No 6374
Wednesday 4 February 2015
Vol cxlv No 18
pp. 368–379
Notices by Faculty Boards, or other bodies concerned, of changes to the form and conduct of certain examinations to be held in 2015, by comparison with those examinations in 2014, are published below. Complete details of the form and conduct of all examinations are available from the Faculties or Departments concerned.
A correction has been made to the Notice published on 26 November 2014 (Reporter, 6366, 2014–15, p. 160) for paper MES12, ‘Intermediate Persian language’. In the original descriptor for the oral examination, section (a) of the paper is described as comprising a dictation, which is incorrect. Section (a) of the paper comprises a section on liaison interpreting.
This paper will contain two sections, a three-hour written examination (70 marks) and an oral examination (30 marks).
The written examination will contain one passage of Persian on which candidates will be required to answer comprehension questions in Persian (30 marks); one passage of Persian for translation into English (15 marks); and one question requiring a piece of writing of approximately 200 words of Persian (25 marks). All questions should be attempted.
The oral examination will consist of three sections. All timings are approximate and all oral examinations are recorded.
(a) Liaison interpreting: Candidates act as an interpreter for two examiners; one speaking Persian, and one speaking English (10 marks; 10 minutes).
(b)Listening comprehension: Candidates listen to a short passage in Persian on which oral questions will be answered (10 marks; 10 minutes).
(c)Presentation: Candidates prepare several presentations on previously agreed topics, of which they are asked to present one (10 marks; 10 minutes).
The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies have confirmed that no candidate’s preparation for the examination in 2015 will be affected.
Further to the Notice published on 26 November 2014 (Reporter, 6366, 2014–15, p. 164), the Faculty Board of Classics give notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2015, the form of the examination for the following papers for the Classical Tripos will be as follows:
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Thucydides or Plato or Demosthenes; in Section B at least one passage will be taken from Homer or tragic trimeters. For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C, candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A set texts for Paper 5; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Plato or Lysias or Xenophon; in Section B at least one passage will be taken from Homer or tragic trimeters. For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A (intensive) set texts for Paper 5; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Cicero (speeches) or Livy; in Section B there will be at least one passage of hexameters (Virgil, Georgics or Aeneid, or Ovid, Metamorphoses) or of elegiacs (Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid). For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C, candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A set texts for Paper 6; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40% and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Cicero (speeches) or Livy; in Section B there will be at least one passage of hexameters (Virgil, Georgics or Aeneid, or Ovid, Metamorphoses) or of elegiacs (Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid). For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A (intensive) set texts for Paper 6; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
All other papers remain unchanged.
Further to the Notice published on 26 November 2014 (Reporter, 6366, 2014–15, p. 175) the Faculty Board of Modern and Medieval Languages give notice that, with effect from the examination to be held in 2015, the form of the examination for the following papers for the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos will be as specified below.
The texts for the commentary passage in Section C will be taken from the prescribed texts for the paper.
Candidates must answer THREE questions, ONE from EACH section.
Candidates for this paper may NOT draw substantially on material which they have used or intend to use in another scheduled paper. Candidates may NOT draw substantially on the same material in more than one question on the same paper.
Candidates’ answers in Section B and Section C must not be on texts by the same author.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Thucydides or Plato or Demosthenes; in Section B at least one passage will be taken from Homer or tragic trimeters. For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A set texts for Paper 5; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages), B (two verse passages), and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Plato or Lysias or Xenophon; in Section B at least one passage will be taken from Homer or tragic trimeters. For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A (intensive) set texts for Paper 5; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
The paper will be divided into three sections instead of two: A (two prose passages) and B (two verse passages) and C (one ‘seen’ passage from the Schedule A texts for Papers 5 and 6); Section A will carry 40% of the marks, Section B will carry 40%, and Section C will carry 20%.
At least one passage in Section A will come from Cicero (speeches) or Livy; in Section B there will be at least one passage of hexameters (Virgil, Georgics or Aeneid, or Ovid, Metamorphoses) or of elegiacs (Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid). For the ‘seen’ passage in Section C candidates will have a choice from four passages, which will be taken from the Schedule A set texts for Paper 6; each passage will be taken from a different topic.
All other papers remain unchanged.