General considerations

The mastery of the linguistic and communicative competences of this subject will be assessed by means of several partial tests for each of the skills specified in this teaching guide. The specific dates for each test will be announced by the teachers in the classroom well in advance.

The final grade for the subject will be calculated taking into account all the skills worked on throughout the term, with the distribution indicated in the previous section and detailed below:

Use of English & Vocabulary: 40%.

Listening: 30% 

Speaking: 30%

In the first edition of the reports there are two assessment systems: continuous and single. The default mode will be continuous assessment, unless the student expressly notifies his/her preference for the single assessment system. Students who opt for single assessment must notify the subject teacher before the end of the second week of class.

Participation in one of the assessment systems implies the impossibility of participating in the other. The completion of one or more partial tests implies the acceptance of the continuous assessment system by the students; likewise, the absence of one or more partial tests implies that the subject will be followed by single assessment. Students assessed by the continuous assessment system will not be able to sit the official single assessment exam in the first edition of the reports. Their mark in the first edition of the reports will correspond to the computation of the marks obtained in the test(s) taken. Nor is the official single assessment exam in the first edition of the minutes not considered as a make-up exam to pass the parts of the skills failed in the continuous assessment.

FIRST EDITION OF REPORTS

CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

In order to be assessed by the continuous assessment system, it is essential that the student participates in all the assessment tests that take place during the four-month period, as well as handing in the activities on the dates indicated.

The assessment tests will take place during class time, unless previously agreed with the subject teachers. The specific dates will be announced in class at the beginning of the term or sufficiently in advance for their preparation.

In order to pass the subject as a whole, a minimum mark of 5 points as an overall mark (out of 10) will be required, 5 points being the minimum mark required in each of the partial tests:

Use of English & Vocabulary: 40%.

Listening: 30% 

Speaking (presentation): 30%

That is to say: each of the skills of the subject must be passed with a 5, and failure in one of the skills implies an overall failure in the subject in this edition of the minutes. The same conditions apply in the second edition of the minutes and independently of the evaluation system.

Students will be able to take the exam in the second edition of the minutes only for the failed part(s). If the student does not pass at this second opportunity, he/she will have to take all the skills in subsequent years: no partial marks will be kept for the different skills from one year to the next.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT

The single assessment will take place on the official date approved by the FFT Board. It is the student's responsibility to check the dates on the Faculty's website. The final qualification of students who take advantage of this single assessment system will be calculated on the basis of the qualifications obtained on this official date. The test will consist of the parts necessary to assess all the skills taught during the four-month period, parallel to the continuous assessment system, unless otherwise indicated by the teaching staff. The value of each of the skills in the qualification will be equal to the continuous assessment:

Use of English & Vocabulary: 40%.

Listening: 30% 

Speaking (oral exam): 30%

In order to pass the subject, a minimum mark of 5 points as an overall mark will be required, 5 points being the minimum mark required in each of the skills assessed. That is to say: it is necessary to pass each of the skills of the subject with a 5, and failure in one of the skills implies an overall failure in the subject in this edition of the minutes.

Students will be able to take the exams in the second edition of the minutes only for the failed part(s). If the student does not pass at this second opportunity, he/she will have to take the exam for all the skills in the following academic year: no partial marks will be kept for the different skills from one academic year to the next.

SECOND EDITION OF THE REPORTS

The examination in the period of the second edition of the reports, regardless of the modality chosen in the first edition of the reports, will take place on the official date approved by the FFT Board. It is the student's responsibility to check the dates on the Faculty's website. Students who have to make up the oral presentation will agree on the time of an oral exam with the teachers of the subject.

The final grade of students who take advantage of this single assessment system will be calculated on the basis of the qualifications obtained on this official date. The test will consist of the parts necessary to assess all the skills taught during the four-month period. The value of each of the skills in the qualification will be equal to the continuous assessment.

Use of English & Vocabulary: 40%.

Listening: 30% 

Speaking (oral exam): 30%

In order to pass the subject, a minimum mark of 5 points as an overall mark will be required, 5 points being the minimum mark required in each of the skills assessed. That is to say: it is necessary to pass each of the skills of the subject with a 5, and failure in one of the skills implies an overall failure in the subject in this edition of the minutes.

Students will be able to take the exams in the second edition of the minutes only for the failed part(s). If the student does not pass at this second opportunity, he/she will have to take the exam for all the skills in the following academic year: no partial marks will be kept for the different skills from one academic year to the next.

Remarks

The assessment will take into account not only the relevance and quality of the content of the answers but also their linguistic and stylistic correctness. Otherwise, the evaluation test may result in a fail.

Total or partial plagiarism in any type of work or activity will result in an automatic failure in the subject as a whole, regardless of the tests already taken and/or passed. Claiming ignorance of what constitutes plagiarism will not exempt students from their responsibility in this respect.

It is the student's responsibility to check email regularly, to consult materials and news via the e-learning platform, and to be aware of the dates on which the assessment tests take place. Single assessment dates are announced on the FFT website. Continuous assessment dates are announced in class well in advance, except for spontaneous tests. The teaching staff is not obliged to communicate assessment dates via the teledocency platform.

If, for any health-related reason, face-to-face exams cannot be held, the affected assessment test(s) may be considered to be carried out via the e-learning platform and/or via Campus Remoto.