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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES

SAMPLE MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Test paper

Date: //2023 Time: : Offline Closed book Exam Duration: 60 minutes Semester 1, 2023 – 2024

EXAM QUESTIONS

Task 1: (30 points) Read the following text and create a graphic display or an outline that categorises the two-level classifications made in the text. SOFT SKILLS Soft skills relate to how employees work. They are among the top skills employers seek in the candidates they hire because soft skills are important for just about every job. Soft skills can be divided into four categories: communication skills, creative thinking, time management, and adaptability skills. Firstly, the ability to communicate effectively with superiors, colleagues, and staff is essential. Workers in the digital age should know how to effectively convey and receive messages, which are useful for employees to get hired, land promotions, and be a success throughout their career. Three top communication skills consist of nonverbal, verbal communication skills and public speaking. Nonverbal communication refers to gestures, facial expressions, tone of voice, eye contact (or lack thereof), body language, posture, and other ways people can communicate without using language. Nonverbal communication skills can create a positive (or a negative) impression. Crossed arms can seem defensive and poor posture may appear unprofessional. Moreover, almost every job requires workers to use verbal communication skills. That is why verbal skills are highly ranked on the candidate evaluation checklists used by many job interviewers. Verbal communication in a work setting takes place between many different individuals and groups and occurs in many different contexts. Finally, public speaking is a soft skill that requires excellent communication skills, enthusiasm, and the ability to engage with an audience. Public speakers are often required to make presentations to a group. Presentations could range from speaking to a small number of employees to presenting to a large audience at a national conference or event. The same skill set and ability to be comfortable speaking in public are required regardless of the size of the group. The second most important soft skill is creative thinking, which means thinking outside the box, bringing a fresh, and sometimes unorthodox, perspective to one’s work. Often, creative thinking involves analytical skills, and open- mindedness. Before thinking creatively about something, a person first has to be able to understand it. This requires the ability to examine things carefully to know what they mean. As for open-mindedness, to think creatively, a person should set aside any assumptions or possible biases and look at things in a completely new way. Coming to a problem with an open mind can allow for the chance to think creatively. To obtain the third soft skill, employees who manage their time well are more productive, more efficient, and more likely to meet deadlines. They focus on the most important and time-sensitive tasks and limit the amount of time wasted on non-essential duties. Effective time management requires staff to assign priorities and schedule tasks. It might be impossible to do all the tasks at once. An employee should prioritise the expected tasks so that the most important tasks can be completed in an order that makes sense. When a person assigns priority, some factors should be considered such as when each task needs to be done, how long it might take, how important it might be to others in the organisation, what could happen if a task is not done, and whether any task might be interrupted by bottlenecks in the process. Scheduling is another important time management skill because some tasks have to be done at specific times. Scheduling may affect other people’s workflow. Most have specific times of the day when they are more or less

2. Write an essay to compare and contrast the methods of communication (e.g, letters, telephones, etc.) used today

with those which were used in the past. Pay attention to the use of academic language and a clear text structure. This is the end of the test. Rubrics Content All main points relevant to the topic The essay question fully answers

Organization Topic and purpose of the essay discussed in the introduction Each main point discussed in a paragraph All main points summarized and rephrased in the conclusion

Coherence Paragraphs are ordered in a systematic manner based on, for example, importance, priority, etc. Compare/contrast transitions are properly used.

Style and Tone Formal writing with full forms Polite writing Academic vocabulary