Assessing Speaking

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Speaking is the second of the four language skills. 

Speaking is an act of making vocal sounds. We can say that speaking means to converse, or expressing one's thoughts and feelings in spoken language.

Speaking is the process of building and sharing meaning through the use of verbal and non- verbal symbols, in a variety of context.

Speaking is a primary mode of communication. 
It is a productive skill. 

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DESIGNING ASSESSMENT TASKS: INTENSIVE (CONTROLLED) WRITING

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DICTATION AND DICTO-COMP  • A form of controlled writing related to dictation is dicto-comp. Here, a paragraph is read at normal speed, usually two or three times, then the teacher asks the students to rewrite the paragraph from the best of their recollection.  GRAMMATICAL TRANSFORMATION TASKS   • Numerous version of the tasks are possible: change the tenses in paragraph, change full forms of verbs to reduce forms (contractions), change statements to yes/no or wh- questions, change questions into statements, combine two sentences into one using a relative pronoun, change direct speech into indirect speech, and change from active to passive voice. PICTURE-CUED TASKS   • SHORT SENTENCES, a drawing of some simple action is shown; the test-takers write a brief sentence.  • PICTURE DESCRIPTION, test-takers are asked to describe the picture using four of the following proposition: on, over, under, next to, around, etc.  • PICTURE SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION, a sequence ...
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