Assessment

Assessment of the subject

Assessment and reassessment activities, equivalent to 7.5 hours of proficiency assessment and 1.5 hours of diagnostic assessment

Note: The teacher in charge of the subject will specify it at the outset.

Please, read carefully the special and detailed information in the leaflet on testing and housework-document »Merkblatt zu Prüfung und Hausarbeit«, Moodle Virtual Campus of the subject, folder ›Prüfungen‹ and the assessment calendar in »Prüfungstermine, Revision«.

 Assessment system criteria

Continuous formative assessment of the learning and final assessment of the language level. The assessment system is organized in modules, distributed in individual works and written and oral tests.  There are 0.3 ECTS for assessment [and reassessment] (5%), equivalent to 7.5 hours (without counting reassessment-hours) and 1.5 hours of diagnostic achievement assessment.

Assessment and diagnostic system and activities:

- Textual work for translators and interpreters on foreign-language-related topics,

- Tests of execution of real and/or simulated tasks of textual communication in a foreign language,

- Reflective diaries on the language learning process for translators and interpreters: Linguistic autobiography in a foreign language with self-assessment DIALANG (European Language Portfolio),

- Tests with open-ended questions of comprehension and textual production,

- Tests with closed-ended questions of comprehension and textual production.

Assessment and diagnostic techniques:

For continuous and final assessment, different types of assessment, common in language teaching, will be combined (see CEFRL, Chapter 9.3):

- Intermediate achievement assessment (Sprachstandstest) and diagnostic assessment of entry level; these will be compulsory,but will not be assessed with grades.

- Proficiency assessment (Qualifikationsprüfung) at the end of the semester,

- Formative assessment (formative Beurteilung),

- Direct assessment of production skills,

- Indirect assessment of comprehension skills by means of written and/or oral tests,

- Assessment-grids - Selbstbewertung & DIALANG diagnostic tests – obligatory, but not to be assessed with grades).

 

Some facts that must be considered for the assessment in Language B:

Theoretical knowledge will not be evaluated but always its application in the resolution of tasks, exercises or practical tests.

2. Please note that in the final written and oral tests for the Assessment of language proficiency or level (1) Schriftliche Prüfung, (written summary and commentary on a current text), (2) Mündliche Prüfung (oral assessment test) you have to get a "rite - pass" (min. 5:10) for the assessment according to Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and Royal Decree 1041/2017, Article 7,1-2. 

3. The binding language levels of the subject correspond to the aforementioned RD and to the specific criterion levels FTI-CFRL, indicated in sections 4 and 5 of this guide; see. Illustrative descriptor-items. Certification and assessment of the general linguistic competence and mediation competences according to COAT-FTI (29/06/2018)

4. The final written assessment test, Schriftliche Prüfung (weight 40%), comprises the synthesis of a current text and a text commentary, corresponding to the CEFR-level; 60% of the partial mark corresponds to the reading comprehension and synthesis, 40% to functional expression, grammar and orthography.

5. In the oral test, Mündliche Prüfung (20%), an oral summary and analysis of a current text, corresponding to the CFRL level, must be carried out.

6. Übungsarbeiten. formative assessment tasks (6-10 written, oral and DaF grammar exercises): Generally, as a rule, these supervised course tasks which form part of the continuous progressive assessment (10%) will not be accepted or corrected if they are delivered outside of the progression and deadline set by the teacher. In order to recover the delivery of one of these continuous training jobs, an explicit permission will be needed to deliver it within a later period of no more than five working days. These written or oral tasks will not be evaluated with grades but will be counted with fixed points for each work delivered. A calendar of tasks will be published in the Moodle Classroom of the subject (Abgabetermine).

7. The delivery of the semester work, Schriftliche Hausarbeit, includes the pre-traductological reading and review of a book and is one of autonomous dedication and activity (for a volume of about 45 hours, equivalent weight: 30% of the final weighted grade). Note: After re-registration, the half-yearly work (Schriftliche Hausarbeit) has to be carried out on another book of the annual course list (Bücherliste Deutsch Bx zu Werken der Schriftlichen Hausarbeit) than the works of previous years.] In the case of de-programming of this activity the final weighting will be: Written assessment, Schriftliche Prüfung, pes 40%, Oral test, Mündliche Prüfung, weighting: 30%, Continuous assessment tasks, Übungsarbeiten, corresponding weight and quantity: 30%.

8. A "non-assessable" will be assigned when the assessment evidence provided by the student is equivalent to a maximum of one quarter (25%) of the total grade of the subject (100%).

As far as the certification of the domain or level of language it will have to be considered that this level will not be valid  ifstudents do not present to a Proficiency assessment or fail to pass one of the final tests for the Proficiency assessment of the domain or level of the language, Schriftliche Prüfung, Mündliche Prüfung.

9. In case of irregularity (plagiarism, copying, impersonation, etc.) in an assessment activity, the rating of this assessment activity will be 0. In case of irregularities in several assessment activities, the final grade of the subject or module will be 0. - Repeated conduct of copying, plagiarism and fraudulent procedures to the subjects of German Language B gives rise to the request to open a disciplinary file to the student.

Clarification note: It is considered as a "copy" a work that reproduces all or a large part of the work of a colleague, and as "plagiarism" the fact of presenting part, or entirely, an author's text as his own, i.e. without citing the sources, whether published on paper or in digital form to the Internet. Copying and plagiarism are intellectual thefts and therefore constitute a misdemeanor that will be sanctioned. In the case of copying between two students, if it is not possible to know who has copied whom, the sanction will be applied to both.

 Revision-review

The review of the various assessment activities will be arranged between the teachers and the students. At the time of submitting the final grade prior to the report, the staff will communicate the date and time of review, published in the Aula Moodle (folder Prüfungstermine, Revision). This revision excludes the revision of assignments already returned to the student during the academic semester.

Recovery Assessment (Reassessment)

(1) Students who have presented themselves to activities the weight of which equals 66.6% (two thirds) or more of the final grade (100%) and who have obtained a weighted median grade between 3.5 and 4.9 are eligible for make-up. The teaching staff can establish that, in the caseof students who have passed the recovery, the maximum final grade of the subject or module is 5 (rite – pass).

(2) The student may make up only those assessment activities that have been suspended (< 5,0) or for which no assessment evidence has been presented. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. 

(3) With the approval of the coordination of studies and the center, those tests linked to a criterion level of the FTI-CEFR and Royal Decree 1041/2017, which by their nature are not recoverable, are excluded from the recovery of marks - due to their characteristic of semesterly and progressive acquisition of communicative competence.

The same criteria will be applied to all the groups of a subject.

The non-recoverable and recoverable assessments are as follows:

In the same way as the annual BA-Thesis regulations, semimanual academic-professional work (Schriftliche Hausarbeit) of similar characteristics as a subject term-paper will be excluded from recovery. This half-yearly work, reading and pre-translation review of a book, is one of autonomous dedication and activity, for a volume of about 45 hours (30% of the course activity and final grade), which is delivered at the end of the course. Due to the amount of 45 hours invested, it will not be possible to edit it again in the same semester. However, in the event of deficiencies in the content of the work delivered in the established terms, the teaching staff will give the possibility to amend them during the oral examination, after delivery and first correction.

2. Note: As a rule, final written assessments, Schriftliche Prüfung, and oral assessments, Mündliche Prüfung, are recoverable. Because the recoveries will be made within a short distance of the previous ones, it is recommended, however, for the language subjects, to submit to these recoveries provided thatin the previous assessment at least 90% of the Basic Linguistic Aptitude (BLA, rite – passed – 5.0) has been obtained for the required criterion level. The date of the recoveries will be published in the Moodle classroom agenda (folder Prüfungstermine, Revision).

3. Recovery of training tasks, Übungsarbeiten, see: Assessment, Point 6.

 General Rules of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting, 2018

The teacher may establish an assessment activity for each activity being recovered. The teacher may also group several assessment activities, provided that all learning outcomes subject to remediation are assessed and the same criteria for assessment and weighting-score of the final grade is maintained.

In no case, recovery can consist in a single final assessment activity equivalent to 100% of the grade.

Assessment activities where irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.

Specific regulations for Language B1 (German and French):

The recovery of evaluable activities will be in the 2nd semester, after the B2 assessment, vid. FTI Calendar of recovery and reassessment activities.

 

FTI assessment regulations, available at Nebula of the Deanery (FTI Space/Academic Order/Assessment Regulations). Direct link: https://nebula.uab.cat/share/s/MZf24XeGTiCZtcmqpLT6xQ   

State Regulations on the Assessment of Language Levels: Royal Decree 1041/2017, BOE-A-2017-15367, «BOE» Nr. 311, 23/12/2017, http://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2017-15367

 Advice about UAB ordinances and regulations

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information given above. However, courses are subject to regular review and revision and the university reserves the right to amend course offers according to UAB ordinances and regulations. Students should contact the corresponding coordinator regarding the status for courses they are considering.

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