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Levels 1-4 Testing Specifications _Update Report
April 2019
The Testing Specifications for Levels 1-4 have been reviewed by the CDR-SC members and minor changes in
relation to language and content (only the Marking Section) have been made. The tables below show the changes
in details:
Level One
2 Writing Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 -Minor re-phrasing and punctuation correction on
page # 2, 3 & 4.
3 Writing Marking TASK1: version 1_22-1-2017 Version 1.1_ February 2019 The doc has been updated as follows:
Criteria
- Give a zero if the task is not attempted, if the
answer is totally incomprehensible or if the
answer is plagiarized and there is evidence for
this.
- If the answer is totally irrelevant and unrelated
to the task in any way, award a zero for the
Task Achievement, and don’t give more than 2
marks for Organization, 2 for Grammar and 1
for Vocabulary.
- Candidates are penalized for writing fewer than
the required number of words. The reduction is
from Task Achievement as follows:
30 words = - 3; 31– 50 words = -2; 51– 70 words = -1
4 TASK2: version 1_22-1-2017 Version 1.1_ February 2019 The doc has been updated as follows:
5 Listening Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above)
6 Speaking Version 1_October 2017 Version 1.1_ February 2019 The doc has been updated as follows:
Level Two
Writing Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above)
Listening Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above )
Speaking Version 1_October 2017 Version 1.1_ February 2019 Updated as follows:
Writing Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 -The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above )
Writing Marking Criteria TASK 1: version 1_22-1-2017 Version 1.1 _ 14/2/2019 Updated as follows:
- Give a zero if the task is not attempted, if the
answer is totally incomprehensible or if the
answer is plagiarized and there is evidence for
this.
- If the answer is totally irrelevant and unrelated
to the task in any way, award a zero for the
Task Achievement, and don’t give more than 2
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Listening Version 4_July 2017 Version 4.1_ February 2019 The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above )
Speaking Version 1_July 2017 Version 1.1_ February 2019 Updated as follows:
Level Four
Writing Version 2_July 2017 Version 2.1_ February 2019 -The marking section has been updated according
to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above ).
Listening Modified version3_September Modified Version 3.1_ February The marking section has been updated according
2018 2019 to the GFP Examinations Procedures (see above )
Speaking Version 3_July 2017 Version 3.1_ February 2019 Updated as follows:
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