Transcript Oral Examiners` Training Workshop

Territory-wide System Assessment
2011
Secondary 3 English Language
Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop
Education Assessment Services Division
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority
TSA 2011 Oral Examiners’ Workshop
Time
Programme
Venue
Facilitator
9:30 – 9:45
Introduction
Hall
Dr Amy Cheung
9:45 – 10:10
Oral Assessment Administration
Video
Hall
Ms Priscilla Ng
10:10 – 10:45
Scoring Guide
Hall
Dr Amy Cheung
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:40
Workshop
Classroom
Assistant Examiners
11:40 – 12:15
Recruitment test/Marking
Classroom
Assistant Examiners
12:15 – 12:30
Final Queries/Questions
Hall
Dr Amy Cheung
Ms Priscilla Ng
TSA 2011 Oral Assessments
Date:
12 – 13 April 2011
Session:
AM: 8:15 – 11:15
PM: 1:15 – 4:15
Individual Presentation
• Preparation (3 minutes)
• Assessment (2 minutes)
Group Interaction
• Preparation (3 minutes)
• Assessment (3 minutes)
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Assessment Administration
Video Presentation:
Before the Assessments
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Individual Presentation
Video Presentation:
Conducting the Assessments
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Assessment Administration
Video Presentation:
After the Assessments
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Examiner’s Report
Complete and return the report to the HKEAA by
20 April 2011
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If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment, please inform
the TSA Administration Team at
3628 8191
by
AM session: 6:30 am
PM session: 11:30 am
Stand-by Examiners must keep mobile phones on
from 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitution
In case of bad weather, public announcement broadcast
via radio & TV (EDB)
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Enquiries
Administration matters:
Secondary schools: 3628 8191
Subject and assessment related matters:
General: 3628 8188
Information (including videos presented
at this workshop) will be uploaded to the
TSA website
http://www.bca.hkeaa.edu.hk
TSA 2011 Oral Assessments
Information regarding any aspect of the assessment and student
performances is strictly confidential and should NOT be
disclosed to anyone
It is NOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of students for each
score
Rate ALL STUDENTS independently and consistently throughout the
assessments
Put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcement and praise
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Scoring Guide
Individual Presentation
Individual Presentation
Your class is interested in learning about festivals in Hong Kong.
You are preparing a two-minute presentation about Christmas in Hong Kong. You may
use some ideas from the following mind map or your own ideas in your presentation.
Christmas lights
Christmas party
shopping
gifts
Christmas
Christmas songs
?
Christmas dinner
food
?
pudding
turkey
You may use the following or your own words to begin and end your presentation.
Good morning, everybody. People love Christmas in Hong Kong…
That’s all I want to say. Thank you.
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Scoring Guide - Individual Presentation - Criteria
0-4
0-4
0-4
0-2
Ideas & Organisation
Vocabulary & Language Patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
Strategies for Oral Communication
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Scoring Guide Individual Presentation
Score
2
Strategies for Oral Communication
Show appropriate awareness of audience
1
Make occasional attempts to display audience
awareness
0
Make a limited or no attempt to display audience
awareness
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Scoring Guide Individual Presentation
Score
Ideas & Organisation
Vocabulary & Language
Patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
4
 Express ideas that are
relevant to inform and
explain with details
 Communicate ideas
clearly and coherently
 Use varied and appropriate
language patterns
 Use appropriate
vocabulary
 Speak clearly and fluently,
with few or no errors in
pronunciation
 Use intonation to
enhance communication
3
 Express ideas that are
relevant to inform
and/or explain with
some details
 Communicate most
ideas clearly and
coherently
 Use mostly appropriate
language patterns
 Use mostly appropriate
vocabulary
 Speak clearly with some
errors in pronunciation
and occasional hesitation
 Make occasional
attempts to use
intonation
TSA 2011 Oral Assessments
Scoring Guide Individual Presentation
Score
Ideas & Organisation
Vocabulary & Language
Patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
3
 Express ideas that are
relevant to inform
and/or explain with
some details
 Communicate most
ideas clearly and
coherently
 Use mostly
appropriate language
patterns
 Use mostly
appropriate
vocabulary
 Speak clearly with some errors
in pronunciation and occasional
hesitation
 Make occasional attempts to
use intonation
2
 Express adequate
ideas that are relevant
to the topic
 Communicate some
ideas clearly and
coherently
 Use simple language
patterns
 Use familiar
vocabulary
appropriately but
with errors that may
impede
communication
 Speak clearly though hesitantly
with errors in pronunciation
that may impede
communication
OR
 Occasional hesitant/stilted
speech that may impede
communication
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Scoring Guide Individual Presentation
Score
Ideas & Organisation
Vocabulary & Language Patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
2
 Express adequate  Use simple language patterns
ideas that are
 Use familiar vocabulary
relevant to the
appropriately but with errors
topic
that may impede
 Communicate
communication
some ideas clearly
and coherently
 Speak clearly though
hesitantly with errors in
pronunciation that may
impede communication
OR
 Occasional
hesitant/stilted speech
that may impede
communication
1
 Express limited or
disjointed ideas
that are relevant
to the topic
 Speak with frequent
errors in pronunciation
that impedes
communication
OR
 Hesitant/stilted speech
that impedes
communication
 Use basic language patterns
with possible errors
 Appropriately use vocabulary
drawn from a limited and very
familiar range, awkward
wording may make
understanding unclear
Remarks: - Presentations lasting less than 1 minute will not be awarded scores more than 2 on any criteria.
- Students who read word for word from their own notes (requires examiner’s judgment based on
evidence) will not be awarded scores more than 2 on any criteria.
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Scoring Guide Individual Presentation
Score of 0
Ideas & Organisation
Do not express any relevant or understandable information
Vocabulary & Language Patterns
Do not produce any recognisable words or language patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
Do not produce any comprehensible English speech
Strategies for Oral Communication
Make a limited or no attempt to display
audience awareness
OR
Make no attempt at all
Scoring Guide
Group Interaction
Group Interaction
You and two other members of the English Club are going to help organise a storytelling competition. You meet to discuss the plan for the competition.
In your discussion, you may include:
• when and where the competition will take place
• who will take part
• who will be the judge(s)
• how you will tell other students about the competition
• what the rules will be for the competition
• any other details that are important
You may begin by saying:
We’re going to hold a story-telling competition very soon. Let’s talk about the best time for
the competition…
TSA 2011 Oral Assessments
Scoring Guide – Group Interaction - Criteria
0-4
Task Completion – Ideas & Intelligibility
0-2
Strategies for Oral Communication
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Scoring Guide Group Interaction
Score
Strategies for Oral Communication
2
Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple turntaking strategies* to maintain interaction
1
Use limited formulaic expressions and/or interaction strategies
to respond to others
0
Do not use any interaction strategies
OR
Make no attempt at all
* Turn-taking strategies include responding and maintaining
interaction as well as drawing others in to participate
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Scoring Guide Group Interaction
Score
4
3
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant with supporting
details
Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally
providing some details
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Scoring Guide Group Interaction
Score
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
3
Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally
providing some details
2
Give short, simple responses to ideas
that are relevant to the topic
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Scoring Guide Group Interaction
Score
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
2
Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant
to the topic
1
Give limited responses to ideas that
are relevant to the topic, generally prompted
0
Do not express any relevant OR
understandable information
Make no attempt at all
No score will be awarded on ‘ Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility’:
1. Only read out questions using the prompts
2. Only provide ‘Yes / No’ answers without further details
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Hand in to Assistant Examiner
• Declaration form (completed and signed)
• Evaluation form (completed and signed)
• Other documents, except ‘Transcription – Demonstration’
and ‘Examiner’s Report’
Reminders
• Certificate
• Appointment letter
Territory-wide System Assessment
2011
S3 English Language Oral Assessments
Thank You