- The final foreign language examination is conducted at five levels, in accordance with the table of language competence levels developed by the Council of Europe – A2, B1, B2, B2+, and C1+, C2. Students take their exam at a level consistent with the level of the language course they attended (more information HERE).
- The precondition for being admitted to the exam is to have obtained a pass in the language course (for this to happen, obtaining 60% of the total amount of points is required).
- Unjustified (unaccounted for) failure to take the written exam or the oral exam on the specified date is equivalent to obtaining an insufficient (fail) grade, and missing (forfeiting) the first exam date. In the event of a justified (excused) absence from the entire exam or any of its parts, the student retains the right to take the exam in accordance with the Study Regulations. The justification for the absence must be delivered or sent electronically within 7 days of the exam to the language instructor who is responsible for the given course. The next date for the standardized exam is set in the retake session. If the exemption concerns the written part, the student takes both parts of the standardized exam in the retake session, while retaining the rights of the first exam date, whereas if the exemption concerns the oral part of the exam, the student takes only that part, provided that he/she has obtained at least 24 points in the written part.
- The student may be exempted from the exam if he/she presents a certificate confirming passing the external exam included in the authorized list of exams developed by the KUE Language Center, for English (link) and for other languages (more information HERE). The student who has the certificate is obliged to present the original examination paper, together with a copy, to the teacher conducting the classes on the date specified by the Language Center. The final grade is entered by the language instructor responsible for the given group.
- The standardized exam consists of a written part and an oral part:
- The written part lasts 90 minutes at levels A2 and B1, and 120 minutes at levels B2, B2+ and C1 and C2 (this applies to the language proficiency levels achieved at the end of the course; more information HERE). Listening comprehension takes place 30 minutes after the start of the exam, and the recording is played twice. The time of playing the recording and completing the tasks is determined by the duration of the recording itself. The precondition for being admitted to take the oral part of the examination is to have obtained the required number of points in the written part (a minimum of 24 points).
- The oral part lasts 20 minutes, including 10 minutes for preparation (or less if the students express their readiness to start the exam before this time elapses).
The exam is considered to have been successfully passed upon obtaining the required minimum number of points in the written part (24 points) and in the oral part (6 points).
- Students are required to report for the written exam 15 minutes before it begins. Before entering the exam room, the students must show their student ID or another document with a photograph, and take a seat indicated by the instructor. In the event of lateness, the student may be allowed to enter the exam room up to 20 minutes after the exam begins. The exam end time is not extended in such cases.
- Using auxiliary materials (mobile phones, smartwatches, other electronic devices, notes) or communicating with other students during the exam will result in expulsion from the written part of the exam, and not being admitted to take the oral part of the exam. The student will be removed from the exam room and given an insufficient (fail) grade. Removal from the room is recorded in the exam report.
- The instructor informs the students about the result of the written exam, stating the number of points obtained, no later than two business days after the exam date.
- The student has the right to review the exam paper, according to the principles specified in the Study Regulations. In order to obtain access, the student should contact the Head of the given language team.
- The oral exam is obligatory, and takes place in the form of an interaction between two students. Students are randomly selected and assigned in pairs. The random selection (draw) takes place during the penultimate class in the semester. The oral exam is conducted at a different time than the written exam, and in any given exam session the dates may be spread over one or two days for individual language groups. The exam begins with a warm-up (an introductory conversation with the examiner on general topics), after which the students begin to complete the task that has been allocated randomly. The oral exam is considered to have been successfully passed upon obtaining at least 6 out of 10 possible points.
- The teacher informs the students about the result of the oral exam, stating the number of points obtained, no later than two business days from the date of the exam. If the student does not obtain the required number of points in the oral part, but he/she obtained at least 24 points in the written part, he/she repeats only the oral part of the exam in the retake session.
- Both the written and the oral parts of the exam are assessed by an impartial examiner according to strictly defined criteria.
- Based on the current grades in the subject and the grade in the exam, ONE final grade is issued for the course subject based on the assessment criteria at a scale of 200 points. This is a weighted grade (course pass: 40%, examination: 60%). The student’s grade is entered in the USOS system accordingly.
- In accordance with the applicable Study Regulations, it is mandatory to include the failure to pass the exam in the 1st round (first attempt) in the assignment of the final grade for the subject.
