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Assessing Speaking

Adapted from http://www.slideshare.net/nairubymata/assessing-speaking-skills


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Teaching speaking

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What is Speaking?

¨Speaking is an interactive process of constructingmeaning that involves producing and receiving andprocessing information¨ (Brown, 1994 Burns ! "o#ce,199$%&

'ccording to ramsch (19)*% cited in + -alle# and.alde/ (199*% ¨Speaking means anticipating the listener

s response and possi0le misunderstandings, and arrivingat the closest possi0le match 0etween intended,perceived, and anticipated meanings¨&


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Characteristics of Spoken languageSpoken language is different from written language for man# reasons&

+ne important reason is that it usuall# has to 0e understoodimmediatel# whereas written language can 0e read man# times& orthat reason, spoken language has man# different features&Spoken language has the following characteristics (2allida#, 19)9, p&31%

.ariation in speed (generall# faster than writing%5oudness or 6uietness

7estures 8 0od# languagentonation

Stress:h#thm

;itch range;ausing and phrasing


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+ord and sentence repetitiontasksTest taker hear: ,epeat after me:

beat pause bit pausebat pause at pause

bought a boat yesterday The glow of the candle isgrowing.

Test taker repeat the stimulus .

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$coring scale for repetitiontasks ( mitati e $peaking)

" Acceptable pronunciation1 omprehensible& partially correct

pronunciation0 $ilence& seriously incorrect pronunciation

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nteractive Speaking


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'ssessing Speaking nteractive Speaking

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nterviews (stages%

Warm up 1& small talk

5evel check the test taker>& answers Wh86uestions

3 produce a narrative without interruptions

4 reads a passage outloud

@ells how to make something or do something

* engages in a 0rief, controlled, guided role pla#;ro0e @he test8taker

$ responds to interviewer s 6uestions a0out something the test taker doesn t know andis planning to include in an article or paper&

) talks a0out his or her own field of stud# or profession&

9 engages in a longer, more open8ended role pla# (e&g& simulates a difficult ofem0arrassing situation% with the interviewer&

1A gives an impromptu presentation on some aspect of test8taker s field&

Wind down

11 feeling a0out the interview, information or results, further 6uestions


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,ole lays


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'iscussions and con ersations


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Ctensive Speaking

ranslation of

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OralPresentations

Picture"cuedStor# elling

Retelling astor#

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ral resentations

$pecify the criterion$et appropriate tasks

ptimal outputractical& reliable scoring


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,eferences%rown& '. ("004). Language Assessment, Principles and Classroom Practices .

6ongman Calley& C. and BaldeG 6. (1 *). Authentic Assessment for English

Language Learners. Practical Approaches for Teachers . Addison-+esley ublishingompany.

+eir& . (1 0). Communicative Language Testing . rentice ?all.

%ailey& D.C.& ; $a age& 6. (1 4). H Ne a!s in teaching speaking." Ale#andria, $A:Teachers of English to %peakers of &ther Languages.

%rown& ?.'. (1 4 '. "Teaching b! principles: an interactive approach to language pedagog!.(

3nglewood liIs& 7 : rentice ?all ,egents.

%urns& A.& ; oyce& ?. (1 ). ")ocus on speaking." %!dne!: National Center for EnglishLanguage Teaching and *esearch.

arter& ,. ; Cc arthy& C. (1 * '. +rammar and spoken language. "Applied Linguistics, -" (")&

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