Assessment

You will be given two different marks: one for an oral which will take place during the semester; one for a written test including an oral understanding and a written understanding.

Oral assessment:

The topic to be tackled is the death penalty. The subject you will choose will have to be based on a case involving the execution of the inmate. The case does not have to be American or Japanese; your choice can be picked in any country. The more variety, the better!

1. You can choose to play a trial in a group of 4 students maximum. The different characters will be the judge (also playing a witness for example), the prosecutor, the attorney for the defense, and the defendant.
2. You can also choose to give an individual presentation on one specific case, still involving the death penalty. If you work on your own, you may use a PowerPoint but only to show pictures, graphs, charts, maps … no writing, just illustrations.

Pay particular attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Make sure you checked the pronunciation of the words you don’t know and … practice!

If ever you have difficulties in English, rely on short sentences to ensure grammatical correction and on the tone. Let’s remember this is an exercise on communication, so you must be understood.

You might write a script, but you must work on how you will present your part. You are not allowed “just” to read. You must be pedagogical and communicative.

Your mark for the oral is coefficient 1.

Written assessment: 2 different stages:

• A video or an audio document + questions. This step will last approximatively 30mn.
• A written document + questions on its understanding + questions on the lesson/vocabulary + grammar.

This will give you a mark on 20 points, coefficient 2.