Territory-wide System Assessment 2011 Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Education Assessment Services Division Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority

TSA 2011 Oral Examiners’ Workshop TimeProgrammeVenueFacilitator 9:30 – 9:45 IntroductionHall Dr Amy Cheung 9:45 – 10:10 Oral Assessment Administration VideoHall Ms Priscilla Ng 10:10 – 10:45 Scoring GuideHall Dr Amy Cheung 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 11:40 WorkshopClassroom Assistant Examiners 11:40 – 12:15 Recruitment test/MarkingClassroom Assistant Examiners 12:15 – 12:30 Final Queries/Questions Hall Dr Amy Cheung Ms Priscilla Ng

Date: 12 – 13 April 2011 Date: 12 – 13 April 2011 Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15 Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15 Individual Presentation Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Group Interaction Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Assessment Administration Video Presentation: Before the Assessments TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Individual Presentation Video Presentation: Conducting the Assessments TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Assessment Administration Video Presentation: After the Assessments TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Examiner’s Report Complete and return the report to the HKEAA by 20 April 2011

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment, please inform the TSA Administration Team at by 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)

Enquiries Administration matters: Secondary schools: Subject and assessment related matters: General: Information (including videos presented at this workshop) will be uploaded to the TSA website TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Information regarding any aspect of the assessment and student performances is strictly confidential and should NOT be disclosed to anyone 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 TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

Scoring Guide Individual Presentation TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

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. gifts shopping Christmas lights turkey pudding Christmas party Christmas songs Christmas dinner ? ? food Christmas 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.

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments 0-4 Ideas & Organisation 0-4 Vocabulary & Language Patterns 0-4 Pronunciation & Delivery 0-2 Strategies for Oral Communication Scoring Guide - Individual Presentation - Criteria

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Score Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Show appropriate awareness of audience 1 Make occasional attempts to display audience awareness 0 Make a limited or no attempt to display audience awareness Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments 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

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 TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery 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 1  Express limited or disjointed ideas that are relevant to the topic  Use basic language patterns with possible errors  Appropriately use vocabulary drawn from a limited and very familiar range, awkward wording may make understanding unclear  Speak with frequent errors in pronunciation that impedes communication OR  Hesitant/stilted speech that impedes communication 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.

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 TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

Scoring Guide Group Interaction

You and two other members of the English Club are going to help organise a story- telling 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 0-4 Task Completion – Ideas & Intelligibility 0-2 Strategies for Oral Communication Scoring Guide – Group Interaction - Criteria

Score Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple turn- taking 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 interaction as well as drawing others in to participate TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction Score Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility 4 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant with supporting details 3 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some details

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 that are relevant to the topic TSA 2011 Oral Assessments Scoring Guide Group Interaction

TSA 2011 Oral Assessments 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 Make no attempt at all understandable information 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

Hand in to Assistant Examiner Declaration form (completed and signed)Declaration form (completed and signed) Evaluation form (completed and signed)Evaluation form (completed and signed) Other documents, except ‘Transcription – Demonstration’ and ‘Examiner’s Report’Other documents, except ‘Transcription – Demonstration’ and ‘Examiner’s Report’Reminders CertificateCertificate Appointment letterAppointment letter TSA 2011 Oral Assessments

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