testing speaking
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PronunciationUsing pictures: Pictures for description; Pictures for comparisonOral interviewQuestion-AnswerSituation-Response Role-PlayFormal PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Testing Speaking Skills
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Testing Speaking Skills
PronunciationUsing pictures: Pictures for description; Pictures for comparisonOral interviewQuestion-AnswerSituation-Response Role-PlayFormal Presentation
Pronunciation
Bud BirdNip NibPill PailBall BowlSheet Seat
Ferry FairyBoss BusKnit LitFry FlySupportSportEtc.
Using Pictures
Student B
…
What is he like?
What is he wearing?
Where is he?
What is he doing?
Etc.
Student A
Discuss
1. What is/are included in testing speaking using pictures?
2. In what level is the testing speaking using pictures given?
Oral Interview: In Pairs
(Student A)
Topic: Free Time
Questions:
What do you do in the evening?; at weekends?
Special interests?
Reading?
Travel?
Whom are you with?
Where?
(Student B)
Topic: School
Questions:
Where?
Relations with other children?
Relation with teachers?
Important experiences?
Good friendships?
Question-Answer
Questions:
1. …
2. What’s your hobby?
3. Why do you find it interesting?
4. …
Your friend’s answer:
___________.
___________.
___________.
Situation-Response
1. You meet a friend of yours who has just come out of hospital. What do you say?
2. The phone rings and someone asks to speak to Mr Geong. You’ve never heard of him. What do you say?
3. Someone asks you to see a film, but you’d rather see it with your best friend. What do you say?
Role-Play
You are a job interviewer.
Ask the candidate the questions of name, address, job applied, previous experience, skills, ability, salary expected, time of starting working
You are a candidate.
Perform by answering the questions given including: name, address, job applied, previous experience, skills, ability, salary expected, time of starting working
Formal Presentation
Present a ten minute speech on the topic Juvenile Delinquency before the audience. Your presentation include introduction to your topic, problem solving, and conclusion.
Task
1. Think 3 interesting topics for language presentation
2. What considerations do you take when you provide the topics to present?
What to Test
Fluency; Accuracy; Pronunciation; Task Completion; Vocabulary; Appropriateness; Comprehension; Communicative Competence
How to Score
Weighted Factors: e.g. Fluency (25%); Pronunciation (15%); Accuracy (15%); Vocabulary (15%); Task Completion (30%)
Criteria Levels of Performance
Accuracy: intelligible pronunciation; high grammatical; lexical accuracy
Appropriacy: appropriate to function; clear overall intention of speaker
Range: available fair level of language of candidate; able to express without overtly searching for words
Flexibility: able to take initiative in conversation and adapt to new topics or changes of direction
Size: able to produce complex utterances are manifested
Format
Interview: most obvious and common format; candidate is like to speak to superior and unwilling to take initiative
Interaction with Peers: performance of one candidate affected by that of the other; assertive dominates
Responding to Tape recordings: uniformity of elicitation achieved
Elicitation Techniques
Questions and requests for information
Pictures
Role play
Discussion
Tape recorded stimuli
Imitation
Questions and requests for information
Avoid only a few “Yes-No Questions’
Quickly pass on to information questions to elicit functions
Pictures
Use single pictures for elicitation descriptions
Use picture series for elicitation of narration
Role play
Assume a role in particular situation; describe situation briefly and clearly
Tester as observer
E.g.: A friend invites you to a party but you don’t want to go as you want to watch the last episode of a TV serial. Thank your friend and refuse politely
Discussion
Aim is to arrive at decision to topics givenE.g.: Your school has a small budget which it can spend on only one of the following: video equipment; computer equipment; additional books for library.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages to with your partner and try to reach an agreement
Tape recorded stimuli
Ideal for use in the labLarge number of candidates can be
tested at the same timeMay use description of situations;
remarks in isolation to respond to; simulated conversation
Limitation
Hearing a series of sentences each of which they have to respond
Not long sentences
Allowing for control in choice of structures, vocabulary