EXAM GUIDELINES

INTERMEDIATE 1—BOOK 2

Time Management and Negotiation in Practice

Your classmates and you are going to write the book Time Management and Negotiation in Practice.
Each level will write a lesson of the book by answering the question from the lesson title. At the end of
the module, the teacher will put the lessons together to make your book. You are in charge of writing
Lesson 4, so you should answer the question: What do you gain when you win?

The exam has two parts:

1. Written Project
2. Presentation

Written Project
General Guidelines

• Answer the first question of the book you are writing. Intermediate 1 students are in charge of writing
Lesson 4.
• Remember: this is your book! It should reflect your experience with the Personal and Professional
Development topics studied.
• The written project should attract the readers’ attention! Use pictures, illustrations, diagrams, tables,
or any visual aid that can make the book more appealing.
• No book is written without research. Read other books, articles, or news that may help you develop
the topic, but don’t forget to mention the source! It’s perfectly OK to quote or to refer to other
authors, but it’s not OK to simply copy other people’s work.

Guidelines—Intermediate 1

Lesson 4: What do you gain when you win?

The goal of Lesson 4 is to answer the question “What do you gain when you win?” In order to do that,
narrate the last time you and someone close to you had different opinions about a situation, there was a
discussion, and you ended up winning.

In order to draw a conclusion and answer the question, divide the lesson into four parts. For each
part, there are questions to answer. It’s important to include all four parts and to have all questions
answered in the written project. Watch the PPD video as many times as you need and read the texts in
the book to help you complete your project.

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Part 1: Talk About Yourself

Describe your background: where you were born and raised, what you used to do as a child or as a
teenager. Talk about yourself in the present: briefly describe your habits and routine. Talk about your
plans: briefly describe your plans and goals.

Language items: simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, used to, be used
to, future (will), modal verbs (can, could, may, might, should, must)

Part 2: Describe a Situation

Who is the person you negotiated with? Describe this person’s personality and the relationship
you have.
What was the situation? Where were you? What were you doing? What happened? Why did you have
different points of view?

Language items: simple present, simple past, past continuous, reasoning

Part 3: Analyze the Consequences

How did you and the person feel after the negotiation? Were both of you sad, upset, or happy? Why?
Did it affect your relationship positively or negatively?

Language items: simple past, past continuous, used to, expressing opinion, reasoning

Part 4: Draw a Conclusion

You won the discussion, but what did you gain in your relationship? What will be different from now on?

Language items: simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, used to,
be used to, expressing opinion, future (will), modal verbs (can, could, may, might, should, must),
reasoning

When you finish writing, proofread the text. Pay attention to spelling, to vocabulary appropriateness and
to sentence construction. Also, make sure you answered all questions and included all parts.

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Evaluation

The project will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Research, design, and task completion: 2.5 points
• Vocabulary appropriateness and spelling: 2.5 points
• Grammar appropriateness and sentence construction: 2.5 points
• Language items—simple present, present continuous, simple past, past continuous, used to, be used
to, expressing opinion, future (will), modal verbs (can, could, may, might, should, must),
reasoning: 2.5 points

Project Presentation

General Guidelines

• You will have 5 to 10 minutes to present the project to your classmates. Make it interesting!
• Adapt your written project to an oral presentation. That means less written text and more oral
explanation and visual aid elements.
• It’s always a good idea to bring pictures. You can also use memes to illustrate your presentation and
make it fun!
• Find proverbs, sayings, or quotations that relate to the content.
• Be creative! You may add videos, animations, or songs to your presentation.

Guidelines—Intermediate 1

Lesson 4: What do you gain when you win?

The goal of the presentation is to have your classmates understand the path you took to draw
conclusions and answer the question. You don’t have to answer all proposed questions in each part
orally, but make sure you cover all parts of the lesson that led you to answer the question “What do you
gain when you win?”

• Talk about yourself

• Describe the situation
• Analyze the consequences
• Draw a conclusion: What did you gain when you won?

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When the presentation is ready, practice it before going to class! It’s always a good idea to practice what
you are going to present. In class, interact with your classmates’ presentations. Be ready to ask and to
answer questions.

Evaluation

The presentation will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Overall performance: 2.0 points
• Pronunciation and intonation: 1.5 points
• Grammar and vocabulary: 5.0 points
• Register and task completion: 1.5 points