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Placement - Admissions Test English Pioneer A KEY
Placement - Admissions Test English Pioneer A KEY
Placement/Admissions Test—ENGLISH
For applicants to PIONEER A (1ero Basico / 7th grade)
SCORING
DATE OF EXAM:
DATE OF SCORING:
NAME OF SCORER:
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Section 1:
1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. a
7. c
8. b
9. b
10. a
11. c
12. a
13. a
14. c
15. c
Section 2:
16. Israel
17. a
18. a
19. eco-friendly
20. nails
21. b
22. c
23. b
24. a
25. b
WRITING
Placement/Admissions Test—ENGLISH
For applicants to PIONEER A (1ero Basico / 7th grade)
SPEAKING
Placement/Admissions Test—ENGLISH
For applicants to PIONEER A (1ero Basico / 7th grade)
Award 5 points if all the responses were clear, on-topic, fluent, an appropriate
length, and given within a reasonable amount of time following the question
being asked. *Note: If the applicant gave extremely long responses that fit this
description, but those lengthy responses meant that in terms of time, only one or
two questions could be asked, still award the full 5 points.
Award 4 points if most of the responses were clear, on-topic, fluent, an
appropriate length, and given within a reasonable amount of time following the
question being asked.
Award 3 points if two or three questions had to be repeated/rephrased; and/or if
about half the responses were unclear, off-topic, not fluent, and/or very short;
and/or if there were long gaps of time between the questions being posed and
the responses.
Award 2 points if most of the questions had to be repeated/rephrased; and/or if
most of the responses were unclear, off-topic, not fluent, and/or very short;
and/or if there were such long gaps of time between the question being posed
and the response that the Proctor had to skip to the next question.
Award 1 point if the applicant was able to answer only a question or two and/or
gave extremely short answers.
Award 0 points if the applicant was unable to answer any questions and/or if the
candidate spoke mostly in a language other than English.
RUBRIC TO SCORE Section 2: Description
Award 5 points if the speaker used a wide variety of vocabulary and mostly
correct grammar to convey a detailed description that lasted the full two minutes.
Award 4 points if the speaker used appropriate vocabulary and mostly correct
grammar to give a fairly good description that lasted at least 1.5 minutes, with the
speaker being able to continue longer when additional verbal nudges were given.
Award 3 points if the speaker used fairly simple and/or repetitive vocabulary
and/or made enough grammar mistakes to make it difficult to understand and/or
was able to speak only 1.0 minute without further verbal nudges.
Award 2 points if the speaker had very poor vocabulary and/or made so many
grammar mistakes that it was very difficult to understand and/or was able to
speak for less than 1.0 minute without further verbal nudges.
Award 1 point if the speaker seemed to make some attempt to respond to the
prompt but had such difficulty in the areas of vocabulary, grammar, and/or timing
that the task was essentially not completed.
Award 0 points if the speaker did not attempt the task and/or if the candidate
spoke mostly in a language other than English.