Oral test #3 covers Kontexte 1-7, with emphasis on Kontext 5-7. It will be conducted during the scheduled final examination time, or if necessary right afterward. You may take your final with any section. The oral test will include a short part, done with the entire group together, where you listen to one or more short remarks and take notes in either English or German. The individual face-to-face oral test will include one or even two "role-play" situations, which will be described in English and given to you on paper to refer to as you speak. It is to your advantage to speak readily and lengthily, rather than "clamming up" in the hope of reducing the number of errors you make. We are not counting errors; we are measuring levels of performance.

You can look at the scoring guide (.doc) that will be used for the individual part.

A note about language tests: Just as you keep using words and structures you may have learned years ago (if you even remember when you learned them), the language you are learning now will be tested cumulatively. That is, a later test may call on knowledge and skills you acquired earlier in the course. If you have continuing weaknesses in earlier material, that will affect your performance and thus your grade on later tests. Still, each test will emphasize recent material, and to get a 5 or 6 on the test you will have to have good (not necessarily perfect!) command of that material.