口语考试规范

TESTOFORALINTERACTIONTestPurposeTheoraltestisanachievementtestdesignedtoassessstudents’progressontheoralinteraction.TestDomainTheoreticalConstructstudentsabilitytospeakincommunicationasrequiredintheteachingsyllabus.Operations:BasicLevelExpressing:Thanks,Requirements,Opinions,Comment,Attitude,Confirmation,Apology,Want/need,Information,InstructionNarrating:SequenceofeventsEliciting:Information,Directions,ServiceTestTakersStudentswhohavebeentakingthiscoursebothboysandgirls.TestContentTypesofTextAtalllevelscandidatesmaybeexpectedtotakepartindialogueandmultiparticipantinteractions.Theinteractionswillnormallybeofaface-to-facenaturebuttelephoneconversationsarenotexcluded.Thecandidatesmaybeaskedtotakepartinasimulationofanyinteractionderivedfromthelistofgeneralareasoflanguageuse.TestMethod:communicationtestTestTasksandItemTypesTheformatwillbethesameateachlevel.Testsaredividedintothreeparts.Eachpartisobservedbyanassessor.Theassessorevaluatesandthecandidate’sperformancebuttakesnopartintheconductofthetest.PartIconsistofaninteractionbetweenthecandidateandaninterlocutor.Thisinteractionwillnorbeface-to-facebuttelephoneformatsarenotexcluded.PartIIconsistsofaninteractionbetweencandidatesinpairs.Againthiswillnormallybeface-to-facebuttelephoneformatsarenotexcluded.Timeapproximately5minutes.PartIIIconsistsofareportfromthecandidatestotheinterlocutoroftheinteractionfromPartII.Timeapproximately5minutes.Focus:Testtasksshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’oralcommunication.TheOrganizationandWeightingComponentNumberWeighting(totalscore100)PartOne:dialogue1530%PartTwo:pairs’work1040%PartThree：report130%TimeDurationThetestshouldbecompletedwithin20minutes.ScoringCriteria语言准确性和范围话语的长短和连贯性语言灵活性和适切性5分•语法和词汇基本正确•表达过程中词汇丰富、语法结构较为复杂•发音较好，但允许有一些不影响理解的母语口音•在讨论有关话题时能进行较长时间的、语言连贯的发言，但允许由于无法找到合适的词语而造成的偶尔停顿•能够自然、积极地参与讨论•语言的使用总体上能与语境、功能和目的相适应4分•语法和词汇有一些错误，但未严重影响交际•表达过程中词汇较丰富•发音尚可•能进行较连贯的发言，但多数发言较简短•组织思想和搜寻词语时频繁出现停顿，有时会影响交际•能够较积极地参与讨论，但有时内容不切题或未能与小组成员直接交流•语言的使用基本上能与语境、功能和目的相适应3分•语法和词汇有错误，且有时会影响交际•表达过程中词汇不丰富，语法结构较简单•发音有缺陷，有时会•发言简短•组织思想和搜寻词语时频繁出现较长时间的停顿，影响交际，但能够基本完成交际任务•不能积极参与讨论，有时无法适应新话题或讨论内容的改变影响交际2分•语法和词汇有较多错误，以致妨碍理解•表达过程中因缺乏词汇和语法结构而影响交际•发音较差，以致交际时常中断•发言简短且毫无连贯性，几乎无法进行交际•不能参与小组讨论TestAdministrationTestDevelopmentChart