Indicators for the placement test

Listening and speaking parts

Applicants for tenth grade

Temas para estudiantes que desean ingresar a décimo grado.

Fecha de la prueba: 14 de febrero 2022
Hora Inicio de la prueba: 8:00am
Indicaciones Generales: La persona estudiante deberá presentarse al menos 10 minutos antes de la hora
establecida y cumplir con los protocolos de ingreso.

Material de referencia
- Book American Think Level 2 student´s book. Units from 1 to 6.

1. Amazing people
Listening
-Recognizes the main point and the important details of audio recordings by using prior knowledge about
amazing people.

Speaking
-Explains and justifies opinions by using combinations of previously learned relevant sentence frames about
amazing people.

2. Sports
Listening
-Identifies the most important points and specific details in a small group discussion between two or more
native speakers about sports.

3. Entertainment
Listening
-Identifies key words, phrases and expressions in lectures or talks with clear and familiar language about
entertainment.
- Recognizes specific details in lectures or talks with clear and familiar language about entertainment.

Speaking
-Makes complete sentences to give opinions, reasons, explanations, and points of view about entertainment.

4. School
Listening
- Recognizes specific details in listening exercises with clear and familiar language about the ways we learn,
school subjects, and education.

Speaking
-Gives opinions, reasons, explanations, and points of view in discussions about the ways we learn, different types
of education, school subjects, how the brain works.

5. Music
Speaking
- Answers spontaneous questions in an interview about music, music genres, and how music can help in your
learning.

6. Environment
Listening
-Gets the gist and specific information from audios input about the environment.

Speaking
-Explains why something is a problem related to environmental problems.
-Answers spontaneous questions in an interview about the environment and environmental problems.
INDICATORS (reading and writing)
Indicaciones Generales:

⮚ La persona estudiante deberá presentarse al menos 10 minutos antes de la hora establecida

y cumplir con los protocolos de ingreso.

INDICATOR GOAL
R4. Make predictions using prior
knowledge, contextual clues, titles, - Identify information in context to complete
headings, key words and pictures. written tasks / Identificar detalles en contexto
con el propósito de completar ejercicios en
R5. Recognize main idea, forma escrita
supporting idea, new information,
given information in messages,
e-mails, memos, reports, letters,
brochures, newspaper articles.

R.2.1 Identifies most words in

narrative and expository text, and - Apply specific tenses correctly base don the
extract the key ideas from those level required / Aplicar el uso correcto de
texts about fashion, values, and tiempo verbales según el nivel requerido
beliefs in micro / macro cultures.

R.2.2 Distinguishes between literal

and implied meanings in texts about
fashion, values, and beliefs in micro
/ macro cultures.

R.2.3 Draws conclusions from the

gist/main idea and key details, prior
knowledge, contextual clues.

W.3 Revises the short summary of a

piece of literature, expository text, or
audiovisual production and check
written sentences to look for
mistakes (e.g., subject-verb
agreement, capitalization, spelling,
basic punctuation etc.)

W.2 Drafts simple connected texts - Produces paragraphs base don topics
about natural phenomena, assigned
environmental
concerns, natural disasters and
ecological footprint.