PRE-DIPLOMA, FOUNDATION & DIPLOMA COURSES EXAM PARAMETERS

PRE-DIPLOMA, FOUNDATION & DIPLOMA

1 ELC010

2 ELC020

3 ELC030

4 ELC080

5 ELC081

6 ELC091

7 ELC092

8 ELC093

9 ELC121/120

10 ELC151/150

11 ELC231/230

12 ELC270

13 ELC280

PRE DIPLOMA ELC010 - English for Pre Diploma I

No. Components

Test 2 Mid-semester Test (MIDST)

Listening (LT)

20%

10%

Assignment/lab/etc 2 Group presentation (GP)

e-Poster Presentation(e-PP)

15%

15%

Number of exam

questions

2 Reading (RDG)

Writing (WRI)

20%

20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

30%

Continuous assessment (others)

30%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC020 - English for Pre Diploma II

No. Components

Test 2 Mid-semester Test (MIDST) Listening (LT)

20% 10%

Assignment/lab/etc 2 e-Poster Presentation(e-PP) Problem Solving Presentation (PSP)

15%

15%

Number of exam questions

2 Reading (RDG) Writing (WRI)

20% 20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

30%

Continuous assessment (others)

30%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC030 - English for Pre Diploma

No. Components

Test 2 Mid-semester Test (MIDST)

Listening (LT)

20%

10%

Assignment/lab/etc 3 Group presentation (GP)

e-Poster Presentation(e-PP)

15%

15%

Number of exam

questions

3 Reading (RDG)

Writing (WRI)

20%

20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

30%

Continuous assessment (others)

30%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

FOUNDATION ELC080-English for Foundation Studies I

No. Components

Test 2 Mid Term Test (MTT) Listening Test (LT)

25% 15%

Assignment/lab/etc 1 Speaking (SPKG)

20%

Number of exam questions

2 Reading (RDG) Writing (WRI)

20% 20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

40%

Continuous assessment (others)

20%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC081-English for Foundation Studies II

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 5 Evaluative Commentary Draft (ECD) Evaluative Commentary Final (ECF) Reflective Log (RL) Group Discussion (GD) Online Assignments (OA)

10% 15% 10% 20% 5%

Number of exam questions

2 Reading (RDG) Writing (WRI)

20% 20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

60%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC091-Critical Reading and Reasoning for Foundation Studies

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 3 Reading Assignment 1 (RA1)

Reading Assignment 2 (RA2)

Group Presentation (GP)

15%

30%

25%

Number of exam

questions

1 Reading (RDG) 30%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

70%

Final examination 30%

Total 100%

ELC092-Communicative Skills for Foundation Studies

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 5 Outline for Speech (OP) Persuasive Speech (PS) Forum (FRM) Debate (DBT) Portfolio for Debate (PORT)

10% 20% 30% 30% 10%

Number of exam questions

0

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

100%

Final examination

Total 100%

ELC093-Academic Writing for Foundation Studies

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 2 Term Paper 1 (TP1) Term Paper 2 (TP2)

30% 30%

Number of exam questions

2 Outline (OL) Writing (WR)

10% 30%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

60%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

DIPLOMA ELC121/120 – Integrated Language Skills I/Integrated Language Skills: Listening

No. Components

Test 1 Listening Test (CBTL) 20%

Assignment/lab/etc 3 Listening Quiz

LIRA

Speaking

10%

15%

15%

Number of exam

questions

5 Part A (PA1)

Part A (PA2)

Part B (PB1)

Part B (PB2)

Part C (PC)

13%

4%

11%

2%

10%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

20%

Continuous assessment (others)

40%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC151/150 – Integrated Language Skills II/Integrated Language Skills: Reading

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 5 Reading Quiz (RQ) Extensive Reading Project (ERP) Speaking (SPKG) Listening Test (LT)

10% 15% 15%

20%

Number of exam questions

3 Part A (PA) Part B (PB) Part C (PC)

15% 5%

20%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

60%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC231/230 – Integrated Language Skills III/Integrated Language Skills: Writing

No. Components

Test 1 Mid-Sem Test 20%

Assignment/lab/etc 3 Expository Essay

Oral Commentary

Evaluative Commentary

15%

15%

10%

Number of exam

questions

2 Part A (PA)

Part B (PB)

10%

30%

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

20%

Continuous assessment (others)

40%

Final examination 40%

Total 100%

ELC270-English for Workplace Communication

No. Components

Test 0

Assignment/lab/etc 4 Oral Presentation 1 (OP1) Oral Presentation 2 (OP2) Oral Presentation 3 (OP3) Written Proposal (WP)

20% 40% 20% 20%

Number of exam questions

0

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (test)

Continuous assessment (others)

100%

Final examination

Total 100%

ELC280 – Critical Reading and Reasoning

No. Components

Test 1 Reading Test (RT)

40%

Assignment/lab/etc 2 Argument Mapping (AM) Forum Presentation (FP)

20% 40%

Number of exam questions

0

Division of marks (%)

Continuous assessment (Test)

40%

Continuous assessment (Others)

60%

Final examination

Total

100%