Содержание Единого государственного экзамена по английскому языку
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Единый государственный экзамен по английскому языку  

(Russian National Exam of the English language)

Federal Educational Standards (FES)

Federal Educational Standards (2009) of the Ministry of Education is a document which contains the new education standards in Russia. The standards form the basis for:

• the development of educational programs, materials and exams.
• setting standards for financial support for the implementation of the basic educational programs at schools
• legal monitoring and supervision of education;
• assessment of students;
• monitoring the quality of education in educational establishments;
• organizing the work of teaching services;
• certification of teachers and administrative staff of educational establishments;
• training of teachers

Unified State Exam

The Unified State Exam (USE, Единый государственный экзамен, ЕГЭ) is an exam in the Russian Federation that students should pass in order to enter a university or a professional college. It is since 2009 obligatory. The exam takes place at the very end of the last term of the eleventh class (end of May - beginning of June). Two subjects, Russian language and mathematics are obligatory. Pupils are allowed to take two more examinations. They can choose the following subjects: Foreign languages (English, German, French, Spanish), Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Literature, History, Informatics and Social Studies.

Three documents are underlying the USE English language: the ‘Specification’, the ‘Codifiers’ and the ‘Demo version of the USE’. The ‘Codifiers’ sums up what the minimum knowledge of the language pupils should have. The ‘Demo version of the USE’ is a model exam with all the subjects and differentiation in three levels of difficulty.

Specification

The exam is fully described in the ‘Specification’. The USE consists of 5 test subjects: Listening, Reading, Grammar & Lexis, Writing and Speaking. The three difficulty levels (according to European standards) of the tasks are described. The three levels in the USE are: A2, B1 and B2

Furthermore, the assessment of each separate task and the amount of time that can be spend on the tasks are given. The duration of the entire exam is 180 minutes.^[1]

Assessment of elements per category

Tasks and their difficulty level (CEFR level)