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TESTING CRITERIA

I.                   INTERVIEW: 3 ms

The teacher gives each student 3-5 questions on the following topics:

1.      Success

2.      The media

3.      Social behaviour

4.      Things you can't live without

5.      Jobs

6.      Tourist information

II.               PAIRWORK: 7 ms

Each pair of students chooses a ticket in random and has 8-10 minutes to prepare.

Students' presentation will be assessed as foloows:

1.      Fluency and confidence: 1.5 ms

2.      Pronunciation and intonation: 1.5 m

3.      Accuracy: 1 m

4.      Content: 3 m

Some suggested questions:

1.      What is success? What does it mean to you?

2.      Do you think the more money we get, the more successful we are?

Can money bring us happiness? Are the rich always happy?

3.      Do you think success can come to us by accident?

Is it right to say that a successful man has to pay high cost for it?

4.      Who is happier between a rich man without knowledge and a poor man with wide knowledge? Who will be successful?

5.     What do you think about the saying, "Never leave what we can do today until tomorrow"? Is it necessary to overwork or to rush bindly into our work?

Testing Criteria:

I.            Conversation (8ms)

Each pair of student is given a topic and has 5- 8 minutes to prepare.

-         Fluency and confidence: 1m

-         Pronunciation and intonation: 1m

-         Content: 4 ms

-         Grammar: 1m

-         Collaboration and work-distribution: 1m

II.         Situation questions (2ms)

Teacher asks each student 2-3 questions on one of the following topics:

1.     Success: what are the most/least important to you? a good life/friends and fun/ happy family/a nice home/ a successful career…

2.     In the media: How often you listen to the radio or watch TV? Your favourite TV channels/ radio stations? Why?

3.     Socializing: What do you often do if you go out with your friends?

Go to the cinema/coffee/go dancing/karaoke bar/ watch live music/ go for a walk…?

4.     Things you can’t live without: how machine work/ describe everyday objects

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Ticket 1:

Student A: You’re phoning Travel Direct to find out about some air line tickets you ordered. You want to speak to the Manager to find out what is happening.

·        Ask to speak to the Manager

·        Ask if she can come back

·        Explain what the call is about

·        Give your number and say when you can be contacted

·        Say goodbye

Student B: You work at Travel Direct. The Manager is on the other line at the moment.

·        Answer the phone

·        Explain that the Manager is on the other line; ask the caller to hold or if he/she wants her to call back

·        Ask what the call is about

·        Ask for the caller’s number

·        Say thank you and end the conversation.

Ticket 2: make a conversation about TV and media

Suggestions:

·        Ask how often you watch TV or listen to the radio

·        Ask when you do these things.

·        Ask what channels/programmes you like best?

·        Say how you feel when watching /listening.

·        Say you believe or don’t believe in what you read and see in the media. Explain why.

Ticket 3:

You have just read a very good novel or book. You want to recommend it to your friend. Make a conversation asking and answering about this book/novel.

·        What it is

·        Where /when you read it

·        Who it is by

·        You like it or not

·        Its strong points

·        Its weak points

·        Words to describe it

Ticket 4:

Student A: Describe a film you watched .

·        It’s called……………

·        It’s by……

·        It was directed by……..

·        It stars/set in…..

·        It’s about…..

·        The acting is……….

·        The best thing about it is………

·        One weak point is…….

Student B: ask and express your idea about that film

Ticket 5:

Student A: Makes polite requests for the following situations:

·      Help you to do your homework

·      Borrow your new friend’s motorbike

·      Turn on/off the air conditioner

Student B: Accept or refuse your friend’s requests

Ticket 6:

Student A: You are a foreigner. You want to know some social customs in Vietnam. Ask your friend about:

·        Behavior between men and women

·        How to greet and address people

·        Smoking

·        The way people dress

·        Being late

·        What people do when they go out

Student B: Explain these things to your friend, say what to do and what not to do when he/ she come to Vietnam

Ticket 7:

Student A: You have just bought a  new computer. You want to show it off to your friend

·        Where/when/how you got it

·        Description of it: size, colour….

·        Why it’s important to you.

·        What you use it for

·        Why you couldn’t live without it

Student B: Ask and reply your friend’s statement

Ticket 8

Student A: You are at the police station, you describe the thing you’ve lost.

·        What the object is

·        What colour it is

·        What it is like

·        What it is made of

·        What shape it is

·        Where you lost it

·        Why you couldn’t live without it

Student B:  You are a police man, ask and take note what your friend says

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	Criteria for marking the speaking test I.                  Situational questions: 2 ms II.               Conversation: 8 ms 1.     Fluency and confidence: 1m 2.     Pronunciation and intonation: 1 m 3.     Content: 4ms 4.     Grammar: 1 m 5.     Collaboration and work-distribution: 1 m

 

I. Situational questions

Teacher asks each student 2-3 questions on one of the following topics:

1.     Success: what are the most/least important to you? (a good life/friends and fun/ happy family/a nice home/ a successful career…)

2.     In the media: How often you listen to the radio or watch TV? Your favourite TV channels/ radio stations? Why?

3.     Socializing: What do you often do if you go out with your friends?

(Go to the cinema/coffee/go dancing/karaoke bar/ watch live music/ go for a walk…?)

4.     Things you can’t live without: how machine work/ describe everyday objects

II.               Conversations

Each pair of students is given a topic (Students have right to change the ticket ONCE) and has 5- 8 minutes to prepare.

TICKET 1:

Student A: You’re phoning AA Travel to find out about some airline tickets you ordered. You want to speak to the Manager to find out what is happening.

v    Ask to speak to the Manager

v    Ask if she can come back

v    Explain what the call is about

v    Give your number and say when you can be contacted

Student B: You work at AA Travel. The Manager is on the other line at the moment.

v    Answer the phone

v    Explain that the Manager is on the other line; ask the caller to hold or if he/she wants her to call back

v    Ask what the call is about, ask for the caller’s number

v    Say thank you and end the conversation.

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TICKET 2:

In pair, make a conversation about the situation below

Student A: You are an interviewer. Ask student B who is about to graduate to find out what he/she intends to do

Student B: You are a student who is about to graduate from university. Answer the interviewer's questions

Possible suggestions:

v    I'll probably/I suppose I'll do some travelling...

v    I'm having a holiday with my family...

v    I'm (definitely) (not) going to apply for.../to be a./an....

v    I'm planning to do a master's degree in....

v    I'm about to.../I'm hoping to.../I'm due to.../I'm thinking of...

TICKET 3:

In pair, make a conversation about T.V. and media

Student A: ask your partner some questions to find out his/her interest and taste about T.V. and media

Possible suggestions:

v    How often he/she listens to the radio or watches T.V.

v    When he/she does these things.

v    Which his/her favourite/least favourite T.V. channels / radio station.

Student B: Answer your partner's questions.

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TICKET 4:

You have just read a very good novel or book/ watched a good film. You want to recommend it to your friend. Make a conversation about this book/novel/film.

TICKET 5:

v Student A: You are at the Lost Property Office. Describe a very important object that you have just lost.

·        What the object is

·        What colour/ size, ect. it is

·        What it is like

·        What it is made of

·        What shape it is

·        Where you lost it

·        Why it is very important to you

v    Student B:  You are a police man. Ask and take note what your friend says.

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TICKET 6:

Student A: You are from England, are going to visit Viet Nam. You want to know some social customs and behaviours in Vietnam. Ask your friend about:

v    Behaviors between men and women

v    How to greet and address people

v    Smoking / Being late

v    The way people dress

v    The way young people behave when they go out

v    Typical times for going out/ eating

Student B: Explain these things to your friend. Say what to do and what not to do when he/ she comes to Vietnam.

TICKET 7:

In pair, make a conversation about the most important object you'd hate to be without.

Student A: You want to show off to your friend a new laptop you have just bought.

v    Where/when/how you got it

v    Description of this object: size, colour, ect.

v    Why it is important to you.

v    What you use it for

v    Why you couldn’t live without it

Student B: Ask and reply your friend’s statements.

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TICKET 8:

Student A: makes polite requests for the following situations:

v    Borrow your new friend’s mobile phone

v    Change the five hundred thousand VN dong note

v    Turn on/off the air conditioner

Student B: You may accept or refuse your partner's requests.

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