Subject: Modern Foreign Language - Group 2

Class: X

(Candidates offering a Modern Foreign Language as a Group I subject may not opt for the same Language as a Group II subject.)

Papers will be set in French (77), Spanish (85),German (80) and other Foreign Languages on request.

There will be one paper of two hours duration carrying 80 marks and Internal Assessment of 20 marks.

The paper will consist of five questions all of which will be compulsory.

Question 1: Candidates will be required to write, in the language, one short composition of 250 words approximately, which may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives. There will be a
choice of subjects which will be varied and may be suggested by language or other stimuli such as pictures or objects. (20 Marks)

Question 2: Candidates will be required to write a letter of approximately 150 words from a choice of two subjects. Suggestions may be given. The layout of the letter, with address, introduction, conclusion, etc. will form part of the assessment. (10 Marks)

Question 3: This will consist of tests in vocabulary, syntax and idiom, synthesis in sentence construction, formation of sentences in the language correctly embodying given words or forms. The question will not require any knowledge of grammatical terms. (20 Marks)

Question 4: An unseen passage of about 150 words will be given in the language. Questions in the language will be set, to be answered in the language, designed to test the candidate’s understanding of the context of the passage. (20 Marks)

Question 5: One short passage will be set for translation from the language into English. (10 Marks)

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT

The minimum number of assignments for each academic year

Class IX: Two or three assignments of reasonable length/duration.

Class X: Two or three assignments of reasonable length/duration.

Suggested Assignments

Class IX - Creative writing: Students are to write short compositions the stimuli being;

1. a piece of recorded music;
2. a recorded series of sound;
3. a picture/photograph;
4. an opening sentence or phrase;
5. a newspaper/magazine clipping or report;

one piece of factual writing which should be informative or argumentative; one piece of expressive writing which is descriptive and imaginative; preparation of the film/book review.

Class X - Oral: Prepared speech/ declamation; impromptu speech / debate / discussion; report / interview; elocution; role-play / general conversation on selected topics.

Aural: Listening to a conversation/talk/reading of a short passage and then writing down the relevant or main points in the specified number of words and answering the given questions.

EVALUATION

The assignments/project works are to be evaluated by the subject teacher and by an External Examiner. (The External Examiner may be a teacher nominated by the Head of the school, who could be from the faculty,
but not teaching the subject in the section/class. For example, a teacher of Language of Class VIII may be deputed to be an External Examiner for Class X, Language projects.)

The Internal Examiner and the External Examiner will assess the assignments independently.

Award of marks (20 Marks)

Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner) 10 marks

External Examiner 10 marks

The total marks obtained out of 20 are to be sent to the Council by the Head of the school.

The Head of the school will be responsible for the entry of marks on the mark sheets provided by the Council.

Courtesy: cisce.org