Þetta er Rúf English Radiomeð Darin AdamDaily English Language Radiofrom Iceland's national broadcasterRúfDaily English Language RadioWe'll start from thereand we'll go through thisfrom the start and then go through it line by lineTake it away BjarniTil dæmis A, B eða CNú eiga nemyndur í tíunda bekkað fá engunir með tölumJóhann Skakfjörð Magnussoner skólastjóri í GardaskólaJóhann segirMentamálar á þeirratók þessa ákverðunen engin veit almennelegahvernig á að gera þettaReglurnar fyrir nýju engunirnarer að það ereru ekki tilbúnarÞað er mikil vinnaað breyta þessuÞess vegna vita kennararog nemyndur ekkihvað geristÞað verða fundir um þettafram í oktoberSvo tekur það tímaað skrifa reglurnarÞá verðurfjörðungur af skólaárunubúinJóhann segir líkaað nýju tölurnareru ekkieins og fólk er vantÞetta er nýtt kerfiOk, we shall return to the startof this storyand we'll work through thisline by linethe story of school gradesand the system being changedJá, grunnskólinn erbyrjaður aftur eftir sömafríSo, first word is alreadya specific Icelandic wordyou could saybecause here we havethe compulsory school is ten yearsand we call all those tentogether, we call it grunnskóliso the foundationschool, if we try to translate itthis should be your foundationof your educationAnd that's what, ages 5 to 15?Yes, 5, 156, 16, how you see itThose tengrades thateverybody should go throughand so we have in therewe have then, you knowthe children's schoolif you like, and then we would callit the college maybethe secondarySo there's a primary and a secondaryExactly, and normallymost places, this is allin the same buildingand you stay as a kid if you don'tmove around, you will be in thatsame building for those ten yearsbut that varies a bitsome schools are divided moreand so on, but this is the overallterm for thiscompulsory educationfor every childGrunnskóliGrunnskóliAnd the Grunnskóli has started againafter the summer vacationNemendur eru mættir í skólanStudents or pupilsare back in schoolEn það er mikil óvisaum engunirBut there is a great uncertaintyabout the gradesÞað er verið a breytakerfinu fyrir engunirThere is beingchanges donein the systemabout gradesÁður fengur Nemendurí tíunda bekkengunir með bókstöfumUntil now or untilrecentlystudents of the tenthgrade, that's thenthe last onebefore you can askto go to grammar schoolor further educationthey had their grades donewith letterstil dæmis ab eða sérFor exampleA, B or CNúna eiga Nemendurí tíunda bekkað fá engunir með tölumNow students in the tenth gradeshould have their gradesin numbersAnd exactly, I forgot to mentionthere of course we have an ordinaltíunda bekkin the tenth gradeTíundithe nominativebecomestíundábecause we decline itbecause they are inthat certain classAnd it's written hereas the number 10with a full stopFull stopBecause we use the full stopin Icelandicthat means ordinalSo therefore we havea sudden full stopin the middle of the sentencebut that's just linkedwith the numberto let us knowthis is an ordinal numberSo it replaces the THor the NDExactlyin EnglishExactlyWe just use the full stopor the pointto mark thatSo yeah, this is the big thingand like we will discuss later onit seems from an outsiderwell, is that a problem?You just take out the lettersand bring in the numbersbut it isn't that simple at alllike we will mention further onJóhann Skagfjörð Magnussoner skólastjóri í GardaskólaSo Mr. Jóhann Skagfjörð Magnussonhe is the principalwe call itthe chief of schoolskólastjóriin Gardaskólithat's in Gardabærsouth of ReykjavíkJóhann segirand he saysMettamálar á þeirratók þessa ákverðunso the minister of educationtook this decisionen engin veit almenilegahvernig á að gera þettabut nobody knows for surehow to do itand how to do itand how to do itand how to do itit should be doneReglurnar fyrir nýjuenguninnar eru ekkitilbúnarThe rules for the new gradesare not readyÞað er mikil vinnaað breyta þessuThere is a lot of workin changing all thisÞess vegna vitakennarar og nemyndurekki hvað geristTherefore teachersand pupils don'tknow what will happenÞað verða fundir um þettafram í oktoberThere will be meetingsregarding thisdiscussionsuntil OctoberSvo tekur það tímaað skrifa reglurnarand then it will also take timeto write the rulesÞá verður fjörðunguraf skólaárinu búinThen one fourthfjörðungurfjörðungurcomes from fjórirso it's one fourthor 25%of the school yearalready doneor pastso exactlyif we explain a little bitbefore we finishthe thing is thatit's all built on thenational curriculumthat was establishedin 2011and introduced the lettersinstead of numbersbecause it was a totallydifferent systembefore we had thosefinal examslike A levelsof some typethat everybody had to takeand it wasmuch easierto calculateby those examsthat you got a certain percentright etcso thatfelt wellwith numbersand calculationsand so onbut this curriculumthat is nowin existenceand was basedon those letterslooking atlike a spectrumwhere you arenot that you just got78%or somethingit is much morecomplicatedthan the valuationof each pupiland what competencesyou should have gainedand so onand so forthand that means Aor that means Bor that means thatso thereforeunderstandablythey are askingfor some rulesor explanationsbecause it isn'tjust transferabledirectlyfrom a letterto a numberand like yousaysin the endJóhann segir líkaa nýju tölunareru ekkieins og fólk er vanthe says alsothat the new numbersare notas peopleare used toand thereI think he isreferring tothe old systemwith the oldsoover allexamsthat were calculatedin muchdifferentfashionthis is notthe samesystemso he ispointing outbecauseeverybodyof coursethinksschoolis likewhen wewere atschoolit's alwaysto referto yourown experienceso he istrying toexplainwe are notworkingin the oldsystem anymoreand you can'tjust translateone to theotherand he saysfinallyþetta ernýttkervithis is anewsystemand ithasas we'vediscussedbeen quitecontroversialabsolutelyand ofcoursethere isa lotofroom forimprovementand allkinds ofthingsbut it'salwaysthe questionand especiallyin schoolsystemshowcan youachievethatbecauseeverythinghas tohappenin suchyeahco-ordinancewith somanyfactorsyesthe teachersthe parentsthe childrenall havetoeverythingfind thatit worksfor themBjartnithanks verymuchindeedwe'lltalk againnext weekanother episodeof RúðEnglish Radionext ThursdayI'm Darren Adamget in touchwith usanytimewe areenglishatruv.isyouthere ismorefromRúðEnglishwith allthe newsfromIcelandinenglishatruv.isslashenglishRúðEnglish Radiois adailyenglishlanguageradiofromIceland'snationalbroadcasterRúð
