The main goal of the subject is to assess the learning of all of the contents. Exams must be complete, i. e., they will cover all of the contents, since the main goal is to assess what students know about the subject in general, not about a part of it. The mid-term exam will be worth 30% of the overall mark of the continuous assessment, and the final exam will be worth 40% since the latter covers all of the contents taught throughout the term. Moreover, in the final exam, it will be necessary to fulfil the following condition:
1. Obtain at least 40% on each of the 4 parts of the exam, corresponding to the four linguistic skills.
If the student does not fulfil the abovementioned requirement, the mark of the part of the exam where the student has got the highest mark will become the mark of the final exam and, therefore, of the continuous assessment. This mark will never be higher than 3/10 (3 out of 10) since this is the highest possible mark in each of the two parts of the exam whose marks are the highest (writing and speaking). To pass the subject via continuous assessment, the student should get at least 5 points as a whole.
Ordinary and/or extraordinary exam
In order to pass this exam, it will be necessary to fulfil the following condition:
1. Pass (get at least half of the points on) each of the four parts of the exam, corresponding to the four linguistic skills.
If the student does not fulfil the abovementioned requirement, the mark of the part of the exam where the student has got the highest mark will become the mark of the exam (Exam 2) and, therefore, of the continuous assessment. This mark will never be higher than 3/10 (3 out of 10) since this is the highest possible mark in each of the two parts of the exam whose marks are the highest (writing and speaking). To pass the subject via continuous assessment, the student should get at least 5 points as a whole.
Both in the exams which make up the continuous assessment (mid-term exam and final exam) and in the ordinary and extraordinary exams, all of the students, independently of the class group (1, 2, 3 or 4) they belong to, are being assessed on the same compulsory subject of the Degree in Mechanical Engineering of the Defense College, English II. Consequently, for the speaking part of the exam, students will be grouped by following objective and consistent criteria. Although, if possible, the grouping of students to do the abovementioned part of the exam will aim to be similar to class groups, this will not be compulsory.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. During the time students are sitting exams, they will be banned from using electronic devices (except the student on duty, who will put her/his mobile on the desk, in sight of the teachers invigilating the exam at issue). If the teachers invigilating the exam realise that a student (except the student on duty, who will be allowed to have the regulatory mobile) has, handles or uses an electronic device, her/his mark will be 0 in the exam as a whole and, if they do so during the ordinary/extraordinary exam, their mark will be 0 in the assessment as a whole. Under no circumstances will there be any special permission to allow the students to have electronic devices during the time they will be sitting exams.
2. The organisation of exam procedures, which is published both on the "orden diaria" and the virtual platform of the subject, will be only and exclusively designed by the coordinator of the subject, who will have reached an agreement with the governing body of the Defense College. Under no circumstances will there be any changes derived from decisions made by people different from the coordinator or the members of the governing body of the Defense College. The mark of those students who do not fulfil the abovementioned requirements will be 0 on the exam and, if they do not fulfil the above mentioned requirements during the ordinary/extraordinary exam, their mark will be 0 on the assessment as a whole.
