hello everybody

 

 

i hope that you are all fine

 

 

i want to assess my students speaking skill ( they are young learners between 8-10 years old)

 

 

i want to use two tools to assess their speaking

 

 

and the two tools must be something that can be documented

 

 

i don�t know what kind of tools should i use

 

if i use paper and pencil test it doesn�t assess the speaking skill

 

unless if someone know how to use it to assess the speaking skill

 

 

so please could you give me any ideas i need them

and if you have any paper that i can you use

 

please send it to me

 

 

thanks in advanced

Dear Glamorous

 

You could use a tape recorder to tape them giving a short speach or answering questions.

Hope that helps.

 

Jewell

Also, I regularly ask my students to assess themselves at the end of a speaking activity. Usually when they do a speaking activity, they also have a sheet where they can find resources to do the task. When they�re done, I ask them to color a circle on the sheet as a self evaluation: a green circle means they�ve only spoken English, a yellow one means they have spoken both English and the mother tongue and red means they�ve not tried at all. I go around the desk and if I strongly disagree with a self evaluation, I write a note beside the circle. My students know I�ll do that so they are pretty honest with their self evaluation.

 

Another way to observe is to have a class plan and take notes and observation on your plan when you see speaking  happening from students.

 

Hope this helps you!