TSA Practice Paper 2

Speaking (B)

BC Descriptor / Assessment Focus / Score
Presentation
Ø  Provide simple information and ideas, and attempt to provide some elaboration with the help of cues (IS, KS, ES) / Ø  Describe what food you like to eat / 11
Total Score / 11


Presentation: Suggested Answer

I like to eat noodles. I eat noodles once or twice a week. I like noodles because they are easy to eat and there are many kinds of noodles. I think noodles are healthy because they do not make you fat. They also give you energy. I think noodles are cheap. I often eat noodles with my family. We sometimes have noodles for dinner. I also eat noodles with my friends at school. We can get noodles from the tuck shop. I like the noodles at school. It is delicious!

Marking Scheme

Content

Score / Scoring Guide
4 / l  Provide plenty of information and ideas relevant to the topic.
l  Communicate ideas very clearly.
3 / l  Provide information and ideas relevant to the topic.
l  Communicate ideas clearly.
2 / l  Provide some information and ideas relevant to the topic with prompting.
l  Communicate ideas quite clearly.
1 / l  Provide information and ideas mostly irrelevant to the topic.
OR
l  Provide limited information and ideas.
0 / l  Provide information and ideas totally irrelevant to the topic.
OR
l  Practically make no attempt at all.

Language

Score / Scoring Guide
3 / l  Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and cohesive devices with few grammatical mistakes.
2 / l  Use a small range of vocabulary and sentence patterns with some grammatical mistakes.
1 / l  Use a very limited range of vocabulary and sentence patterns with many grammatical mistakes.
0 / l  Practically make no attempt at all.


Pronunciation

Score / Scoring Guide
3 / l  Speak clearly with very few mistakes in pronunciation.
2 / l  Speak quite clearly with a few mistakes in pronunciation.
1 / l  Speak unclearly with many mistakes in pronunciation.
0 / l  Practically make no attempt at all.

Remarks:

Ø  Do not penalise students for pronunciation or grammatical mistakes that do not interfere with the communication of ideas.

Ø  Bonus: Award a score of 1 if the student has appropriate eye contact with the oral examiner.

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