Calibration No. 1 - Jessica

Calibration No. 1 Jessica

By Staff LS

This is part of your final test. Listen to interview #1 and answer the questions carefully. Subjective answers will not be accepted, please use the descriptors to support your main idea.

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Questions​

Multiple Choice

Tell me a little bit about yourself

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

What are your hobbies?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

What did you do this weekend?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

What are your plans for this Christmas?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

Talk to me about the red color

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

Have you ever practiced any extreme sport?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

What do you love the most about yourself?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Multiple Choice

How would you describe freedom in your own words?

• Familiar

• General

• Basic

• Complex

Evaluation per skills.

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Multiple Choice

Are pauses natural (caused by the content of the question) or unnatural (caused by vocabulary lack or grammar knowledge).

• Natural

• More natural than unnatural

• More unnatural than natural

• Unnatural

Multiple Choice

Is this person's grammar control good enough so that mistakes do not affect clarity?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

The candidate's vocabulary is...

• Sufficient to express basic communicative needs.

• Sufficient to express him/herself on familiar topics (circumlocutions happen often).

• Good for familiar and general topics.

• Great for basic, familiar, general, and complex contexts.

Multiple Choice

Are the candidate's ideas clear enough to be understood without difficulty?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Does he/she organize ideas coherently with sufficient and appropriate connectors?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

The candidate's answers are...

• Straightforward and organized in a linear sequence of points

• Detailed and well supported

Please choose one score per skill. Then, do the math to see the general score of the candidate.

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* Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Instructions​

Final score Points

CEFR​

From 15 to 17: B1+

From 17.5 to 19.5: B2

From 20 to 22: B2+

From 22.5 to 35: C1

From 5 to 7: A1

From 7.5 to 9.5: A2​

From 10 to 12: A2+​

From 12.5 to 14.5: B1

Open Ended

Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Fluency

Open Ended

Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Pronunciation

Open Ended

Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Grammar

Open Ended

Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Vocabulary

Open Ended

Does that score match the level you think the candidate has? if yes, move on to the next point. If not, evaluate his skills carefully. Remember to use the descriptors.

Idea organization

Final comments

Take into account the final score and write a short but well-supported paragraph where you answer the following:

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What is the level of the candidate and why?

What are his biggest areas of opportunity?

Is he approved for a campaign?

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• Remember subjective answers will not be received. Use the descriptors.

Subject | Subject

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Open Ended

1. What is the level of the candidate and why?

2. What are his biggest areas of opportunity?

3. Is he approved for a campaign?