Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

All information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The lecturers will provide full information when teaching begins.

The schedule of the assessment tasks will be provided during the first week of classes and on the information document of the subject, available on the Campus Virtual.

Students have to perform 5 individual assessment activities in class:

1. Translation task 1: 25% of the final mark.
2. Translation task 2: 25% of the final mark.
3. Translation task 3 about contrastive elements: 20% of the final mark.
4. Submit and correction of supervised activities: 20% of the final mark.*
5. Learning assessment questionnaires: 10% of the final mark.

*This activity may not be retaken.

The subject’s final mark will be the sum of the five partial percentages (25% + 25% + 20% + 20% + 10% = 100%).

The translations performed will be from Portuguese into Catalan or Spanish, according to the lecturers' instructions. Students must complete an assessable translation task in each of the two target languages (Catalan and Spanish).

It is forbidden the use of any automatic translation tool, or text creation tool or text rewriting tool in the following assessment activities: translation tasks in class, assignment of homework and learning assessment questionnaires. Any misconduct or infringement that includes the use of any of these tools, or plagiarism or copying or impersonation, etc., detected by the lecturers, will be given a mark of zero for the entire assessment activity and for all students involved.

Students must attend assessment activities (on the date and at the time established) and under no circumstances will it be accepted to take them in a later date or time. The lecturers must be notified of any absences from assessment activities in advance, via e-mail. In the case of a health problem, an official medical certificate must be provided. Any absence from assessment activities must be justified by means of official documents. In the case of an absence from assessment activities for work reasons, the lecturers must be notified at least one week in advance.

The subject's lecturers will evaluate any exceptional cases or circumstances personally.

Following the subject and contacting its lecturers are  the responsibility of each student. Any communication regarding this subject must be sent to the two lecturers.

The subject's schedule may vary depending on the group's pace of work and needs. The lecturers reserve the right to make any modifications they consider appropriate.

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Continuous assessment

Review

When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturers will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.

Missed/failed assessment activities

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5.

The lecturers will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturers may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. In case of retaking, maximum grade will be 5 (Pass).

Classification as "not assessable"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.

Misconduct in assessment activities

Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism,copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.

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Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the Faculty and send a copy to the teacher responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

1. Translation task 1 (to Catalan): 30% of the final mark.
2. Translation task 2 (to Spanish): 30% of the final mark.
3. Translation task 3 about contrastive elements: 25% of the final mark.
4. Learning assessment questionnaires: 15% of the final mark.

The subject's final mark will be the sum of the four partial percentages (30% + 30% + 25% + 15% = 100%).

It is forbidden the use of any automatic translation tool, or text creation tool or text rewriting tool in the translation tasks. Any misconduct or infringement that includes the use of any of these tools, detected by the lecturers, will be given a mark of zero for the entire assessment activity.

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this Study Guide.