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25 Years of Assessment at
the EOI in Málaga
Carmen Medina, PhD
TargetsReview EOI Málaga
produced exams from 1986
to 2011.
Review Consejería produced
exams from 2012 to 2015.
Compare differences:
structures, contents, exercise
types.
Bird’s-eye view of C1
Preliminaries
Changes in Level names
Inclusion of Use of English (grammar)
Recycling exams (1998 to Sept. 2002; 2002 to 2006)
Grading
Balance of exam parts (R-L-W-Sp-UoE-Pron)
Permission to go over exam
1986 5th-year certification exam (Certificado Aptitud), no sources provided, instructions in English
Reading 1 with 6 MCQ
Listening 1 with 5 MCQ
Use of English
4 tasks
Insert correct preposition (16 items)
Phrasal Verbs (10 items)
Rephrasing (10 items)MCQ Gap fill (gives words to choose from, 14)
Writing Write a composition about the advantages and
disadvantages of flying/travel by car/train/boat. About 100 words.
Speaking ????? (None found: 1983 took Certification exam)
1987 5th-year certification exam no, sources provided, instructions in English
Listening 3 Tasks
Part 1, MCQ (5 items), Part 2 TF (7 items), Part 3 How
well did you understand the following words or
phrases when you hear them? Choose the most accurate definition 6 items, also MCQ.
Use of English
6 Tasks
Cloze (20 items)
Prepositions and prep phr (15 items)
Phrasal verbs (10 items, 15 choices)
Structural conversion-rephrasing (6 items)
Word formation (6 items)MCQ (15 items, 4 choices)
Translate Sp to Eng (approx. 300 words) + Eng to Sp (approx. 286 words)
1990 5th year (Certificado de Aptitud)
Listening 5 MCQ, 4 options (Unit 16, Exercise book)
Grammar
and Use of
English
25 MCQ, 4 options
Fill in blanks with phrasal verbs, 12 items with 12
given verbs
Rephrasing with given word, 10 items
Cloze 24 MCQ items, 4 options
Translation English to Spanish, text of 208 words (Hardy)
Spanish to English, text of 180 words (Baroja)
1997 to 1999 (re-used in 2002)
1997 5th year
June
5th year
Sept
L (3exs), R (MCQ 2exs), W essay, U of E (5exs, Cloze, Structural conversion
2exs, Phrasal verbs, Verb tenses, Pronunciation- silent consonants+
transcriptions+ noun or verb).
L (3exs), R (MCQ 2exs), W essay, U of E (5exs, Cloze, Structural conversion
2exs, Phrasal verbs, Verb tenses, Pronunciation- homophones,
transcriptions+ noun or verb).
1998
(2002)
5th year
June
5th year
Sept
L (3exs), R (MCQ 2exs), W essay, U of E (5exs, Cloze, Structural conversion,
Phrasal verbs, Verb tenses, Pronunciation- MCQ odd one out, rhyming
words, transcriptions).
L (2exs), R (3exs vocab, 1exs comprehension), W essay, U of E (5exs,
Cloze, Structural conversion, Phrasal verbs, Verb tenses, Pronunciation-
odd one out, stressed syllable, “ed” endings).
1999 5th year
June
5TH year
Sept
L (2exs), R (2exs vocab, 1exs comprehension), W essay, U of E (5exs,
Cloze, Structural conversion, Phrasal verbs, Word formation,
Pronunciation- homophones vowel sounds, homophones general).
L (2exs), R (2exs vocab, 1exs comprehension), W essay, U of E (5exs,
Cloze, Structural conversion, Phrasal verbs, Word formation,
Pronunciation- phonetic sounds, homophones).
2000-20092000-
20075th
year
June
5th
year
Sept
L (2exs), R (MCQ 2 texts-4exs), W essay, U of E (6exs, Cloze,
MCQ, Word formation, Active passive, Structural conversion,
Pronunciations-silent letters, phonetics minimal pairs).
L (2exs), R (MCQ 2 texts-4exs), W essay, U of E (6exs, Cloze,
MCQ, Word formation, Verb tenses, Structural conversion,
Pronunciations-homophones, phonetic transcriptions,
stressed syllables). 2008-
20095th
year
June
Free
5th
year
Sept
L (2exs), R (MCQ 2 texts-4exs), W 1 essay+ 1 interaction, U of
E (5exs, Cloze, Word formation, Verb tenses, Structural
conversion, Pronunciations-homophones phonetic
transcriptions, stressed syllables).
L (2exs), R (MCQ 2 texts-4exs), W 1 essay+ 1 interaction, U of
E (5exs, Cloze, Word formation, Verb tenses, Structural
conversion, Pronunciations-homophones phonetic
transcriptions, stressed syllables).
2010 – 2011 Great change from UofE and Language focus to SKILLS focus
Instructions in Spanish2010 Reading
Listening
Extensive
writing
Interactive
Writing
Presentation
Role Play
X2: MCQ and Gap Fill
X2: MCQ and Gap Fill
250-275 words: “Some people prefer to own a business,
others prefer to work for somebody else”. Use the
following vocabulary: would rather/regret/I wish/better
off/come up with/despite
180 words: Rewrite the following sentences using the
beginnings (covert rephrasing activity)
Random topic from a booklet
Interaction with the examination panel2011 Format exactly the same as above, including the rephrasing
2012 - 2015 Consejería Unified Exams
2 Reading
Tasks
2013
10 MCQ
20 Gap fill (grammar)
20 Gap fill (phrases)
2015
20 Gap fill (phrases)
10 MCQ
2 Listening
Tasks
10 MCQ
Tick 10 phrases you
hear (5 distractors)
10 Gap fill
10 MCQ
Match extract +
heading (2 distractors)
2 Writing
Tasks
Essay
Letter
(Clearly different)
Essay, Report, Diary
entry, Review, Letter
(mixed!
Formal/Informal)
2 Speaking
Tasks
Presentation
Role Play
Presentation
Role Play
Quick comparison
with other exams
C1
EOI ARAGON EOI LAS PALMAS
Reading X3 Tasks
Gap fill – Voc – 7 – 3 given items
MCQ
Gap fill – Voc – 12/15 items
Reading X4 Tasks
Match text + content summary
(11 options)
Rebuild text with sentence
Gap fill - Word bank 22 items – 3 distractors
9 MCQ – 4 options
Listening X3 Tasks
MCQ – 7 – 3 choices
MCQ – 6 – 3 extracts/3 choices
Gap fill – info up to 4 words – 7 sentences
Listening
Match Heading + news item 8-5 (3
distractors)
MCQ – 6 – 3 choices
Gap fill – up to 3 words – 8 sentences
Writing
Complaint letter
Blog entry
Writing
A News story
A (Descriptive) story
Speaking
Presentation: Image + prompts
Role play: Ask for advice/give opinion;
image + prompts
Speaking
Presentation: Image + prompts
Role play: Image + prompts
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)
Trinity College London
Conclusions1. Exam content and difficulty have changed
2. Focus has changed from language-centred to skills-
centred
3. Level has gone down (translation, phonetics,
pronunciation and stress; 12 to 15 sections in Use of
English)
4. Timing has changed: not as long as they used to be
5. The grading scale has also changed, before you passed
with 60% (now 50%)
6. Back to square 1 with the same question:
Is your C1 the same as mine?
Where to go from here?
REFERENCES
Exams created at EOI Málaga.
Exams created by teams at Consejería de Educación, Junta de Andalucía.
http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/portals/web/educacion-permanente/pruebas-certificacion/modelos
Exams created by teams at Departamento de Educación, Gobierno de Aragón.
http://www.educaragon.org/arboles/arbol.asp?guiaeducativa=41&strseccion=A1A312
Exams created by teams at Consejería de Educación, Gobierno de Canarías.
http://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/educacion/web/idiomas/pruebas_certificacion/documentos_interes/
CAE sample exams: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/advanced/preparation/
Trinity College C1 sample exams:
http://www.trinitycollege.com/site/?id=3196
