1. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Assistant Examiners’ Training Workshop Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Assistant Examiners’ Training Workshop

2. TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop Introduction 17:00 – 17:05 Winston Prince Priscilla Ng Scoring (holistic score) 17:05 – 17:15 Sample Video Student 1 Individual Presentation Scoring Guide 17:15 – 17:30 Individual Presentation Discussion of scores Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Scoring Guide 17:30 – 18:00 Sample Video Students 2 to 4 Break 18:00 – 18:10

3. TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop Scoring (holistic score) 18:10 – 18:20 Sample Video - Student 1 Group Interaction Scoring Guide 18:20 – 18:30 Group Interaction Discussion of scores Scoring Guide 18:30 – 19:00 Sample Video Students 2 & 3 Group Interaction Practice Videos 19:00 – 19:25 Individual Presentation: Students: A, B, & C Group Interaction: 5 & 6 Reminder: Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop March 28, ’09 09:30 – 12:30 Maryknoll Fathers’ School 2 To Yuen Street, Shum Shui Po, Kln.

4. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

5. TimeProgramVenueFacilitators 9:30 – 9:50 IntroductionHall Winston Prince 9:50 – 10:30 Oral Assessment Administration VideoHall Priscilla Ng 10:30 – 10:55 Scoring Guide Hall Winston Prince 10:55 – 11:05 Break 11:05 – 12:15 WorkshopClassroom Assistant Examiners 12:15 – 12: 30 Recruitment test Break – (10 mins) Classroom Assistant Examiners 12:40 – 1:00 Certificates Appointment letter Classroom Assistant Examiners TSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

6. Date: April 22 – 23, 2009 Date: April 22 – 23, 2009 Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15 Individual Presentation (12 students) Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Assessment (2 minutes) Group Interaction (12 students – 3/group) Preparation (3 minutes) Preparation (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) Assessment (3 minutes) TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

7. Information about any aspect of the assessment and student performances 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 Students should be encouraged to maintain eye contact with the oral assessors TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

8. Assessment Administration Video Presentation: Before the Assessments TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

9. Individual Presentation Group Interaction Video Presentation: Conducting the Assessments Individual Presentation Group Interaction Video Presentation: Conducting the Assessments TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

10. Assessment Administration Video Presentation: After the Assessments TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

11. Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

12. ScoreStrategies for Oral Communication 2Make 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

13. 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 detail  Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently  Use patterns  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 Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

14. Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery3 with some detail  Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with some detail  Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently mostly appropriate language  Use mostly appropriate language patterns  Use mostly appropriate vocabulary with some errors in pronunciation  Speak clearly with some errors in pronunciation and occasional hesitation  Make occasional attempts to use intonation 2 adequate ideas  Express adequate ideas that are relevant to the topic  Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently simple language  Use simple language patterns  Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication  Speak clearly though hesitant with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication OR  Occasional hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

15. ScoreIdeas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery2 adequate ideas  Express adequate ideas that are relevant to the topic  Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently simple language  Use simple language patterns  Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication  Speak clearly though hesitant with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication OR  Occasional hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication 1 limited or disjointed ideas  Express limited or disjointed ideas that are relevant to the topic basic language patterns with possible errors  Use basic language patterns with possible errors  Appropriately use vocabulary drawn from a limited and very familiar range, awkward wording may make understanding unclear frequent errors in pronunciation that impedes communication  Speak with frequent errors in pronunciation that impedes communication OR  Hesitant/stilted speech that impedes communication Remarks: Presentations for less than 1 minute cannot be awarded more than a score of 2 for all criteria. - Students who read word for word from their own notes (requires assessor’s judgment based on evidence) cannot be awarded more than a score of 2 for all criteria Scoring Guide Individual Presentation

16. Score of 0 Ideas & Organisation Do not express any relevant or understandable information Vocabulary & Language Patterns  Do not produce any recognizable 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 Individual Presentation

17. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division Scoring Guide Group Interaction

18. 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 includes responding and maintaining interaction as well as drawing others in to participate Scoring Guide Group Interaction

19. 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 are relevant, occasionally providing some details some details Note: Students only asking questions based on prompts are not providing ideas to the discussion Scoring Guide Group Interaction

20. ScoreTask Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility3 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 Scoring Guide Group Interaction

21. 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 OR Make no attempt at all Scoring Guide Group Interaction

22. Assessor’s Report Complete the report and return it to the HKEAA by Wednesday, April 30, 2009 TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

23. EmergenciesEmergencies If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment inform the TSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 by AM session: 6:30 am PM session: 11:30 am Reserve assessors must keep mobile phones on from 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitution In case of bad weather, public announcement (EDB) broadcast via radio & TV TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

24. 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 www.systemassessment.edu.hk EnquiriesEnquiries TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

25. RemindersReminders Before leaving, please submit the following to your AE: 1. Declaration form 2. Evaluation form ______________________________ Before leaving, please make sure that you receive your 1. OE Certificate 2. Appointment letter ______________________________ Make sure you have signed the attendance sheet TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

26. Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division TSA 2009 Oral Assessments

27. TSA 2009 AE workshop OE workshop