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Mandatory state exams are becoming more and more difficult every year, requiring 9th grade graduates to have deep, thorough knowledge in the main subjects of the school curriculum.

For students who are finishing 8th grade in the 2017-2018 academic year, it’s time to think about how to prepare for the upcoming 2019 OGE and what subjects need to be taught better today.

For teachers of students and their parents, we have collected the most up-to-date information about next year’s OGE, namely:

All things

In the 2018-2019 academic year, ninth-graders will have to take a total of 4 final exams, 2 of which will be compulsory (Russian language and mathematics), and 2 more students will have the opportunity to choose at their own request from a list of approved subjects. The following are taken for the elective exam:

• story;
• physics;
• chemistry;
• Informatics;
• biology;
• geography;
• literature;
• social science;
• foreign languages ​​(English, French, German or Spanish).

Knowing what mandatory tests are included in the OGE, you will be able to brush up on the necessary subjects and successfully pass the exams in 2019 by joining the desired educational institutions or specialized classes.

Important! For many ninth-graders, the OGE will not just be the result of studying in high school, but also the first step towards their desired profession, because in 2019, exam grades will influence the certificate, and recommended passing scores have been established for specialized classes.

Schedule for the OGE in 2019

Starting in 2018, a mandatory oral part of the Russian language exam is introduced for 9th grade graduates. Speaking will be the first test for schoolchildren and at the same time a kind of admission to other exams. They plan to take the conversation in February (before the start of the preliminary and main campaigns).

There is no official schedule for the OGE yet, but today we can assume that the campaign will take place in three stages:

1. Preliminary (end of April – beginning of May).
2. Main (end of May - beginning of June).
3. Additional (September 2019).

The calendar for the preliminary period of the OGE 2019 will be as follows:

Main exams for 9th grade in 2019 are scheduled for the following dates:

The autumn (September) retake is scheduled for the following days:

Expected changes

So, we figured out how many and what subjects ninth graders will have to take in 2019. But what can children expect from tickets? What will the tasks be?

The Ministry of Education and Science assures that they are completely satisfied with the level of tickets for the 2017-2018 academic year and are not planning any fundamental changes. Will this be true with certainty when the graduation campaign ends and the results are summed up?

In 2019, the following innovations from 2017 and 2018 will definitely remain:

• speaking Russian;
• oral part of the OGE in foreign languages;
• uniform tickets in mathematics for all educational institutions and all regions of the Russian Federation;
• mandatory video surveillance in the rooms where exams will be held.

In the coming 2019, 9th grade students will take both compulsory OGE subjects and elective disciplines at their schools!

Most likely, KIMs for the OGE in compulsory and additional subjects in 2019 will receive minor changes aimed at more accurately adjusting the questions and replacing some controversial tasks (if any are identified after passing the exams in 2018).

The likelihood of increasing the passing threshold for entry into specialized classes is being considered. But today this selection criterion is rather advisory in nature. In 2017-2018, the minimum scores were distributed as follows:

We suggest reading in more detail about how the results of the OGE are interpreted in the official FIPI document developed for 2018.

Retake procedure

Mandatory exams for ninth graders are not just a snapshot of knowledge. The issue of issuing certificates depends on the results that children receive while completing tasks.

In 2019, you can use the right to retake if:

1. The child was unable to attend the exam for a valid reason (documentary evidence required).
2. The student appeared for the test but did not complete it for a valid reason.
3. The work was canceled by the State Examination Committee (but not through the student’s fault).
4. The examinee received an unsatisfactory grade in a compulsory subject.
5. When filing an appeal and its satisfaction after consideration by the conflict commission.

A student is not allowed to retake if:

1. The exam was missed without a valid reason.
2. The child was removed from work due to his own fault (conduct violations, use of cheat sheets, unauthorized technical means, etc.).
3. The examinee “failed” both mandatory exams or more than 2 subjects.

Keep track of innovations and changes regarding the OGE, which is scheduled to take place in 2019, by reading the latest news on our portal. As soon as the dates and innovations regarding the Unified State Examination and the Unified State Examination are announced, we will be the first to tell you about it!

Preparation

The most important component of successfully passing the State Examination is always the systematic study of the subject throughout all years of schooling. If, from 5th to 8th grade, some gaps in knowledge have formed, it’s time to fill them up by starting intensive preparation for the final exams.

Where to begin?

1. Find out what exams your 9th grade will take and how many subjects will be submitted for final certification in 2019.
2. Review the theoretical foundations in selected disciplines.
3. Practice solving tests and problems as much as possible by working through trial versions of OGE tickets for 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Most schools offer additional classes to prepare for final exams. If there are none, and the need for the help of a teacher is obvious, it is worth considering the option of group or individual lessons with a tutor.

Information that can be found on the Internet can be irreplaceable. These include explanations for solutions to certain types of tasks, video lessons, and collections of theory necessary to prepare for the OGE.

Structure of the exam in the GIA format in English

The State Examination in English is conducted in the format of the main state exam (OGE), which includes tasks in a standardized form.

The OGE in English consists of written and oral parts.

The written part is divided into four sections: “Listening”, “Reading”, “Grammar and Vocabulary”, “Writing”. You have 120 minutes to complete the written part of the exam.

Section 1. Listening

This section includes three parts (8 tasks). Time to complete - 30 minutes.

Task No. 1. The purpose of this task is to determine the place in which this dialogue can take place: cinema, park, hotel, hospital, etc. It is important to remember that there is one extra answer.

Task No. 2. During this task, the examinee must match each speaker with the thought that he/she expressed.

For example, he/she describes the school library or his/her classroom. There is also one extra answer in this task.

Tasks No. 3-8. These tasks are aimed at understanding details and specific information in a monologue/dialogue. These tasks provide three possible answers to the question. The examinee must choose the option that matches what he heard. For example, indicate who the hero is traveling with or what souvenir he bought.

Maximum score -15.

Section 2. Reading

This section includes two parts.

Task No. 9 consists of seven short texts and eight headings. The examinee must match each text with the corresponding heading that best reflects the main idea of ​​the text. 1 heading is superfluous.

Tasks No. 10-17 are aimed at understanding the text of a narrative nature. Following the text are 8 statements. The examinee must determine whether the statement is true (True), false (False) or whether the text does not say anything about it (Notstated).

Section 3. Grammar and vocabulary

This section consists of 9 tasks aimed at forming the correct grammatical form of a word and 6 tasks on the lexical transformation of words.

The maximum number of points for completing this section is 15 (1 point for each correct answer).

Section 4. Written speech

This section is represented by one task in which the examinee is required to write a personal letter in response to a provided letter from a “friend.”

This assignment is assessed according to the following criteria:

Solving a communication problem (complete answers to the questions asked, the correctness of the address used, the final phrase, signature, gratitude, mention of previous contacts, expression of hope for a response letter);

Organization of the text (logic of text construction, division into paragraphs, correct use of linguistic and logical means of communication, compliance of the letter with the norms of written etiquette);

Lexico-grammatical design of the text (correct use of a variety of vocabulary and grammatical structures (no more than two language errors are allowed));

Spelling and punctuation (absence of spelling and punctuation errors (no more than two errors are allowed)).

The letter should contain between 100 and 120 words. The recommended time to complete this section of the OGE is 30 minutes. Maximum score -10.

Section 5. Speaking

The oral part is represented by three types of speaking tasks:

Task No. 1. Reading aloud a short non-fiction text.

The examinee is given 1.5 minutes to read the text to himself, then he must read the text out loud in 2 minutes. The maximum number of points for this task is 2.

The assignment is assessed according to the following criteria:

Speech is perceived easily and clearly;

There are no unnecessary pauses;

No more than five phonetic errors are allowed, including one or two errors that distort the meaning.

Task No. 2. Participation in a conditional questioning dialogue (answering questions).

During this task, the examinee must answer 6 questions heard in an audio recording on a specific topic (sports, school, healthy lifestyle, etc.). The questions are asked in the format of a telephone survey of public opinion. Answering each question should not take more than 40 seconds. Each answer is worth 1 point, provided that:

The answer is given;

The answer is not one word or phrase;

There are no errors in the answer that would make it difficult to understand.

The maximum number of points for this task is 6.

Task No. 3. Thematic monologue statement with verbal support in the text of the assignment.

You have 1.5 minutes to prepare for this task. The monologue should last no more than 2 minutes (10-12 phrases). The maximum score for completing this task is 7.

In this task, the examinee must give a monologue on a specific topic, taking into account the criteria presented in the task.

This type of assignment is assessed according to the following criteria:

Solution of a communicative task (a detailed statement is provided that fully reveals the given topic and accurately reveals the three aspects specified in the task);

Organization of the statement (the statement must be logical and complete; the use of means of logical connection (linking words); the presence of introductory and concluding phrases);

Linguistic design of the statement (rich vocabulary, correct grammatical and phonetic design of the statement).

The oral response time is 15 minutes per respondent. The maximum score for completing the oral part is 15. The maximum score for successfully passing the OGE in English is 70 points.