Language Classes: specific rules for absences

Information for 1st & 2nd year BiM & PGE students

What happens if I am absent from a continuous assessment in a language class?

Your grade in a language class is based entirely (100%) on continuous assessment. There are no final exams.  It is therefore essential that continuous assessments are conducted in the same way for all students.

For this reason, continuous assessments will not be rescheduled for individual cases (unlike in some other subjects). Under no circumstances can a language teacher bring forward or postpone the date of an assessment.

If you are absent for an assessment, in most cases this will result in a grade of zero.
 

If you wish to request a review of the zero:

• send a ticket via Aloha (only) within 5 working days of the absence
• explain the reason for your absence + provide supporting documentation 
  (e.g. a doctor’s note dated on or before the day of the assessment )

The language coordinators (only – not language teachers) will decide whether the absence was for unavoidable reasons.

The absence was for unavoidable reasons = your grade will be based on your participation throughout the Pod. 

The absence could have been avoided = your participation grade, as it stands, will be the grade for the Pod.