Speaking Test

Limited response

Guided techniques

Oral interview

Limited response

Definition

Used to evaluate students with limited speaking

Skills. Three of the most useful ways are directed

Responses, question about picture and reading

Aloud.

Directed response

Forms of directed response cues are artificial

and close to imitation

e.g. Beginner level

(cue) `` Tell me he went home ``

Response would be simply a repetition of the

last part of the examiner

Picture cues

Can be used with young children and with

young people or adults who have limited

response. e.g. Simple line drawing :

Tell me about this picture

What's happening there ?

Reading aloud

This technique provides good control

Students respond in same way so its easy to

make comparison

Test of this kind normally easy to prepare

Limitations

This technique cannot be used with young

children who haven't learn to read and with

advanced young people and adult.

Alternate forms of Limited response

Mimicry Highly controlled elicitation technique Evaluates other skills at the same time

e.g. - Short term memory - Listening

Advantages

These include useful techniques for those

with limited language skill

These provide helpful ways of getting the

specific responses that you want

Cont..

These techniques are generally not

threatening

There is a tendency for these to be

interesting and lifelike. Generally they

have rather good face validity.

Limitations of limited response item

Some important features of speaking are

not measured e.g. fluency and

appropriateness

No direct relationship between speaking

proficiency and ability to read aloud or

imitate

Students responses are somewhat

difficult to evaluate particularly

extended speech

Additional difficulties with reading aloud

and there is also tendency to focus

exclusively on pronunciation.

Marking scheme/Evaluation

Objectified scoring

The first activity is the guessing the pictures

Students are evaluated based on wrong or right answers

Cont….

Holistic scoring

Second activity is a role play on promoting a tourist

Spot. In this activity students evaluated

holistically based on their content,grammar,vocabulary,appropriatnes