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X7-L08

The Error-Log Clinic — Log, Classify, Repairعِيَادَةُ سِجِلِّ الأَخْطَاءِ — التَّسْجِيلُ وَالتَّصْنِيفُ وَالإِصْلَاحُ

Build and use a real error log: capture each mistake, classify it (agreement / tense / vocabulary / content), write the correction and rule, and re-test yourself.

ListeningReadingSpeakingWriting
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Orient · target · prepare

Objectives and exam focus

In this lesson you will

  • Work your own error log under exam conditions.
  • Compare your answers against the mark scheme.
  • Identify and classify your own errors.
  • Log each error with its correction and rule.

You are exam-ready when…

Tick each as you secure it.

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Session focus

An error log only works if you **classify** and **re-test**. Group errors by type, write the correct version and the rule, then re-attempt the item a week later. Repetition without correction just repeats the error.

03

Recognise · decode

Examiner & command-word vault

Exam & examiner terminology8 terms
اِخْتَرْchoose
أَكْمِلْcomplete
صِفْdescribe
اُذْكُرْstate / mention
عَلِّلْgive a reason
قَارِنْcompare
المُصَحِّحُthe examiner
مُعَايِيرُ التَّصْحِيحِthe mark scheme
Command-word mission

Fourteen mixed-retrieval rounds on command words and examiner terms — a wrong answer costs a life.

Round 1♥ ♥ ♥ 0 points

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Paper 1 — Listening (past-paper style)

Transcript-based practice — read the script, then answer.

Listen for detail

Choose the correct option

5 marks
Listening script

تَقُولُ المُعَلِّمَةُ: سِجِلُّ الأَخْطَاءِ لَيْسَ قَائِمَةَ أَخْطَاءٍ فَقَطْ. اكْتُبِ الخَطَأَ، ثُمَّ صَنِّفْهُ: تَطَابُقٌ أَمْ زَمَنٌ أَمْ مُفْرَدَاتٌ أَمْ نُقْطَةٌ نَاقِصَةٌ. بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ اكْتُبِ الصَّوَابَ وَالقَاعِدَةَ، وَأَعِدِ المُحَاوَلَةَ بَعْدَ أُسْبُوعٍ لِتَتَأَكَّدَ أَنَّكَ أَصْلَحْتَهُ.

1What is an error log not?

2What should you do after writing the error?

3Which categories are named?

4What else do you write?

5When do you re-attempt?

0/5
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Paper 2 — Reading (past-paper style)

الطَّالِبُ الَّذِي يَحْتَفِظُ بِسِجِلٍّ مُنَظَّمٍ يَتَحَسَّنُ أَسْرَعَ. فَهُوَ يَرَى أَنْمَاطَ أَخْطَائِهِ، وَيَعْرِفُ أَيَّ قَاعِدَةٍ يُرَاجِعُ. وَمَعَ الوَقْتِ، تَقِلُّ الأَخْطَاءُ المُتَكَرِّرَةُ وَتَرْتَفِعُ الدَّرَجَةُ. المُهِمُّ هُوَ المُرَاجَعَةُ المُنْتَظِمَةُ لَا مُجَرَّدُ التَّسْجِيلِ.

Read for detail

Prove each answer from the text

5 marks
1Who improves faster?

2What does the log reveal?

3What happens over time?

4What matters most?

5What is the main message?

0/5
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Speak · develop your answers

Paper 3 — Speaking (past-paper style)

Prompts

  1. كَيْفَ سَتُنَظِّمُ سِجِلَّ أَخْطَائِكَ؟
    How will you organise your error log?
  2. أَيُّ نَوْعٍ مِنَ الأَخْطَاءِ أَكْثَرُ عِنْدَكَ؟
    Which type of error is most common for you?

Model exchange

Examiner

كَيْفَ سَتُنَظِّمُ سِجِلَّ أَخْطَائِكَ؟

Question
You

سَأُقَسِّمُ سِجِلِّي إِلَى أَقْسَامٍ: تَطَابُقٌ، وَزَمَنٌ، وَمُفْرَدَاتٌ، وَنُقَطٌ نَاقِصَةٌ. أَكْتُبُ الخَطَأَ وَالصَّوَابَ وَالقَاعِدَةَ، ثُمَّ أُعِيدُ المُحَاوَلَةَ بَعْدَ أُسْبُوعٍ لِأَتَأَكَّدَ.

System + re-test
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Paper 4 — Writing (past-paper style)

Task

Write about 80–90 words describing your error-log system: how you capture, classify and repair errors, and how you re-test. Give reasons.

  • Address every required content point.
  • Use at least two tenses and an opinion with a reason.
  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Keep to the word count.
Reveal a model answer

سِجِلُّ أَخْطَائِي مُنَظَّمٌ فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَقْسَامٍ: التَّطَابُقُ، وَالزَّمَنُ، وَالمُفْرَدَاتُ، وَالنِّقَاطُ النَّاقِصَةُ. عِنْدَ كُلِّ خَطَإٍ أَكْتُبُ الجُمْلَةَ الخَطَأَ، ثُمَّ أُصَنِّفُهَا، ثُمَّ أَكْتُبُ الصَّوَابَ وَالقَاعِدَةَ الَّتِي تَشْرَحُهُ. بَعْدَ أُسْبُوعٍ أُعِيدُ المُحَاوَلَةَ عَلَى السُّؤَالِ نَفْسِهِ لِأَتَأَكَّدَ أَنِّي أَصْلَحْتُ الخَطَأَ. بِهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقَةِ أَرَى أَنْمَاطَ ضَعْفِي، وَتَقِلُّ أَخْطَائِي المُتَكَرِّرَةُ، وَتَرْتَفِعُ دَرَجَتِي لِأَنَّ المُرَاجَعَةَ المُنْتَظِمَةَ تُحَوِّلُ الخَطَأَ إِلَى قَاعِدَةٍ.

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Score like an examiner

Mark scheme — how the examiner scores you

Communication / Task Completion — 6 marks

  • Every required point is addressed clearly.
  • Content is relevant and developed with detail.

Range — 4 marks

  • Varied vocabulary and structures.
  • Opinions with reasons and more than one tense.

Accuracy — 4 marks

  • Correct agreement, verb forms and spelling.
  • Errors do not block meaning.
Examiner note

Papers 1 and 2 are point-marked (one mark per correct answer); Papers 3 and 4 use these band criteria. Mark yourself honestly against the descriptors, not against how much you wrote.

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Log · correct · learn

Error log

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Reflection

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