Speaking Assessment Scales (Assessor)

Descriptors focus in a positive manner on what candidates___do at each Bandscore levels.

If the candidate has not met the Bandscore 1 descriptor, where appropriate, assessor should use the mark ____.

Candidates must be assessed according to__________

• what candidates may be capable of producing.

• actual performance of the candidates.

• what examiners feel.

• what candidates able to produce in the class.

The candidate's performance in ____ of the test should be taken into account in deciding the final mark of each of the criteria.

• part 3 & 4

• part 2

• all parts

• part 1

If a candidate merely repeats language as presented to them, the examiner should consider how much language is ______.

Lifted language refers to _______

• any text which is produced by the candidates.

• any text which is presented to the candidates.

• task output.

• any text which does not sound natural.

We _______ penalise if the lifted language has been crafted carefully into the candidate's response.

• should

• shouldn't

Consider penalising the candidate if candidate's language does sound unnatural.

• Yes, if the lifted language has NOT been crafted carefully.

• Yes, if the lifted language has been crafted carefully.

What is the criterion that the assessors shouldn't look into?

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

• Communicative Competence

• Overall Spoken Performance

Which analytical criterion does these descriptors fall into?
Accuracy, Simple or Complex structures, Cohesive devices, Connectors, Organisational patterns

• Communicative Competence

• Vocabulary

• Grammar