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face2face Written Placement Test

Teachers Guide and Answer Key
The Written Placement Test is designed to be used before students start working with one of the face2face Students Books (Starter to Advanced). It checks students knowledge of the key language areas taught in each level of face2face. It is intended to indicate the Students Book and the starting point within that Students Book that is most appropriate for the student. You can use the Written Placement test on its own or in conjunction with the Oral Placement Test if you have the time and facilities to interview each student.

Administering the Written Test

Allow a maximum of 45 minutes for the test. Photocopy one copy of the Written Placement Test Question Sheet and one copy of the Written Placement Test Answer Sheet for each student. Ask students to write their answers directly on to the Answer Sheet. You may want to discourage students from making notes on the Question Sheets so that they can be used again. The Written Placement Test gets progressively more difficult. You can advise students to stop the test if the questions are too difficult for them. Discourage students from guessing. Students should do the tests on their own under exam conditions. After 45 minutes, collect the Written Placement Test Question Sheets and the Written Placement Test Answer Sheets and correct the Answer Sheets. Mark each students score at the bottom of the Answer Sheet.

Placing Students after the Written Test

In the Written Placement Test, there are 16 questions for the Starter level and 20 questions for each of the other five levels (Elementary to Advanced). The first 16 questions (Starter) should be marked initially.

If a student scores less than 14 out of the total of 16, you should place him/her at the beginning of face2face Starter. If a student scores more than 14 out of the total of 16, mark the next 20 questions (1736) (Elementary). If a student scores less than 34 out of the total of 36, you should place the student according to his/her score at one of the starting points in face2face Elementary, as given in the table below. If a student scores more than 34 out of the total of 36, mark the next 20 questions (3756) (Pre-intermediate). If a student scores less than 54 out of the total of 56, you should place the student according to his/her score at one of the starting points in face2face Pre-intermediate, as given in the table below. If a student scores more than 54 out of the total of 56, mark the next 20 questions (5776) (Intermediate). If a student scores less than 74 out of the total of 76, you should place the student according to his/her score at one of the starting points in face2face Intermediate, as given in the table below. If a student scores more than 74 out of the total of 76, mark the next 20 questions (7796) (Upper Intermediate). If a student scores less than 94 out of the total of 96, you should place the student according to his/her score at one of the starting points in face2face Upper Intermediate, as given in the table below. If a student scores more than 94 out of the total of 96, mark the next 20 questions (97116) (Advanced). If a student scores less than 114 out of the total of 116, you should place the student according to his/her score at one of the starting points in face2face Advanced as given in the table below. 1

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WRITTEN TEST SCORE RANGES Mark out of a total of 16 Between 0 and 14 correct answers Mark out of a total of 36 Between 15 and 24 correct answers Between 25 and 33 correct answers Mark out of a total of 56 Between 34 and 43 correct answers Between 44 and 53 correct answers Mark out of a total of 76 Between 54 and 63 correct answers Between 64 and 73 correct answers Mark out of a total of 96 Between 74 and 83 correct answers Between 84 and 93 correct answers Mark out of a total of 116 Between 94 and 102 correct answers More than 102 correct answers

face2face STARTING POINT Level Starter Elementary Elementary Pre-intermediate Pre-intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Upper Intermediate Upper Intermediate Advanced Advanced Unit
1 New friends 1 Meeting people 7 Films, music, news 1 Work, rest and play 7 You need a holiday! 1 How do you feel? 7 Technology 1 A life of learning 7 Small world 1 Lets talk 6 Ask the public

Answer Key
QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION QUESTION ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER ANSWER a) c) d) c) b) c) c) a) d) c) d) c) b) a) b) d) c) c) b) d) 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

c) c) a) b) a) c) b) b) c) a) b) b) b) a) a) b)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

c) b) b) b) a) b) b) d) d) a) a) c) d) d) b) b) a) d) c) a)

37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56

c) c) c) a) c) b) a) d) a) d) b) b) d) d) d) a) c) d) c) a)

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

a) c) b) a) b) b) c) d) a) c) c) d) b) b) c) b) a) b) a) a)

77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

a) c) b) a) c) d) d) d) a) c) c) b) a) c) c) a) b) a) b) d)

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116

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