SPEAKING Grade 11

Card 1
You are given a statement to speak about for 2-3 minutes. Justify your opinion. Before you speak you
have one minute to think about what you are going to say and you can make notes if you wish.
Do you agree?
"“As far as this business of solitary confinement goes, the most important thing for survival is
communication with someone, even if it’s only a wave or a wink, a tap on the wall, or to have a guy
put his thumb up. It makes all the difference.” - John McCain, Politician
Card 2
You are given a statement to speak about for 2-3 minutes. Justify your opinion. Before you speak you
have one minute to think about what you are going to say and you can make notes if you wish.
Do you agree?
“Human interaction is something that I believe, as humans, we crave for. And that is where bars and
social environments come into play.”-Jon Taffer, Entrepeneur

Card 3
You are given a statement to speak about for 2-3 minutes. Justify your opinion. Before you speak you
have one minute to think about what you are going to say and you can make notes if you wish.
Do you agree?
“There were about two years when I literally paid no rent anywhere in the world. Everyone’s a contact,
but there’s no real human interaction. That’s a very wearying thing.”- Matthew Stewart, Philosopher

Card 4
You are given a statement to speak about for 2-3 minutes. Justify your opinion. Before you speak you
have one minute to think about what you are going to say and you can make notes if you wish.
Do you agree?
“We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the
illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.”- Sherry Turkle, Professor
Card 5
You are given a statement to speak about for 2-3 minutes. Justify your opinion. Before you speak you
have one minute to think about what you are going to say and you can make notes if you wish.
Do you agree?
"Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success." -Paul J. Meyer
 Grade 11 ____- 1/2 group
Name_________________

CRITERIA FOR MARKING SPEAKING\\

Give a mark out of 6 for each criterion (development and fluency, and language), and then
calculate a mean to give an overall total out of 6.
Band /
Criteri Development and Fluency Language
on
 Produces stretches of language in a register  Produces error-free simple sentences and
which is appropriate to the situation provided in mostly error-free complex sentences.
the task.  Uses a wide range of appropriate
 Shows sustained ability to maintain a vocabulary to give and exchange views on
conversation and to make relevant contributions a growing range of general and curricular
at some length. topics.
6
 Produces extended stretches of language despite  Occasional mistakes do not cause
some hesitation. comprehension problems.
 Can respond to change in direction of the
conversation.
 Pronunciation is intelligible*.
 Intonation is appropriate.
 Produces stretches of language in a register  Produces error-free simple sentences.
which is appropriate to the situation provided in  Attempts some complex grammatical
the task. forms, but may make errors, which rarely
 Responds relevantly and at length which makes cause comprehension problems.
frequent prompting unnecessary, resulting in a  Uses a range of appropriate vocabulary
competent conversation. when talking about a range of general and
5  Produces mostly extended stretches of language curricular topics.
despite some hesitation, although instances of  Occasional mistakes do not cause
using short phrases may be present. comprehension problems.
 Can generally respond to change in direction of
the conversation.
 Pronunciation is generally intelligible.
 Intonation is generally appropriate
4  Produces stretches of language in a register  Frequently produces error-free simple
which is generally appropriate to the situation sentences.
provided in the task.  Uses appropriate vocabulary to talk about
 Attempts to respond to questions and prompts. a limited range of general and curricular
 Produces responses which are extended beyond topics.
short phrases, despite hesitation.  Errors may cause comprehension
 Effort will need to be made to develop the problems.
 conversation; only partial success will be
achieved.
 Pronunciation is mostly intelligible.
 May not follow English intonation patterns at
times.
 Produces stretches of language without  Produces basic sentence forms and some
awareness of register. correct simple sentences.
 Responses tend to be brief and are characterised  Uses a limited range of appropriate
by frequent hesitation. vocabulary to talk about a limited range of
 Has to be encouraged to go beyond short general topics.
responses and struggles to develop a  Errors are frequent and may lead to
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conversation. misunderstanding.
 There is a lack of intelligibility of
pronunciation, but it is unlikely to impede
communication.
 May not follow English intonation patterns
frequently.
 Responses are so brief that little is  Attempts basic sentence forms, but with
communicated. limited success.
 Barely engages in a conversation. OR
 Pronunciation may cause some communication  Heavily relies on apparently memorised
difficulty. utterances.
2
 Does not follow English intonation patterns.  Uses a limited range of appropriate
vocabulary to talk about a very limited
range of general topics.
 Makes numerous errors except in
memorised expressions.
 No communication possible.  Cannot produce basic sentence forms.
1  Pronunciation and intonation patterns cause  Can only produce isolated words and
difficulty for even the most sympathetic listener. phrases or memorised utterances.
0  No attempt at the response. OR No rateable language.