specification grid of class 11/12 compulsory English

Compulsory English

ENG. 003 (Grade XI), Eng. 004 (Grade XII)

Test Specification Chart for External Evaluation Reading (35 marks)

1.       Reading Comprehension Test (15 marks)

One unseen prose text of about 600 words like; book/film reviews, news reports, and articles, stories, reports, letters or emails, essays, biographies/auto-biographies, product guides, blogs, brochures, travelogues/memoire, etc. followed by comprehension questions targeting the testing of the following skills involved in reading, will be given together with the comprehension questions:  

 

understanding general content of paragraphs or sections

·         identifying and understanding specific information in the passage

·          scanning and understanding information

·          understanding the opinions of the writer

·         understanding words in context

·          identifying aims of a passage=

·          understanding details and order of information

a. Number of test items: 15

 b. Types of test items: any three of: Multiple Choice, True/False/Not Given, Sentence Completion, Matching, Ordering, Summary Completion and Short Answer Questions. One type of question should test the vocabulary in context.

c. The questions should have the mixture of different types of comprehension: literal comprehension, reorganization, inference and evaluation.

2. Text Based Questions (20 marks) This section contains seven text based questions from literature section. This follows the following chart:

Genres	Types of Questions
Short stories	Short questions	Long Questions
Poems	5	2
Essays
One act plays
Total	Short Answer Questions = 5×2 = 10 Long Answer Questions = 2×5 = 10

 

Short and long answer questions should cover the following skills:

a. comprehending                                              b. narrating                                c. summarizing                                            d. writing character sketch                              e. paraphrasing                          f. writing theme/central idea of the text                                                 g. comparing and contrasting   h. making judgment (e.g. title justification)                                                    i. arguing                           j. analysing and interpreting           k. explaining with reference to context           l. literary interpretation    m. critical appreciation

Writing (25 marks) Three writing tasks will be given:

1.       Task 1 (7 marks) Any one of:

paragraph writing, summary writing, interpreting graphic text, news story writing, note taking, and skeleton stories. Word limit: 150 words.

2.       Task 2 (8 marks) Any one of:

personal letter, job application letter, letter to the editor, business letter, emails, writing a CV. Word limit: 180 words.

3.       Task 3 (10 marks) Any one of:

essay, travelogue/memoir, book/film review, biography, diary entry, communique and press release. Word limit: 300 words.

Grammar and vocabulary (15 marks)

1. Grammar (10×1=10 marks) The test item on grammar will cover the following contents.

 a. Adjectives and adverbs

b. Concord/subject verb agreement

 c. Prepositions

d. Modal auxiliaries

e. Tense and aspect

f. Infinitives and gerunds

 g. Conjunctions

h. Relative clause

i. Voice

 j. Reported speech

2. Vocabulary: (5x1= 5 marks) This section covers the following contents.

a. Sound system of English: consonants and vowels

b. Vocabulary study - Stem/root - Suffixes - Prefixes - Derivation - Inflexion - Synonyms/antonyms - Parts of speech - Idioms and phrases - Nouns-number - Verb conjugation - Spelling - Punctuation

c. Dictionary use 

d. Idioms and phrasal verbs

 (Note: Sound System of English will be tested in grade 12 only)

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