Basic Types of Speaking

PAPER OF LANGUAGE TESTING II To fullfill group assignment The Lecturer : iss !iah

TESTING SPEAKING SKILLS

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A. SPEAKING A F/0EIGN LANG1AGE

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Speaking is a complex skill

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Speaking is the most difficult language skill to assess with precision

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The problems involved in speaking test also occur in other forms of language testing Five components usually tested in speaking: 1. Pronunciation . !rammar  ". #ocabulary $. Fluency %. &omprehension

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'f we can compare between the (riting Testing and Speaking Testing 2. 2ASIC T3PES /F SPEAKING 4. Im'a'5e !. In'ens5e %. In'era6'5e 7. 0espons5e &. e8'ens5e

The General +efn'on •

'mitative )word by word*phrase by phrase+

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'ntensive )employed in assessment context+

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,esponsive )assessment task include interaction and test comprehension 

Short conversation

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Standard greeting

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Small talk 

'nteractive )speaking in the length and complexity of the interaction 

Transactional : exchanging specific information )formally+

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'nterpersonal: maintaining social relationship )informally+

-xtensive )monolog+ ssessment task to produce oral production/ e.g. speech/ oral presentation/ story0telling/ etc.

M6ro an+ ma6ro s9lls of spea9ng

The micro skills refer to producing the smaller chunks of language/ e.g. phonemes/ morphemes/ words/ collocations/ phrasal units. The macro skills imply the speakers focus on the larger elements/ e.g. fluently/ discourse/ function/ style/ cohesion/ non0verbal communication in strategic options. Three mpor'an' ssues 'o +esgn 'as9s

1. 2o speaking task is capable of isolating the single skills of oral production. . -liciting the specific criterion. ". &arefully specify scoring procedures a response 4. Im'a'5e Spea9ng •

(ord repetition task  a. Test takers hear 

- 3eat )pause+ bit )pause+ - ' bought a boat yesterday - The glow of the candle is growing

Scores for the phone0pass test are calculated by a computeri4ed scoring template and reported back to the test0taker within minutes. &onsideration of giving the scores:

1. Pronunciation . ,eading fluency ". ,epeat accuracy $. ,epeat fluency %. 5istening vocabulary !. In'ens5e spea9ng •

6irected response tasks -licits a particular grammatical transformation of sentence. -xamples: 1. Tell me he went home . Tell me that you like rock music ". Tell him to come to my office at noon

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,ead aloud tasks o

 reading aloud can over useful way for testing pronunciation

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 a few minutes are allocated for the students to look at the reading text

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 teacher provide suitable text than choose one of them

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 it can be useful to imagine actual situation when someone read something aloud. )e.g.steps to make something/ etc+ 't include reading beyond the sentence level up to a paragraph

-xample on page 1$7. ,ead aloud stimulus/ paragraph length despite the decrease in si4e0and/ some would say/ 8uality of our cultural word/ there still remain strong differences berween the usual  british and american writing styles. The 8uestion is/ how do you get your message across9 -nglish prose conveys its most novel ideas as if they were timesless truths/ while american writing exaggerates: if you believe half of what is said/ thats enough. The former uses understatement; the latter/ who are used to being sceamed at may not listen when someone

chooses to whisper politely. t the same time / the individual who used to a 8uite manner may reay ' help you9 &ustomer

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salesperson : ?key/ what si4e do you wear9 &ustomer

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salesperson : hmmm...how about this green sweater here9 &ustomer

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salesperson : ?h/ well/ if you do not like green/ what color would you like9 &ustomer

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salesperson : @ow about this one9 &ustomer

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salesperson : !reatA &ustomer

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salesperson : 'ts on sale today for B"C.C% &ustomer

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salesperson : Sure/ we take visa/ mastercard/ american express. &ustomer

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test takers respond with appropiate lines.

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Picture0cued task  't can re8uires a description from the test taker 

Ship

Sheep

3all

3owl

 picture0cued elicitation of minimal pairs

) look at the paper page 1%+

 picture0cued elicitation of comparatives

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 picture0cued elicitation of future tense ) look at the paper page 1%"+  picture0cued elicitation of noun/ negative response/ numbers/ location ) look at the paper page 1%$+  picture0cued elicitation of response and description ) look at the paper  page1%%+  picture0cued elicitation of giving directions ) look at the paper page1%D+

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Euestion and answer  Euestion at the responsive level tend to be genuine referential 8uestion in which the test taker is given more opportunity to produce meaningful language in response -xample on page 1D= •

(hat dou you think about the weather today9

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(hat do you like about the english language9

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@ave you ever been to the united states before9 

(hat other countries have you visited9

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(hy did you go there9 (hat did you like best about it9

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'f you could go back / what would you like to do oe see9

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!iving instruction and direction ssessment context produce opportunity to engage in relatively extended stretch of discourse. -xample on page 1D1 test taker hear: 

6escribe how to make a typical dish from your country.  (hat is good recipe for making ................9  @ow do you access email on a P& computer9 etc.

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Paraphrasing The test taken to read or hear a limited number of sentences and produce  paraphrase of the sentence. -xample on page 1D

test taker hear: Paraphrasing the following little story in your own words

>y weekend in the mountains was fabulous. The first day we  backpacked into the mountains and claimed about .===feet. the hike was steneuous but exhilarating . by sunset we found these beautiful alpine lakes made camp there. The sunset was ama4ingly beautiful. The next two days we