HOW TO TEST ORAL HOW TO TEST ORAL PRODUCTIONPRODUCTION

EVALUATION CRITERIAEVALUATION CRITERIA

Evaluation should be conducted Evaluation should be conducted when students engage in their when students engage in their prepared conversations. prepared conversations.

PERFORMANCE LEVELPERFORMANCE LEVEL

OUTSTANDING

VERY GOODVERY GOOD

SATISTACTORSATISTACTORYY

LIMITEDLIMITED

VERY VERY LIMITEDLIMITED

FLUENCY OF SPEECH:FLUENCY OF SPEECH:

Based upon the smoothness, not Based upon the smoothness, not speed, and take into account use speed, and take into account use of hesitancy in conversation. of hesitancy in conversation.

PHRASING:PHRASING:

The grouping of words in The grouping of words in meaningful phrases.meaningful phrases.

LISTENING LISTENING COMPREHENSION:COMPREHENSION:

This phase of evaluation is This phase of evaluation is initially tested during the initially tested during the prepared conversation section of prepared conversation section of the exam. the exam.

PRONUNCIATION:PRONUNCIATION:

Where it hinders communicative Where it hinders communicative understanding.understanding.

EXPRESSION:EXPRESSION:

Use of tone, inflection, intonation, Use of tone, inflection, intonation, and volumeand volume ..

RATING SCALE TO TRACK ORAL RATING SCALE TO TRACK ORAL

PARTICIPATIONPARTICIPATION

PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE LEVELLEVEL

FLUENCYFLUENCY PHRASINGPHRASING COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION PRONUNCIATIONPRONUNCIATION EXPRESSIONEXPRESSION

5. Outstanding5. Outstanding

4. Very good4. Very good

3. Satisfactory3. Satisfactory

2. Limited2. Limited

1.1. VeryVery limitedlimited

ORAL PRODUCTION ORAL PRODUCTION EVALUATE:EVALUATE:

Content EvaluationContent Evaluation: Knowledge of : Knowledge of students.students.

Process EvaluationProcess Evaluation: Actions, behaviors, : Actions, behaviors, skills, or strategies of students.skills, or strategies of students.

Product EvaluationProduct Evaluation: What students create : What students create to demonstrate their understanding of to demonstrate their understanding of language content and processes.language content and processes.

MATCH TESTS TO THE MATCH TESTS TO THE CONTENTCONTENT

Tests will measure students' Tests will measure students' achievement.achievement.

Test items should be based on the Test items should be based on the content and skills.content and skills.

To keep track of how well tests To keep track of how well tests reflect results, construct a grid.reflect results, construct a grid.

TRY TO MAKE TESTS VALID, TRY TO MAKE TESTS VALID, RELIABLE, AND BALANCEDRELIABLE, AND BALANCED

A test is A test is reliable reliable if it accurately and if it accurately and consistently evaluates student's performance. consistently evaluates student's performance.

Ambiguous questions, unclear directions, and Ambiguous questions, unclear directions, and vague scoring criteria threaten reliability. vague scoring criteria threaten reliability.

Very short tests are also unlikely to be highly Very short tests are also unlikely to be highly reliable. reliable.

Oral production should be balanced.Oral production should be balanced.

“The learning products only

become aspects of the

intelligence when they are

organized, recoverable,

generalizable and

transferable to new

problematic situations.”

EYSENCK,H.J.(1983)