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Speaking Test Information: General Description

This document provides information about the A1-A2 level speaking test, including its format, timing, tasks, assessment scales, and notes for teachers. The test contains two parts: Part 1 involves individual interactions with an examiner, while Part 2 is an interactive task between the two candidates. It is scored based on grammar/vocabulary, pronunciation, interactive communication, and global achievement. Teachers can borrow test packages from the office to familiarize themselves and must administer the tests according to the pacing guide to ensure all students take it once per course.

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Speaking Test Information: General Description

This document provides information about the A1-A2 level speaking test, including its format, timing, tasks, assessment scales, and notes for teachers. The test contains two parts: Part 1 involves individual interactions with an examiner, while Part 2 is an interactive task between the two candidates. It is scored based on grammar/vocabulary, pronunciation, interactive communication, and global achievement. Teachers can borrow test packages from the office to familiarize themselves and must administer the tests according to the pacing guide to ensure all students take it once per course.

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SPEAKING TEST INFORMATION

Level: A1 - A2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
PAPER FORMAT The paper contains two parts.
TIMING 8-10 minutes per pair of candidates.
NO. OF PARTS 2
INTERACTION The standard format is two candidates and one examiner.
PATTERN The examiner acts as Interlocutor and manages the interaction by asking
questions and setting up the tasks. He/she also acts as assessor to give the
scores to candidates following the assessing scales.
TASK TYPES Short exchanges with the examiner and an interactive task involving both
candidates.
MARKS Candidates are assessed on their performance throughout the test. Candidates
are not expected to produce completely accurate or fluent language, but they
are expected to interact appropriately and intelligibly. The emphasis in
assessment is on the ability to communicate clearly.
STRUCTURE AND TASKS
PART 1
TASK Each candidate interacts with the examiner.
TYPE The examiner asks the candidates questions.
AND The examiner follows an interlocutor frame to guide the conversation, ensure
FORMAT standardization and control the level of input.
FOCUS Language normally associated with meeting people for the first time, giving
information of a factual personal kind.
TIMING 5-6 minutes
PART 2
TASK Candidates interact with each other.
TYPE The examiner sets up the activity using a standardised rubric.
AND Candidates ask and answer questions using prompt material.
FORMAT
FOCUS Factual information of a non-personal kind related to daily life.
TIMING 3-4 minutes
Assessment scales

A2 Grammar and Vocabulary Pronunciation Interactive Communication


5 Shows a good degree of Is mostly intelligible, and has Maintains simple exchanges.
control of simple some control of phonological Requires very little prompting
grammatical forms. features at both utterance and support.
Uses a range of appropriate and word levels.
vocabulary when talking
about everyday situations.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
3 Shows sufficient control of Is mostly intelligible, despite Maintains simple exchanges,
simple grammatical forms. limited control of despite some difficulty.
Uses appropriate vocabulary phonological features. Requires prompting and
to talk about everyday support.
situations.

2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.


1 Shows only limited control of Has very limited control of Has considerable difficulty
a few grammatical forms. phonological features and is maintaining simple exchanges.
Uses a vocabulary of isolated often unintelligible. Requires additional prompting
words and phrases. and support.
0 Performance below Band 1.

A2 Global Achievement
5 - Handles communication everyday situation, despite hesitation.
- Constructs longer utterances but is not able to use complex language.
4 Performance shares features of Bands 3 and 5.
3 - Conveys basic meaning in very familiar everyday situations.
- Produces utterances which tend to be very short – words or phrases – with frequent
hesitation and pauses.
2 Performance shares features of Bands 1 and 3.
1 - Has difficulty conveying basis meaning even in very familiar everyday situations.
- Responses are limited to short phrases or isolated words with frequent hesitation and
pauses.
0 Performance below Band 1.

The examiner awards marks by applying performance descriptors from the analytical assessment scales for
the following criteria:
• Grammar and Vocabulary
• Pronunciation
• Interactive Communication.

Using this table to give the scores to candidates:


Criteria Grammar &Vocab Pronunciation Interactive Comm. Global Achievement Overall
Scale
Notes for teachers:

1. Teachers can find Speaking test packages at the office. Please come and take it on the test
date. Teachers can borrow to look at in advance right at the office. Please do not take it
home.

2. Teachers manage the time to do the test on the date marked in the pacing guide. According
to the test format, there will be 2 candidates for a turn, so it may take you 2 sessions of
class to give all students the test. The score records will be attached in the class file so
teachers can take turn to do the tests based on the pacing guide and make sure all students
have at least 1 speaking test/course.

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