Part 1 Speaking24 points

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Exam Format

• Part 1 - Speaking 24 points
• Part 2 Listening 30 points
• Part 3 Reading 30 points
• Part 4 Writing 16 points

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Part 1 - Speaking

• 2 conversations, 6 lines each
• Each student line is worth a maximum of 2 points

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How is my speaking rated?

• Student speech is rated on the basis of 3 factors

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• Comprehensibility would a native speaker of
  German understand what you are saying,
  understanding that he or she is dealing with a
  non-native speaker of German?

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• Appropriateness is the response appropriate to
  the situation?

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• Consistency is the students language
  consistent with Checkpoint B level language?
• What does that mean?

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• Are you using vocabulary and phrases that you
  learned in Checkpoint B or Checkpoint A?
• Are the verbs conjugated correctly? Are you
  using the correct tense? Are adjectives used
  correctly? Is your word order correct?
• Are there many errors that Checkpoint B students
  should not make?

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So tell me again, how do I get my 2 points?

• Comprehensible
• Appropriate
• Consistent with Checkpoint B

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So what doesnt earn me points? How many tries
do I get?

• Scoring
• student has two attempts to speak in each line of
  dialog with no penalty
• simple yes or no answers are not sufficient
  to earn points and are disregarded
• one word nouns or names are disregarded
• repetition of all or most of what has already
  been said is also disregarded

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Before the conversation begins, listen very
  CAREFULLY as your teacher reads the situation to
  you. Youll have some time to think Use that
  time wisely!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, you are always yourself! Listen for
  what role the teacher is playing. Decide if you
  should use du or Sie with your teacher, and
  be consistent throughout the conversation.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Determine what exactly you must accomplish in the
  conversation. Are you socializing? Requesting
  information? Expressing your feelings? Trying
  to persuade someone to do something?

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Stop and think about where you are entering the
  conversation. Some information may already be
  understood, and doesnt need to be repeated.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Think of how you can get the conversation going
  without jumping right to the task. How can you
  lead up to it, rather than say everything at once?

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher is going to start the
  conversation, try to predict what he/she will
  say. But be sure to remain flexible! Dont get
  stuck if your teacher doesnt say exactly what
  you were thinking! Always go with the flow!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If there is an imaginary event that you will be
  discussing, use your imagination, and start
  making up the details When? Where? Why? How?
  With whom? What can you pretend you see around
  you?

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Once the conversation has begun, listen
  carefully to what your teacher says. You may
  hear key words that you can use when its your
  turn to talk!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, the conversation is not an
  interrogation. You are expected to do your part
  to keep things moving. Not everything your
  teacher says will be a question. Take advantage
  of every opportunity to add to and build on the
  conversation.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher asks you a question, answer it,
  but then go on and say something more. Always
  build on the conversation.

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If your teacher makes a statement instead of
  asking a question, agree or disagree and say why.
  

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Be creative, but don't go overboard. You may
  back yourself into a corner if you're trying to
  talk about things that you are not familiar with.
  Being funny is OK, as long as you dont get to
  far off track, and your teacher cant follow your
  unique sense of humor. Keep it logical!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• Remember, this is a test. It may be entirely
  natural to answer some questions with a word or
  two, but you know that you have to say enough to
  earn two points. Dont stop until you know you
  have those points!

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If you don't understand something your teacher
  said, pause, think, and ask for a repeat if it
  doesn't come to you.
• (Wie bitte? Was haben Sie gesagt?)

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Useful Strategies in Part 1 Speaking

• If there is a word you don't know that you think
  you need, don't freeze up! Use your road block
  strategies to find a way around it. This may
  mean changing the direction of the conversation a
  little or a lot. Rarely is there only one way to
  accomplish a task. Stay on your toes!

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Most useful Strategy in Part 1 Speaking

• Relax!!

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Part 2 - Listening (30 points)

• 9 listening passages, each with one question in
  English
• 6 listening passages, each with one question in
  German

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Before your teacher reads you the listening
  passage in German, he or she will explain in
  English the context of the situation. Listen
  carefully, so you know where you are and who you
  are listening to.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• As you listen to the passage the first time, Give
  your full attention to your teacher. Relax, and
  listen for the overall meaning. Dont try to
  read the question in the test booklet when you
  are supposed to be listening! Read the question
  before or after the passage only.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Dont stop to figure out one or two unfamiliar
  words that you heard. Keep your mind and ears
  open!

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Do not under any circumstances write an
  answer on your answer sheet while your teacher is
  reading aloud. If you were mistaken, you may
  miss the real answer, or your action may distract
  students near you.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• As you listen to the passage the second time, try
  to confirm what you think you heard and listen
  for the details. You may want to use your
  scrap paper and jot down a note or two.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Now is the time to look at the question and
  suggested answers in your test booklet.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Even if you think you know which answer is
  correct, look at all the possibilities with an
  open mind.
• Start by crossing out the answers that you know
  are wrong.

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Useful Strategies in Part 2 Listening

• Dont be 100 sure of a particular answer just
  because you heard one word in the passage that
  may be in the answer.
• Refer back to your mental notes from the passage
  can you support your choice with at least one
  or two things you heard from the passage?

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Listening Practice
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• You are taking a tour of the zoo in Berlin and
  the guide says to your group

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• According to the guide, what should zoo
  visitors avoid doing?
• (1) frightening the animals
• (2) taking flash photographs
• (3) disturbing other visitors
• (4) feeding the animals

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• According to the guide, what should zoo visitors
  avoid doing?
• (1) frightening the animals
• (2) taking flash photographs
• (3) disturbing other visitors
• (4) feeding the animals

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• Guten Morgen! Zuerst muss ich Ihnen eine kleine
  Warnung mitgeben Auch wenn Sie unsere Tiere
  niedlich und freundlich finden, dürfen Sie die
  Tiere nicht füttern. Das kann für die Gesundheit
  der Tiere gefährlich sein. Selbst gesunde oder
  natürliche Futtermittel, wie Blätter oder Gras,
  sind gefährlich, wenn sie den Tieren in zu großen
  Mengen gegeben werden. Unsere Tiere sollten ihr
  Futter nur von unseren Nahrungsspezialisten
  bekommen.

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Part 3 - Reading (30 points)

• 1 long passage - 5 questions in German
• 5 shorter passages - 5 questions in English
• 1 long passage - 5 questions in English

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Start by reading the passage once, all the way
  through, to get the overall meaning.
• Then read through a second time and underline
  what you think are the main ideas and important
  details.

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Focus on the words that you know dont get
  stuck on words or phrases that are unfamiliar.
• As you re-read the passage, the unfamiliar words
  may start to make sense from the context of the
  passage.

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Now look at the question or questions associated
  with the passage and the 4 possible answer
  choices.

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Start by eliminating the answers that you think
  are wrong. In order to eliminate an answer, find
  something in the passage that makes that choice
  absolutely wrong.

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Now focus in on the choices that you think may be
  right. Go back to the passage and see if you can
  find at least one or two points in the passage
  that support your answer.

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Useful Strategies in Part 3 Reading

• Just like in the listening section, dont be 100
  sure of a particular answer just because you see
  one word in the passage that may be in the answer!

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Part 4 - Writing (16 points)

• 2 writing tasks Your choice of
• An article or essay
• A letter
• A story based on a picture

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Look at all three choices carefully, and
  determine which two of the three will be easier
  for you. Think of the vocabulary you will need!

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• When you have your two choices, focus in on one
  at a time.
• Look carefully at the bulleted suggestions that
  are given to you as part of the situation.
• Use those suggestions to start writing.

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• You may want to make an outline or draw a web
  to sort out your thoughts.

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Your next step is to write a first draft. Use
  the bulleted suggestions, your outline or web,
  and start to connect your ideas.

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Be sure you have a good introduction.
• Make sure your thoughts are logically put
  together throughout the body of your writing.
• Take the time to write a good conclusion!

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• After you are done with your draft, check for the
  following

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Did you accomplish the task and provide many
  relevant details?

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Is it organized, with a clear beginning, middle
  and end?

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Did you use good Checkpoint B vocabulary?

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Did you use correct grammar and spelling?

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Do you have at least 100 words?

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Useful Strategies in Part 4 Writing

• Make any changes you need to and then write your
  final copy.
• Try not to make mistakes in copying from your
  draft to the good copy!

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Listening Practice (continued)

• You are listening to a message that was left on
  the answering machine by your German friend
  Mattias. Mattias says

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• Why has Mattias not contacted you for a long
  time?
• (1) The postal service was on strike.
• (2) He had computer problems.
• (3) He was sick.
• (4) He was on a trip.

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• Why has Mattias not contacted you for a long
  time?
• (1) The postal service was on strike.
• (2) He had computer problems.
• (3) He was sick.
• (4) He was on a trip.

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• Hallo! Mattias hier! Ich weiß, dass du jetzt bald
  mit deiner Familie auf eine große Tour gehst.
  Also fasse ich mich kurz, denn ich habe
  eigentlich nichts Neues zu berichten. Unser
  E-mail Anschluss war einige Zeit lang blockiert
  und deswegen kam längere Zeit nichts von mir.
  Jetzt funktioniert aber alles wieder und ich
  werde euch nächste Woche wieder eine E-mail
  schicken. Ich wünsche euch allen eine gute Reise.
  Tschüss.

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• Your Swiss pen pal Sonja is visiting you. She is
  telling you about a problem she is having at
  home

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• Was wünscht sich Sonja?
• (1) dass sie ein privates Zimmer hat
• (2) dass sie ihr Zimmer dekorieren kann
• (3) dass ihr Bruder keinen Lärm machte
• (4) dass ihr Bruder sportlicher wäre

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• Was wünscht sich Sonja?
• (1) dass sie ein privates Zimmer hat
• (2) dass sie ihr Zimmer dekorieren kann
• (3) dass ihr Bruder keinen Lärm machte
• (4) dass ihr Bruder sportlicher wäre

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• Ich habe seit einiger Zeit den Wunsch, dass kein
  Mensch ohne Erlaubnis in mein Zimmer kommt. Ich
  habe das auch mit meiner Familie besprochen. Aber
  trotzdem kommt mein kleiner Bruder immer wieder
  ohne Erlaubnis in mein Zimmer. Mein Zimmer ist
  doch meine Welt! Mein Bruder soll mindestens
  vorher anklopfen! Ich weiß, er ist ein Kind, aber
  er muss mein kleines Reich respektieren.

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