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Summative assessment for the units «Reading for Pleasure» and «Traditions and
Language»
9.4.5.1 Deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a
range of familiar general and curricular topics
9.3.4.1 Respond with growing flexibility at both sentence and
discourse level to unexpected comments on a range of
general and curricular topics
Learning objectives 9.3.7.1 Use appropriate subject-specific vocabulary and syntax
to talk about an increased range of general and curricular
topics;
9.3.8.1 Recount extended stories and events on a range of
general
and curricular topics
Identify the meaning from context
Deliver effective reply speeches or comment on the
partner’s speech without preparation
Assessment criteria
Use topic related vocabulary and syntax to express the
opinion
Retell extended stories and events
Knowledge and comprehension
Level of thinking skills Application
Higher order thinking skills
Duration 20 minutes

Task 1. You are going to listen four people speaking English in their national accents.
What country do you think they are from? Match a speaker with the country.
Teacher reads the transcript.

Task 2. Choose the answer:

1. English is used a lot in India because … .
a) the majority of films is in English
b) it is a means of communication
c) people need English to read newspapers
d) English is the official language
2. The Australian enjoys … most of all.
a) beaches
b) weather
c) barbeque
d) theatre
3. What is the second language in Vancouver, Canada?
a) English
b) French
c) Chinese
d)Vietnamese
4. Where are international cricket matches held in Jamaica?
a) on the beach
b) in the street
c) in the field
d) in the stadium
Speaking
Task 3. In pairs, learners take a card and develop a conversation answering the given questions.
They have 1 minute to generate the ideas and they have to speak for 2-3 minutes.
Card 1. Answer the following questions in the form of conversation. You have 1 minute for
preparation and you have to speak for 2-3 minutes.
1. Explain the title of the book you`ve read.
2. What category or genre do you think it fits into?
Card 2. Answer the following questions in the form of conversation. You have 1 minute for
preparation and you have to speak for 2-3 minutes.
1. Something you disliked about the book you`ve read.
2. Describe the setting.
Card 3. Answer the following questions in the form of conversation. You have 1 minute for
preparation and you have to speak for 2-3 minutes.
1. Describe one of the main characters of the book that you`ve read.
2. What changes does a main character go through?
Card 4. Answer the following questions in the form of conversation. You have 1 minute for
preparation and you have to speak for 2-3 minutes.
1. What would you say to persuade a friend to read the book that you`ve read or not to read
it?
2. Summarise it in one sentence.

Assessment criteria Task№ Descriptor Mark

 A learner
Identify the meaning from 1. B 1
context 2. A 1
1
3. C 1
4. D 1
1. B 1
2. B 1
2
3. C 1
4. D 1
Deliver effective reply answers all questions and respond to 1
speeches or comment on unexpected comments without
the partner’s speech preparation;
without preparation presents his/her ideas in a logical 1
Retell extended stories 3 chain to
and events retell the story;
Use topic related
vocabulary and syntax to
express the opinion
Total marks 10
Transcript
Speaker 1:
Hi, I’m Meg. I do not know if you know much about my country, you’ve probably never been
there. It is a long way from most other places. I tell you what I really like about living there. I lived
in Sydney, down the south and that’s the climate, I mean, we just have a really nice weather almost all
year around. And it means you can get outside a lot and go to the beach and just do lots of
things without being stuck inside. There are good things about Australia too, but that’s what I like
best. You can have barbecues all year around.
Speaker 2:
I hope that you can understand what I’m saying because English is not my first language. My first
language is Hindi. It’s the language of Deli, the city where I live. I speak English quite a lot too.
We used to speak English a lot when I was at school. That’s a language we use quite a lot in India
because it’s such a big country and there are so many languages here. There are so many
languages, it is impossible to understand anyone else, so some newspapers and things are in
English. But it is not the first language here, in India. If you look at the films, for example, they are
never in English. They are always in one of the Indian languages.
Speaker 3:
I live in Vancouver BC. There are people there from all parts of the world, so you’ll see different
kinds of faces and here are lots of kind languages too. Mostly that is because of the immigration of
course. There are lots of immigrants here from Vietnam and Hong Kong and places like that. A lot
of people think that the second language in Canada is French, but it isn’t. The second language
here is Chinese. That’s because there are so many people from Hong Kong. Everything here is
written in English and French because that is the law in Canada, but you only hear French spoken
over in the East coast.
Speaker 4:
Hi, I live in this land of great music, but that’s not here in Jamaica, we love cricket too. You can
see people playing the cricket all over the place. They do not need a special place. And of course,
in Kingston there is a stadium. It is called Sabina park. We played international matches there.
And I love going to watch and listen to other people playing drums and shouting. It is the best
atmosphere in the world.