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What is all aboutWhat is all about

� Oral exams: The focus is on the Oral exams: The focus is on the speaking and listening.speaking and listening.

� Writing tasks are there only to help Writing tasks are there only to help students complete a speaking task or to students complete a speaking task or to remember language.remember language.

What you can doWhat you can do

� Help students: Help students:

– Improve their accuracyImprove their accuracy–Select and use the appropiate Select and use the appropiate

vocabulary for the taskvocabulary for the task–Practise pronunciationPractise pronunciation

How the exam looks likeHow the exam looks like

Grade 2 structureGrade 2 structure6 minutes6 minutes– 4 phases4 phases

� GreetingGreeting� InstructionsInstructions� QuestionsQuestions� Leave-TakingLeave-Taking

Grade 3 structureGrade 3 structure7 minutes7 minutes– 3 phases3 phases

� GreetingGreeting� Questions and Questions and information information exchangeexchange� Leave-TakingLeave-Taking

What they should knowWhat they should know

� The main syllabus is cummulative, so The main syllabus is cummulative, so students are expected to know the students are expected to know the structures and vocabulary from the structures and vocabulary from the previous Grade/s.previous Grade/s.

Grade 1 SyllabusGrade 1 Syllabus

� FunctionsFunctions– Exchanging greetingsExchanging greetings– Giving personal information (name, Giving personal information (name,

age)age)– Identifying and naming items given Identifying and naming items given

in the lexical listin the lexical list– Leave-takingLeave-taking

� GrammarGrammar– (a) Understand(a) Understand

� Imperatives for common actions, e.g. Imperatives for common actions, e.g. go, come,show, go, come,show, point, give, touch, stand uppoint, give, touch, stand up

� Question words Question words what? how many? how old?what? how many? how old?� Demonstratives Demonstratives this, thatthis, that

– (b) Understand and use(b) Understand and use� The present simple tense of The present simple tense of to beto be� Common nouns in singular and plural (regular), e.g. Common nouns in singular and plural (regular), e.g.

ear/ears, shoe/shoesear/ears, shoe/shoes� Simple adjectives, e.g. Simple adjectives, e.g. small, big, greensmall, big, green� Determiners Determiners a, the, my,your, his, hera, the, my,your, his, her� Pronouns Pronouns I, you, he, she, it, theyI, you, he, she, it, they

� LexisLexis– Personal informationPersonal information– Immediate surroundings including Immediate surroundings including

classroom objectsclassroom objects– Parts of the face and bodyParts of the face and body– Animals — domestic, farm and wildAnimals — domestic, farm and wild– Cardinal numbers up to 20Cardinal numbers up to 20– ColoursColours– Items of clothingItems of clothing

Grade 2 SyllabusGrade 2 Syllabus

� FunctionsFunctions– Indicating the position of people and Indicating the position of people and

objectsobjects– Describing people, animals, objects Describing people, animals, objects

and places very simplyand places very simply– Stating simple factsStating simple facts– Informing about possessionsInforming about possessions– Asking very simple questions about Asking very simple questions about

personal detailspersonal details

� GrammarGrammar– (a) Understand(a) Understand

� Present simple tense questionsPresent simple tense questions� Question words — Question words — who, whenwho, when� Present continuous tense questionsPresent continuous tense questions� Determiners Determiners some, anysome, any

– (b) Understand and use(b) Understand and use� Present simple tensePresent simple tense� There is/are There is/are and and has/have got/have you got?has/have got/have you got?� Question words, e.g. Question words, e.g. where, whatwhere, what� Prepositions of place Prepositions of place in, on, under, between…in, on, under, between…� Determiners Determiners our, their, itsour, their, its� Possessive pronouns Possessive pronouns mine, yours, his, hersmine, yours, his, hers� Yes/no answers to present continuous tense Yes/no answers to present continuous tense

questionsquestions

� LexisLexis– Rooms in the homeRooms in the home– Household objectsHousehold objects– Family and friendsFamily and friends– PetsPets– PossessionsPossessions– Days of the week and months of the Days of the week and months of the

yearyear– Cardinal numbers up to 50Cardinal numbers up to 50

Grade 3 SyllabusGrade 3 Syllabus

� FunctionsFunctions– Describing daily routines, events and Describing daily routines, events and

weatherweather– Telling the time and giving datesTelling the time and giving dates– Expressing ability and inabilityExpressing ability and inability– Giving very simple directions and locationsGiving very simple directions and locations– Describing current activities of real people Describing current activities of real people

or those in picturesor those in pictures– Describing states in the pastDescribing states in the past

� GrammarGrammar– Present continuous tensePresent continuous tense– Can Can and and can’tcan’t– Prepositions of movement Prepositions of movement from, to, up, from, to, up,

down, along, acrossdown, along, across– Prepositions of time Prepositions of time on, in, aton, in, at– Prepositions of place Prepositions of place near, in front of, near, in front of,

behind, opposite behind, opposite – Past tense of verb Past tense of verb to beto be– Ordinal numbers up to 31st (for dates)Ordinal numbers up to 31st (for dates)– Link words Link words and, and thenand, and then

� LexisLexis–JobsJobs–Places in the local areaPlaces in the local area–Place of studyPlace of study–Home lifeHome life–WeatherWeather–Free timeFree time–Times and datesTimes and dates

What the examiner looks forWhat the examiner looks for

� Assesment criteriaAssesment criteria

– Readiness:candidate’s understanding Readiness:candidate’s understanding (allows hesitation and slowness of (allows hesitation and slowness of response)response)

– Pronunciation: production of sounds Pronunciation: production of sounds to form intelligible wordsto form intelligible words

– Usage: accuracy of grammar, and Usage: accuracy of grammar, and appropiate vocabularyappropiate vocabulary

What you can share with What you can share with your studentsyour students

� Practise and you will feel confident in the Practise and you will feel confident in the examexam

� Remember to say hello and good-bye.Remember to say hello and good-bye.� Remember to smileRemember to smile� Look at the examiner when you are Look at the examiner when you are

speakingspeaking� Answer the questions as fully as you canAnswer the questions as fully as you can� Do not worry if you make a mistakeDo not worry if you make a mistake� If you don’t understand something, ask the If you don’t understand something, ask the

examiner to repeat it.examiner to repeat it.� Enjoy the exam.Enjoy the exam.

Thank youThank you

Sonia Aguirre LasherasJavier Martín RevillaMara Noemí Rodríguez Fonteboa