentences should be written in a specific content knowledge learned in the students
book.

Student assistance
1. Listening & Reading sections: The material for these two sections is going to be sent to all of
the students in advance to be ready for the Online Guide 1.
In order to watch the video and find the word file that has the information about the articles, you
should do the following:

FOR THE VIDEO:

To access and watch the video, you need to go to the "Sites" section then, First Period and click
on the video that you will find there.

FOR THE WORD FILE:

To access and download the word file, you need to go to the "Files" section then, First
Period and click on "Articles Online Guide 1".

We recommend that you watch the video and read the articles as many times as you want to
before you do the Online Guide 1. Its a good idea to take notes on important information that
you can find in this material because this is something that will help you with the solution of
your guide in advance.

2. Language Use section: you have to study the grammatical structures and vocabulary from unit
1 to unit 6 that are in your textbook.

3. Writing section: you have to study grammar rules, check for correctly spelled words, and
vocabulary.

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 Nombre de la asignatura: English I - II
Parcial de estudio: First Period

Online guide 1

Online guide 1

Read and follow the instructions below:

This is a multiple-choice Online Guide that has 40 questions.

For each question, there are three options, so you must choose the correct
Instructions answer.
You will have 60 minutes to do your Guide 1.
It's very important to know that at the moment you access your guide, you CAN
NOT STOP IT because if you don't continue with it, the system will automatically
register and save your participation. This would affect your score.
When you have completed it, please make sure to save your participation.

Be able to apply the knowledge students have acquired in the first period and
Objective capable of acting on their own initiative to do the test.
To identify the optimal level of students after having finished the first period.

Didactic It is advisable to arrange a study place and time (at least two hours daily) in order to be
guidelines well prepared to do the Online Guide 1.

Assessment
The result obtained in the Online Guide 1.
criteria

Scoring plan
Online Guide 1

Score
It has been determined an individuals rating on this activity.
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