Iran Konkur Languages case studies
Iran Konkur Languages · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Foreign Languages group of the Iranian university entrance exam (Konkur) is the route into degree programmes in English language and literature, translation studies, teaching English as a foreign language, and several modern-language departments at Iranian universities. It is aimed at secondary-school graduates who already read English with reasonable comfort and who want a language-centred degree rather than an engineering or medical one. The Iran Konkur Languages case studies are 5 cases and about 4,062 words.
1Single-Passage Item: Attitude, Inference and a Loaded Phrase
Reza has six minutes left on a single-passage reading item. The passage reads: 'In Marren, a city of 240,000, the council removed 1,100 on-street parking spaces between 2016 and 2020 to build protected bicycle lanes.
830 words, about 4 min2Five-Sentence Error Correction: Two False Positives and Three Missed Errors
Mina is doing a five-sentence error-correction item. The key lists exactly three sentences containing an error under the prescriptive grammar the exam follows.
825 words, about 4 min3Cloze with Word-Form Options: Four Blanks, One Correct Choice
Arman is on a four-blank cloze. The passage and the options are printed together: 'City planners have long argued that a city's (1) performance rarely matches its reputation.
760 words, about 4 min4German Notice: Three Misreadings of One Short Text
Navid is answering comprehension items on a short German notice: 'Ab dem 1. Oktober öffnet die Stadtbibliothek montags bis freitags schon um acht Uhr, weil viele Schüler vor dem Unterricht dort lernen wollen.
719 words, about 4 min5Konkur Percentage: Weighted Composite, Negative Marking and Guess Strategy
Parisa is estimating her Konkur percentage the night before the exam. The rules she is working with: each correct answer earns 3 points, each wrong answer subtracts 1 point, blanks score 0, and a section percentage is (3C − W) ÷ (3N) × 100, where N is the number of items in the section.
928 words, about 5 min