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Techniques and methods in Language Teaching > What do you assess in an oral exam?
What do you assess in an oral exam?
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BigBadBootyDaddy
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What do you assess in an oral exam?
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I have an oral exams with my students tommorrow. I know that fluency and pronunciation are must grade aspects, but what else can be assessed ?
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17 Mar 2009
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tichorsergio
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Have you considered to check Grammar, Intonation, Stress and at the same time Listening as well as Accuracy? I hope everything will be OK and good luck! |
17 Mar 2009
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askerhk
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For Hong Kong public exam, we would have four categories.
They are:
Pronunciation and delivery
Strategies for Communication
Ideas and organization
vocabulary and language use
I found it quite comprehesnive, especially for group discussion |
17 Mar 2009
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sea camel
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Below an example of the �what � and �how � at our school. In it you can see the things we assess. Easy to correct and a good feedback for the pupils. I always write extra comments down and I often notice pupils doing a better job the next time. I print it out and at the end of the test I hand them out. I �ve checked askerhk �s categories and these ideas can be found here too, although other words are used.
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1 Content good - OK - not good
2 Timing perfect - a bit too long/short - too long/short
3 Fluency / Interaction excellent - good - OK - not good
4 Pronunciation excellent - good - some mistakes - many mistakes
5 Vocabulary / Grammar good - some mistakes - many mistakes
Comments: ��������������������������������
Just to give you a practical idea... Good luck!
Kristien |
17 Mar 2009
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Jayho
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We assess pronunciation, fluency, vocab, intelligibility of ideas, repair skills, task completion and additonal linguistic features. Each of these has sub points.
You can also check out rubrics for formal tests such as TOEFl �s at http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/Independent_Speaking_Rubrics_2008.pdf
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17 Mar 2009
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alien boy
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Hmm, I �ve just been doing basic speaking tests with my 1st & 2nd year junior high school kids. They �re low level/beginners in the main, so I �ve broken it down to 4 criteria:
Vocabulary - how appropriate is the vocabulary that they use?
Inflection - do the students use inflection to help convey meaning? Japanese syllables are all the same length with some variation in pitch rather than being an inflected language.
Rhythm - Do the students time/pace/pause appropriately in their speech.
Clarity - do the students speak clearly?
The oral test that I have given had to be assessable in under 2 minutes, so it meant that I had to use a very simple approach & scoring mechanism. I �d rather have more time & a better empirical rubric to use, but my method seemed to work okay, especially as I was the only one making the assessment so the standard applied to each student �s assessment was identical, allowing for more consistency in the assessment.
Hope that made some sort of sense....
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17 Mar 2009
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