Changes in the exam 2019 - help from FIPI
Certificate of changes in the KIM USE 2019
In the KIM for all academic subjects, additional reminder instructions have been introduced for USE participants to check the recording of answers on forms No. 1 and No. 2 under the corresponding task numbers.
All changes in the KIM USE are not of a fundamental nature. For most subjects, the wording of the tasks is being clarified and the system for assessing the tasks is being improved to increase the differentiating ability of the examination work.
Table of changes in the KIM USE 2019 from the official website of FIPI
| Academic subject | Changes in the KIM USE 2019 |
| Mathematics Geography Physics Chemistry Informatics and ICT | No changes |
| Russian language | The number of tasks in the examination work has been increased from 26 to 27 due to the introduction of a new task (21), which tests the ability to conduct punctuation analysis of the text. The format of tasks 2, 9–12 has been changed. The range of testable spelling and punctuation skills has been expanded. The difficulty level of individual tasks has been clarified. The wording of task 27 with a detailed answer has been clarified. The criteria for assessing the task 27 have been clarified. |
| Biology | The model of the task in line 2 has been changed (instead of a two-point task with multiple choice, a one-point task for working with a table is proposed). The maximum primary score for completing all work has been reduced from 59 to 58. |
| Foreign languages | There are no changes in the structure and content of the CMM. The criteria for assessing the performance of task 40 of the "Letter" section in the written part of the exam have been clarified, as well as the wording of task 40, in which the exam participant is offered a choice of two topics of a detailed written statement with elements of reasoning "My opinion" |
| Literature | The criteria for assessing the performance of tasks with a detailed answer have been clarified: corrections have been made in the assessment of tasks 8 and 15 (the formulation of criterion 1 with a description of the requirements for an answer for 2 points, the rules for calculating actual errors in criterion 2), tasks 9 and 16 (in criteria 1 and 2 were taken into account possible variants of flaws in the answer), tasks 17.1–17.4 (the calculation of logical errors has been added to criterion 4). |
| Social Studies | The wording of the task 25 has been detailed and the grading system for task 25 has been revised. The maximum score for task 25 has been increased from 3 to 4. The wording of tasks 28, 29 has been detailed, and their assessment systems have been improved. The maximum primary score for completing all work has been increased from 64 to 65. |
| History | There are no changes in the structure and content of the CMM. In task 21, an additional condition has been added that determines the requirement for filling out the answer. Accordingly, the criteria for assessing task 21 have been supplemented. |
Criteria for checking and assessing the performance of tasks with a detailed answer
on literature for 2018-2019 academic year year
- Criteria 8, 15
- Criteria 9, 16
- Criteria 17.1., 17.2., 17.3.
Performance assessment tasks 8 and 15
If by criterion 1("Compliance of the answer to the task") is given 0 points, then the task is considered unfulfilled and is not checked further. According to other criteria, 0 points are given in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2. If according to criterion 2 ("") 0 points are given, then according to criterion 3 ("") the work is not evaluated, in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2 according to criterion 3 0 points are given.
If by criterion 2("Involvement of the text of the work for argumentation") is given 0 points, then by criterion 3("Consistency and observance of speech norms") the work is not evaluated, in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2 according to criterion 3, 0 points are given.
Matching the answer to the task
- The answer to the question is given and testifies to the understanding of the text of the given fragment / poem, the author's position is not distorted. - 2 points.
- The answer is substantively correlated with the task, but does not allow judging the understanding of the text of the given fragment / poem, and / or the author's position is distorted. - 1 point
- The answer is not substantively correlated with the task at hand. - 0 points.
Involvement of the text of the work for argumentation
- For argumentation of judgments, the text is used at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc. that are important for the task, there are no factual errors. - 2 points.
- For argumentation, the text is involved at the level of retelling a work or general reasoning about its content, AND / OR there was one mistake of fact. - 1 point
- The judgments are not substantiated by the text of the work, AND / OR two or more factual errors were made. - 0 points.
Consistency and compliance with speech norms
- 2 points.
- 1 point
- Two or more errors of the same type were made (regardless of the presence / absence of errors of other types). - 0 points.
Maximum score - 6
Performance assessment tasks 9 and 16 requiring a detailed answer in the amount of 5-10 sentences
The indication of the volume is conditional, the assessment of the answer depends on its content (if there is deep knowledge, the examinee can answer in a larger volume, with the ability to accurately formulate his thoughts, the examinee can answer quite fully in a smaller volume).
Criteria 1 and 2 ("Comparison of the first selected work with the proposed text" and "Comparison of the second selected work with the proposed text") are the main ones. When assessing, the sequence of examples for comparison is determined by their sequence in the work of the examinee.
If by both criteria 1 and 2 0 points are given, then the task is considered unfulfilled and is not checked further. According to other criteria, 0 points are given in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2.
If according to criterion 3 ("Using the text of a work for argumentation") 0 points are given, then according to criterion 4 ("Consistency and observance of speech norms") the work is not evaluated, in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2 according to criterion 4 is set 0 points.
While completing the task, the examinee independently selects two works of different authors for contextual comparison (in one of the examples, it is permissible to refer to another work of the author of the original text). When specifying the author, initials are necessary only to distinguish between namesakes and relatives, if this is essential for an adequate perception of the content of the answer (for example, L.N. Tolstoy and A.K. Tolstoy, V.L. Pushkin and A.S. Pushkin).
Matching the first selected piece to the suggested text
- 2 points.
- OR the work is named, and / or its author is indicated, the work is formally (A formal match is the case when the examinee is limited to repeating words from the task formulation to indicate the aspect of the match) compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, the author's position is not distorted OR OR 1 point
- AND / OR 0 points.
Comparison of the second selected work with the suggested text
- The work is named, and its author is indicated, the work is compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, the author's position is not distorted. - 2 points.
- The work is named, or its author is indicated, the work is compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, the author's position is not distorted OR the work is named, and / or its author is indicated, the work is formally compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, the author's position is not distorted OR the work is named, and / or its author is indicated, the work is compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, but the author's position is distorted OR the work is named, and / or its author is indicated, the work is formally compared with the proposed text in a given direction of analysis, but the author's position is distorted. - 1 point
- The work is not named, and its author is not indicated, AND / OR the work has not been compared with the proposed text in the given direction of analysis. - 0 points.
Involvement of the text of the work for argumentation
- For argumentation, the texts of the two selected works are used at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc. that are important for the task, there are no factual errors. - 4 points.
- For argumentation is involved at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, and the like that are important for the task; - at the level of its retelling or general reasoning about the content, AND / OR there was one mistake of fact. - 3 points.
- For argumentation, the texts of the two selected works are used at the level of retelling or general reasoning about their content (without analyzing fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc.) that are important for the task. OR the text of the only selected work is involved at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc. that are important for the task. OR the text of one selected work is involved at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details that are important for the task, and the text of another selected work is not involved, AND / OR two factual errors were made. - 2 points.
- For argumentation, the text of the only chosen work is involved at the level of retelling the work or general reasoning about its content (without analyzing fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc.) that are important for the task. OR text of one selected piece is involved at the level of retelling a work or general reasoning about its content (without analyzing fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc.) that are important for the task, and text of another selected work not involved, AND / OR there were three factual errors. - 1 point
- For argumentation of judgments, the text of any of the selected works is not used, AND / OR made four or more errors of fact. - 0 points.
Consistency and compliance with speech norms
- There are no logical, speech errors. - 2 points.
- No more than one error of each type (logical and / or speech) was made - no more than two errors in total. - 1 point
- Two or more errors of the same type were made (regardless of the presence / absence of errors of other types). - 0 points.
Maximum score - 10
Evaluation of the performance of tasks 17.1-17.4, requiring writing a detailed reasoned answer in the genre of an essay of at least 200 words
Criterion 1 ("Correspondence of the essay to the topic and its disclosure") is the main one. If, when checking the work, the expert gives 0 points according to criterion 1, the task of part 2 is considered unfulfilled and is not checked further. According to other criteria, 0 points are given in the "Protocol for checking answers to tasks" of form No. 2.
When assessing the performance of tasks in part 2, the volume of the written essay should be taken into account. The examinee is recommended to be at least 200 words long. If the essay contains less than 150 words (all words are included in the word count, including official words), then such work is considered uncompleted and is estimated at 0 points (The rules for counting words coincide with the rules of the exam for the Russian language: "When counting words, both independent and service parts of speech are taken into account. Any sequence of words written without a space is counted (for example," all the same "is one word," nevertheless " - two words). Initials with a surname are considered one word (for example, "M.Yu. Lermontov" - one word). Any other characters, in particular numbers, are not taken into account in the calculation (for example, "5 years" - one word, " five years ”- two words).
When the size of the essay is from 150 to 200 words, the maximum number of errors for each point level does not change.
Column 20 of the protocol contains the number of the alternative.
Compliance of the essay with the topic and its disclosure
- The essay is written on a given topic, the topic is disclosed deeply, multilaterally, the author's position is not distorted. - 3 points.
- The essay is written on a given topic, the topic is revealed superficially, one-sidedly, the author's position is not distorted. - 2 points.
- The essay is written on a given topic, the topic is revealed superficially, one-sidedly, the author's position is distorted. - 1 point
- The topic has not been disclosed. - 0 points.
Involvement of the text of the work for argumentation
- For argumentation of judgments, the text is used at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc. that are important for the task. (in an essay on lyrics, at least three poems are used for analysis), there are no factual errors. - 3 points.
- For argumentation of judgments, the text is used at the level of analysis of fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc. that are important for the task, but one or two factual errors were made OR for argumentation, the text is used at the level of general reasoning about its content (without analyzing fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc.) that are important for the task, there are no factual errors, AND / OR in an essay on lyrics, only two poems are used for analysis. - 2 points.
- For argumentation, the text is used at the level of general reasoning about its content (without analyzing fragments, images, micro themes, details, etc.) that are important for the task, one or two factual errors were made OR for argumentation, the text is used at the level of retelling, there are no factual errors, or one or two factual errors have been made, AND / OR in an essay on lyrics, only one poem is used for analysis. - 1 point
- Judgments are not supported by the text of the work (s) OR when arguing (with any level of involvement of the text of the work (s)), three or more factual errors were made. - 0 points.
Reliance on theoretical and literary concepts
- Theoretical and literary concepts are included in the essay and are used to analyze the text of the work (s) in order to reveal the topic of the essay, there are no errors in the use of the concepts. - 2 points.
- Theoretical and literary concepts are included in the essay, but are not used to analyze the text of the work (s), AND / OR there was one mistake in using the concepts. - 1 point
- Theoretical and literary concepts are not included in the essay, or more than one mistake was made in the use of concepts. - 0 points.
Compositional integrity and consistency
- The essay is characterized by compositional integrity and consistency of presentation: there are no logical errors, the sequence of presentation is not broken. - 3 points.
- The work is characterized by compositional integrity and consistency of presentation, BUT one or two logical mistakes were made. - 2 points.
- The compositional intention is traced in the essay, BUT there is no compositional integrity and consistency of presentation, AND / OR three or four logical errors were made. - 1 point
- The compositional intention is not traced in the essay, gross violations of the sequence of presentation significantly complicate the understanding of the meaning, AND / OR more than four logical errors were made. - 0 points.
Compliance with speech norms
- There are no speech errors, or one speech error was made. - 3 points.
- Two or three speech errors were made. - 2 points.
- Four speech errors were made. - 1 point
- Five or more speech errors were made. - 0 points.
Maximum score for an essay - 14
The most difficult, in my opinion, the task on the exam in English is task 40 which is a written statement with elements of reasoning (Opinion Essay)... To do it well, you must familiarize yourself with the rules for writing an essay and the criteria for grading this assignment.
The maximum score you can get for task 40 — 14 points.
5 criteria for evaluating a written statement with elements of reasoning:
1) Solution of a communication problem (3 points)
Experts assess
- is there an introduction in your work with a statement of the problem (rephrase the problem);
- whether the author has expressed his opinion on the proposed issue with arguments;
- whether your essay presents the opposite point of view;
- is there an explanation why the author does not agree with another point of view (counterarguments);
- is there a final phrase with a conclusion at the end of your essay;
- did you choose the right style for the design of the statement (neutral)
2) Organization of the text (3 points)
Experts assess
- how logical you have constructed the statement;
- whether you used the means of logical communication (conjunctions, introductory words, pronouns);
- is there a division into paragraphs ( there should be 5)
3) Lexical design (3 points)
Experts assess
- whether the vocabulary you used in the statement corresponds to the set communicative task;
- the correct use of lexical phrases and word formation methods (e. g. to go on foot);
- your vocabulary and the variety of vocabulary used (synonyms, antonyms, phraseological units -give up smoking)
4) Grammar (3 points)
Experts assess
- whether the choice of grammatical structures corresponds to the purpose of the statement;
- absence of gross grammatical errors (2 - 3 mistakes are allowed);
- the variety and complexity of the grammatical means used
5) Spelling and punctuation (2 points)
Experts assess
- Do you follow the punctuation rules in English (capital letter, period, comma, exclamation mark and question mark);
- do you follow the spelling rules in English
Undoubtedly, when starting to perform this task, you should be very familiar in practice with its format. Task 40 is communicative in nature. You will be asked to express your personal opinion on a specific issue. In completing this assignment, you must follow a detailed response plan:
Write 200 - 250 words.
Use the following plan:
- Make the introduction (state the problem)
- Express your personal opinion and give 2 - 3 reasons for your opinion
- Express the opposing opinion and give 1 - 2 reasons for this opposing opinion
- Explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion
- Make a conclusion restating your position
On the Internet, you can find many different sample essays written by both professionals and ordinary students. Check out interesting options and write your version on a given topic.
In this article I offer you an essay-reasoning for your consideration, which caught my attention on one of the training sites.
Using the 5 criteria for evaluating a written statement with elements of reasoning, you can determine the approximate score that can be obtained for this work.
Task 40
Sample answer
Inventions of email and text messaging have been wonderful for communication between people.
Nowadays email and text messaging are widespread all over the world. Thousands of people can communicate, sending each other short and long messages. But some people think that it is not a convenient way to contact and find a lot of disadvantages of it. (44)
In my opinion, email and text messaging is an excellent way to connect and converse with people.
Firstly, this kind of communication can save our time. For examp le, if you need to say some information to several people, you can send it using an email and contact a group of people at once. Secondl y, when you do not have any possibility to make a phone call being on a noisy bus or at an important meeting, texting will be a great solution in these situations. Moreover, sending emails and messages are cheaper and sometimes without any cost. For instance, some telecommunication companies make a good offer like free text messages. (154)
However, some people find a lot of disadvantages in using these technologies. They believe that a person who prefers such way of communication loses speaking skills. What is more, he becomes a phone addict as he gets stuck to his phone and does not notice what is happening around him. (204)
I cannot fully agree with this point of view because there are a lot of shy people. They obviously become more sociable using emails than when they talk with others face to face. (237)
In conclusion, I want to say that invention of email and text messages simplifies our life and makes communication between people more convenient. (260)
Remember!
When the examinee receives 0 points on the "Content" criterion, the entire task is evaluated at 0 points!
