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Ministerial Examination of College English
Language of Instruction and Literature

General Information
   Introduction
All you Need to Know: A to Z  
The Exam Criteria
Ministerial Objectives and Standards for English Courses
Marking Guide – Sample Student Essays
Resource Persons
Preparation for the Ministerial Examination: Resource Materials
Request for exam copy or revision
Appel de candidatures pour les correctrices ou les correcteurs
Invitation for applications – Marker

The application deadline is October 7, 2011. For more information, please call Anne Michaud at 418-644-8976, extension 2568.

Certification of college studies

Schedule of Exams

The Ministerial Examination of College English (the English Exit Exam) is a four-hour examination that takes place three times a year: in May, August, and December.

Here is the Ministerial Examination calendar for 2011 to 2013:

Year May August December
2011 May 18 August 10 December 14
2012 May 16 August 8 December 19
2013 May 15 August 7 December 18

Register for the exam at your college.

   
Past Exams
 

The exam consists of four documents: Booklet 1 – Rough Copy, Booklet 2 – Final Copy, Booklet 3 – Readings, and a page of Writing Guidelines. Booklets 1 and 2 are common to all exams; Booklet 3 – Readings and the Writing Guidelines are specific to each exam.

   Booklet 1– Instructions and Rough Copy
Booklet 2– Final Copy
Booklet 3– Because of copyright restrictions, the original readings cannot be posted on the Internet. However, each college library, learning centre, and English Department has copies of the exam readings that have been used to date. The references below indicate Readings and Writing Guidelines for previous exams.
     
Writing Guidelines

December August May
December 2011 August 2011 May 2011
December 18, 2010
December 15, 2010
August 2010 May 2010
December 2009 August 2009 May 2009
December 2008 August 2008 May 2008
December 2007 August 2007 May 2007
December 2006 August 2006 May 2006

December 17, 2005
December 14, 2005

August 2005 May 2005
December 2004 August 2004 May 2004
December 2003 August 2003 May 2003
December 2002 August 2002 May 2002
December 2001 August 2001 May 2001
December 2000 August 2000 May 2000
December 18, 1999
December 15,1999
August 1999 May 1999
December 1998 August 1998 May 1998
December 1997 August 1997 May 1997
December 1996 August 1996 May 1996
 
Statistics – Results of the Ministerial Examination of College English, Language of Instruction and Literature,
and of the Épreuve uniforme de français du collégial, Langue d'enseignement et littérature

Questions and comments can be submitted by e-mail to the team responsible for ministerial examinations
or communicated over the telephone by calling 418-528-8378.
Update February 6, 2012.


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