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Examination Procedures |
1.
How are the exams produced?
2. How do you ensure consistency across
languages and years?
3. What happens if something goes wrong
in the examination?
4.
How can I be sure that the marking of my
examination will be totally unbiased?
5. What do I do if I have a complaint?
6. Are candidates allowed to use dictionaries
or other reference material?
7.
Where do I get past examination material
from?
8.
Where can I find model answers for past
papers?
9.
Do you make allowances for regional varieties
of language?
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How
are the exams produced? |
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It varies from syllabus to
syllabus, but the basic standard
procedures remain the same.
The Examination Manager commissions
setters and proofreaders in
the required languages whose
work is moderated by a Chief
Examiner or Chief Moderator.
For some examinations as many
as ten different native speakers
of the same language are required
to set, mark and moderate
an examination in that language.
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| 2.
How
do you ensure consistency across languages
and years? |
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Within a syllabus the Chief
Examiner/Moderator will check
through a series of pre- and
post-examination moderation
exercises to ensure that the
same level is maintained across
the years, across languages
and (where applicable) across
options.
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| 3.
What
happens if something goes wrong in the
examination? |
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Examination centres complete
a Certificate of Completed
Examinations which must contain
details of any unprecedented
even that took place during
the examination. Candidates
should also contact the Institute
directly after the examination
if necessary, as waiting to
register a complaint through
the Appeals system after the
results have been issued only
delays the process.
Further info: Candidate
Regulations
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| 4.
How can I be sure that the marking of
my examination will be totally unbiased? |
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Candidates are marked "blind"
(i.e. only candidate numbers
are given to examiners and
not candidate names.). In
the oral examinations the
oral examiner has to notify
the Institute if the candidate
is known to him/her.
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What
do I do if I have
a complaint? |
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Candidates
should
in the
first
instance
speak
to the
centre
and contact
the Institute
in writing.
Otherwise,
once results
have been
issued
they can
follow
the Remark
procedures.
Further
info:
Candidate
Regulations
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| 6.
Are
candidates allowed
to use dictionaries
or other reference
material? |
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It varies
from examination
to examination.
Please
consult
the appropriate
handbook.
Further
info:
Materials
&
Publications
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Where
do I get past examination
material from? |
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An order
form for
such materials
can be
downloaded
from the
Institute's
website,
or the
printers
who produce
and despatch
the material
(pwpfs
Print
and Design)
can be
contacted
on email:
pastpaper@pwpfs.com
Further
info:
Materials
&
Publications
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| 8.
Where
can I find model
answers for past
papers? |
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The Institute
does not
supply
model
answers
as these
are often
challenged.
See on-line
seminars
for Dip
Trans
and DPSI.
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| 9.
Do
you make allowances
for regional varieties
of language? |
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IoLET
examiners
are trained
to be
able to
handle
major
regional
variations.
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