Subject: Modern Foreign Language - Group 3

Class: X

There will be one paper of two hours duration carrying 100 marks and Internal Assessment of 100 marks.

THEORY – 100 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, that may include short explanations, directions, descriptions or narratives. There will be a choice of subjects that 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. (15 Marks)

Question 3: One short passage will be set for translation from the language into English. (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: There will be a number of short answer questions to test the candidate’s knowledge of functional grammar, structure and usage of the language. (25 Marks) As an example, marks distribution for Question 5
for the language French shall be as follows:

• Tenses : 5 marks
• Pronouns : 5 marks
• Plurals : 5 marks
• Feminines : 5 marks
• Make sentences with given words : 5 marks

Suggested textbooks for French:

1. Point de Depart – Herbert F. Collins, Mac Millan

2. En Avant- Herbert F. Collins, Mac Millan

3. Allons Redecouvrir le Francais – A Mugve

INTERNAL ASSESSMENT – 100 Marks

Candidates will be required to complete a minimum of five assignments each for Classes IX and X as assigned by the teachers.

The assignments should cover the following areas:

1. Creative writing.
2. Aural comprehension.
3. Oral.
4. Research projects.

EVALUATION

The assignments/project work 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 (100 Marks)

Subject Teacher (Internal Examiner): 50 marks

External Examiner : 50 marks

The total marks obtained out of 100 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

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