Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Continuous assessment

The information about evaluation, the types of evaluations and their relative weight is for orientation purposes only. The lecturer coordinating this subject will give specific details at the beginning of the course.

Evaluation system

Continuous formative evaluation and final evaluation of the language level. The evaluation system is based on written and oral activities and tests.

Evaluation system and activities:

• Working with texts on topics related to foreign language for translators and interpreters.
• Tests involving real tasks and/or simulated text communication in a foreign language.
• Tests involving reading/listening comprehension and written/oral production.

Evaluation and diagnostic techniques used

Different types of evaluation common in language teaching will be combined for continuous and final evaluation (see CEFR, Chapter 9.3):

• Continuous formative evaluation in written or oral tasks.
• Language level proficiency evaluation at the end of the semester.

What needs to be taken into account regarding evaluation for Foreign Language B English 4

1. Theoretical knowledge will not be evaluated but rather applying it to resolve tasks, exercises or practical tests.
2. In the final written evaluations which measure language proficiency or level – reading comprehension and written essay – a minimum grade of 5.0 must be achieved according to the CEFR. Please note: students who do not attain this minimum mark will not qualify for the language level proficiency criteria for the language of this subject, as set out in section 4 of this course programme. This means that the student who does not obtain a pass in these three final tests will not be entitled to a certification of their level according to the Common European Framework of Reference / Royal Decree 1041/2017, Article 7,1.2.
3. The required language levels correspond to Spanish Royal Decree 1041/2017 and the specific criterion levels FTI-MCER set out in sections 4 and 5.
4. In cases where the student has completed 25% or less of the evaluated tasks, the grade of “non-evaluable” will be assigned.

Revision

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

Re-evaluation / Resit

1. Students must fulfil the following requirements to be eligible to resit the final evaluation / final evaluations: 1) have completed a minimum of 66.6% of the evaluated tasks for the course, 2) have a global average between 3.5 and 4.9. The student can only resit the final evaluation / final evaluations which they have failed.
2. In cases where the student has completed between 25.1% and 66.5% of the evaluated tasks for the course, they are not eligible to resit and the global mark obtained during the course will be assigned (whether a passing or failing mark).
3. In cases where the completed evaluated tasks are 25% or less, the grade of “non-evaluable” will be assigned.
4. In cases of a final evaluation / final evaluations resulting in a fail mark due to copying or plagiarism, the student is not eligible to resit.
5. In no case will it be possible to make a final evaluation / final evaluations the equivalent of 100% of the grade.

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 periodestablished 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 will include a minimum of three assessment activities of different typology, as stated in the evaluation guidelines.

Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continuous assessment. See the section above in this study guide.

IMPORTANT

Reminder: "copying" is considered to be work that reproduces all or a large part of the work from one to another colleague, and "plagiarism" is the act of presenting part or all of an author’s text as one’s own, that is, without citing the sources, whether it is published on paper or in digital form on the Internet. Copyingand plagiarism are intellectual theft and therefore contravene university regulations that will be sanctioned with a "zero" mark. In the case of copying between two students, if it is not possible to know who copied who, the sanction will be applied to both students. If there are several irregularities in the evaluation activities of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be zero.

In the case of retakes, the maximum grade will be 5