Hi Nicola
We have also had problems with the new City & Guilds, and learners failing who would not have failed the old style reading paper. In theory learners only need to get two of the needed starred questions incorrect for them to fail the complete assessment, which then needs to be done again in its entirety. We have learners with an overall mark of over 90% fail. They also seem more suitable for functional skills with what is being tested.
For the writing grammar section the E3 learners need a knowledge of conditionals, which is not part of the L1 syllabus - and sentence completions need to be 100% grammatically correct to get a mark, so the conditional use can be correct but no mark is given as the article might be incorrect.
Judith Earley
ESOL Bridging Course
Oldham College
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Nicola Dean <[log in to unmask]>Date: 16 April 2015 at 13:59
Subject: City and Guilds 4692 Exams
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[log in to unmask]Hi everyone
Are any providers out there using the new City and Guilds 4692 exam? As a staff team at Rotherham College we are encountering a lot of issues such as mistakes between the candidates' paper and the assessment packs and badly worded and ambiguous questions. In particular we have had very poor results on the Entry 3 reading papers as the mark scheme is very narrow: students must answer certain questions correctly to pass. We haven't got to the writing exams get!
Any feedback would be really appreciated.
Regards
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