Klausur (assessment) — Unit 2: Globalisation Debates

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden

Track E · Klasse 12 · Niveau E · 4 Stunden (incl. breaks) · 90 BE

Klausur (assessment) — Niveau E (full paper, 90 BE)
Time. 4 hours including 20 minutes of breaks (220 active minutes). Total. 90 BE.
Inhalt / Sprache split. Basisfach (basic course): 50/50. Leistungsfach (advanced course): 40/60.

Part A — Comprehension (~24 BE) Link to heading

Listen / read twice.

“World trade as a share of GDP rose from 39 % in 1990 to 60 % by 2008. It has plateaued since. About one billion people were lifted out of extreme poverty in the same period, predominantly in East and South Asia. Intra-country inequality grew in advanced economies. Supply-chain fragility was under-priced.”

  1. Trade %: ___ . 2. Plateau: ___ . 3. Poverty reduction: ___ . 4. Hidden cost: ___ .

Part B — Analysis (~18 BE) Link to heading

Read the Twenty Years of Globalisation extract.

  1. The two simultaneous facts: ___ . 2. Where the poverty reduction happened: ___ . 3. Three critics’ claims: ___ . 4. The author’s neutral move: ___ .

Part C — Composition (~18 BE) Link to heading

Composition prompt: Choose one of the three critics’ claims. Defend or refute it in 250 words using 2 academic hedges + 3 markers.

Mediation (~30 BE) Link to heading

Mediation prompt: A 250-word German economic-policy paper on Lieferkettenresilienz (supply-chain resilience). Mediate for a English-speaking trade-policy reader. (Source provided in class.)

Expected-answer profile (Erwartungshorizont) — sample
Comprehension. 1. 39→60 %; 2. since 2008; 3. ~1 billion in East/South Asia; 4. supply-chain fragility under-priced. Analysis. 1. ~1 billion lifted out of extreme poverty AND intra-country inequality grew sharply; 2. East and South Asia; 3. inequality grew / supply-chain fragility under-priced / externalities exported; 4. both sides hang on claims that are roughly correct. Composition. Open. Reward integrated argument + hedges. Mediation. Open.
grading scale (Notenschlüssel) (von 90 BE)
| 86–90 | 1+ | 81–85 | 1 | 76–80 | 1- | | 71–75 | 2+ | 66–70 | 2 | 61–65 | 2- | | 56–60 | 3+ | 51–55 | 3 | 46–50 | 3- | | 41–45 | 4+ | 36–40 | 4 | 30–35 | 4- | | 22–29 | 5 | 0–21 | 6 | | |