�Headway feedback and ECTS�

GORIS STATE UNIVERSITY

Naira Safaryan, Sona Alaverdyan

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Headway online feedback: Strengths

• The book complies with the criteria of CEFR as the topics are on the appropriate language level.
• The four main areas of discourse development suggested by CERF are gradually elaborated with the vocabulary in topics.
• The contents are divided into language input and skills development. Language input represents grammar, vocabulary and everyday English. Under skills development there is: reading, speaking, listening and writing.
• The grammar is sequenced based on its complexity: from a more simple grammar form and to a more complex grammar one.
• Practice books contain sections dedicated to sophisticated vocabulary improving students’ knowledge of idioms, collocations and word patterns.

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Headway online feedback: Weaknesses

• The set is a little too heavy on content – the books have long units (around 8 pages each)
• There is an abundance of vocabulary and grammar to be learned in a few hours/in a diverse-level classroom it’s a challenge/
• Articles sometimes contain either outdated issues or general and universal topics which are timeless
• The set will be a really big challenge to have effective teaching in a big classroom with 25 or 30 students.

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Building programmes

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• Since the academic year of 2004-2005 a 2-cycle system (Bachelor – 4 years and Master – 2 years) has been implemented at GSU.
• full-time education – 4 years with 240 ECTS credits (Bachelor) + 2 years with 120 ECTS credits (Master),
• part-time education- 5 years with 240 ECTS credits (Bachelor) +2,5 years with 120 ECTS credits (Master).
• BAPs include general, professional and elective courses. The minimum requirement for admission to this cycle is secondary (full) general education graduation certificate or a middle level vocational degree. The program ends with state exams and/or a graduation work defense.
• MAPs generally last two years of study. BA degree is a prerequisite for MA degree. MAPs include core and specialized courses, advanced studies, interdisciplinary courses and an internship. It ends with a state exam and the defense of a Master’s Thesis.

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Assigning learning outcomes to them

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Assigning learning outcomes to them

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Workload

• Students enrolled in the full-time education system must have 30 credits per semester (10% allowable deviation) and 60 credits for per academic year.
• 60 credits in one academic year equivalent to 1800 hours of student’s workload.
• 1 credit corresponds to 30 academic hours (lectures, practical and laboratory workshops, seminars, tests, student’s individual work).
• The duration of the academic year is 40 weeks, of which at least 32 weeks are inclassroom.
• The educational process is organized in 2 semesters: autumn and spring.
• The weekly student workload in the Bachelor's degree program is 23-30 hours, and in the Master's degree program is 15-22 hours.
• In exceptional cases, a student with high academic achievement can take on additional study workload with the appropriate permission.

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Assessments

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• The standard rating of the target subject includes the following components:

-Student’s attendance/10 points/

-Student’s in-classroom performance-testing and assessment of the implementation and mastering in laboratory, practical and theoretical work (homework, essays, seminars)/15 points/

-Individual work-The column of the statement of grades for individual work shall be filled in with "Accepted" or "Not accepted"/15 points for accepted and 0 points for not accepted/

-Midterm Tests-It is implemented twice during the semester,/20+20 points/

-Summative testing- is carried out at the end of the semester during the examination period/20 points/

• The highest score a student gets from an examinational subject, a course work, an internship, a final certification examination, the defense of the graduation work and a Master thesis is 100.
• Part-time students do not take midterm tests. They are assessed according to the records the rating scores for laboratory, practical work, tests, assignments and seminars.

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Credit recognition

• Credits can be transferred from one university to another in the form of separate courses, group of courses or specific periods of study.

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• Credits are transferable between programmes and HEIs if they meet certain requirements. Credits from one programme to another can be transferred if:
• their contents are the same;
• there are insignificant differences in content;
• there are content differences, but the final educational outcomes are equivalent.

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Documentation

• GSU Regulation On Students’ Knowledge Assessment
• RA Laws on “Education” and “Higher and Post-Graduate Vocational Education”
• RA Government Decree 22.12.2005 N 2307-N on “Introduction of ECTS in Higher Education of RA”
• the Order of RA Minister of Science and Education on “Exemplary regulation of the organization of the educational process applying ECTS in HEIs”
• “Methodological guide for credit-based curriculum reconstruction and credit allocation to education modules”
• “GSU Regulation on the implementation of course works
• “GSU Regulation on the organization of students’ professional internship
• RA Regulations on “The final attestation of the graduates at the institutions of RA implementing professional academic programs”.

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