Task type and format:
An individual ‘long turn’ from each student.
Focus:
Organising a larger unit of discourse, developing topics.
Timing:
3 minutes
Each student is given the opportunity to speak for 2 minutes without interruption. In this part, students need to be able to organize their thoughts and ideas, and express themselves coherently in appropriate language in the given time.
| SAMPLE CARD
Give a two - minute talk on martial arts
Remember to say
· why people start martial arts (give reasons);
· which moral and physical aspects karate improves;
· what the disadvantages of doing martial arts are.
You have to talk for 2 minutes. The examiner will listen until you have finished.
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Your individual performance is assessed according to five analytical criteria (SPEAKING):
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| Task Realisation
| Discourse Management \ Interactive Communication
| Lexical Resource
| Grammatical Resource
| Pronunciation
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| excellent development of topic;
the task has been fully completed;
very positive effect
| register and format wholly appropriate;
skillfully organized and coherent
| sophisticated use of an extensive range of vocabulary and expression
| impressive use of wide range of structures;
minimal error
| minimal error
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| good development of the topic;
quite positive effect
| register and format appropriate;
clearly organized;
utterances are quite logical; occasional lack of coherence; occasional hesitation whilst searching for language resources
| reasonably fluent and natural use of wide range of vocabulary and expression;
minor and unobtrusive errors
| competent use of wide range of structures;
minor and unobtrusive errors
| minor and unobtrusive errors
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| satisfactory development of the topic;
the task has been partially completed
| register and format generally appropriate;
attempts at organization, lacks coherence; evident searching for language resources
| limited range of vocabulary;
distracting errors
| limited range of grammatical structures;
distracting errors
| errors sometimes impeding communication
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| poor or negligible attempt;
insufficient language to assess;
negative effect
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incomprehensible due to serious errors
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Y ou can get maximum 3 points for each criterion (15 is the maximum total).
Your written assignments will be assessed in the same way (WRITING):
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| Content
| Organisation and Cohesion
| Lexical Resource
| Grammatical Resource
| Spelling and Punctuation
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| excellent development of topic;
impresses the reader and has a very positive effect
| register and format wholly appropriate;
skillfully organized and coherent
| sophisticated use of an extensive range of vocabulary and expression
| impressive use of wide range of structures;
minimal error
| minimal error
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| good realization of the task set;
has a positive effect on the reader
| register and format appropriate;
clearly organized;
appropriate use of paragraphing and linking; suitable introduction and conclusion
| reasonably fluent and natural use of wide range of vocabulary and expression;
minor and unobtrusive errors
| competent use of wide range of structures;
minor and unobtrusive errors
| minor and unobtrusive errors
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| satisfactory realization of the task set;
on the whole achieves the desired effect on the reader
| register and format generally appropriate;
attempts at organization, lacks coherence
| limited range of vocabulary;
distracting errors
| limited range of grammatical structures;
distracting errors
| errors sometimes impeding communication
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| poor or negligible attempt at the task set;
insufficient language to assess (fewer than 20% of the required number of words);
negative effect on the reader
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incomprehensible due to serious error
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