SPEAKING TEST 1

[Show the student the picture for Speaking Test 1. Point and ask the following questions.]
1. Where are these people?

2. Name five items of clothing you see in the picture.

[Point to the young man at the top left of the picture.]

3. What do you think he needs?

[Point to the man at the top right of the picture.]

4. What do you think he is asking the clerk?

[Point to the couple at the bottom of the picture.]

5. What do you think the man is saying? What do you think the woman is saying?

[Put the picture aside and ask these general, open-ended questions.]
6. Where do you shop for clothes? Tell me about the store. How do you pay for things
when you shop? Do you ever shop online?
7. What are you wearing right now? What do you wear when the weather is warmer /
colder?
8. When did you last go shopping? Who did you go with? Where did you go? What did
you buy?

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9. What clothes are appropriate for work or school? What clothing should a person avoid
wearing to work or school?

[Show the picture for Speaking Test 1. Point to the couple at the bottom of the picture.
Ask all of the following questions at once and give the student a chance to answer. Then,
if the student needs help, repeat the questions one by one.]
10. Use your imagination. Tell me about these two people. What are they like? What is
their relationship? How long have they known each other? What did they do last
weekend? Where are they going after their shopping trip?

Top Notch/Summit Full-Course Placement Tests 1

Speaking Test Placement
Check the appropriate level. Name:

 Top Notch Fundamentals

Student doesnt appear to understand most questions or directions.
Student is unable to answer most questions or follow directions.
Answers to any questions consist of single words or simple phrases only.
 Top Notch 1
Questions 15: Student appears to understand the questions but requires some repetition;
student can answer the questions, but with difficulty; answers are somewhat comprehensible
but not always complete or grammatically accurate; student pauses and hesitates a lot while
answering.
Questions 68: Student finds questions more difficult to understand; student may be able to
answer some questions, but with much difficulty; answers include much hesitation, are not
always comprehensible or grammatically accurate, and are generally incomplete.
Questions 910: Student is unable to, or finds it difficult to, understand and answer the
questions.
 Top Notch 2
Questions 15: Student appears to understand questions the first time; student responds to
most questions with fairly comprehensible and complete, though not necessarily
grammatically accurate answers.
Questions 610: Students answers include a lot of pauses and hesitation and are not always
easily comprehensible or complete; answers are not necessarily grammatically accurate;
student is unable to, or finds it difficult to, elaborate on questions 9 and 10.
 Top Notch 3
Questions 15: Student understands and answers questions easily the first time.
Questions 68: Student understands questions fairly easily but requires some repetition or

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rephrasing; answers include some pauses and hesitation but are comprehensible and complete,
though not necessarily grammatically accurate.
Questions 910: Students answers include a lot of pauses and hesitation and are not always
complete; student finds it difficult to elaborate on question 10.
 Summit 1
Questions 18: Student understands questions easily the first time with only occasional
repetition or rephrasing; answers are comprehensible and complete.
Questions 910: Student understands questions fairly easily but requires some repetition or
rephrasing; answers include some pauses and hesitation but are comprehensible and complete;
student finds it a bit difficult to elaborate on question 10.
 Summit 2
Student understands most questions easily the first time with only occasional repetition or
rephrasing.
Questions 18: Student responds easily with comprehensible and complete answers.
Questions 910: Answers include some pauses and hesitation but are easily comprehensible
and complete; student is able to elaborate on all questions.
 Beyond Summit 2
Student understands and answers all questions easily for the first time; seems relatively
confident and fluent in all responses; is able to elaborate on all questions.
Responses may include some inaccuracies, which do not interfere with the comprehensibility
of the answers.

Top Notch/Summit Full-Course Placement Tests 2

Top Notch/Summit Full-Course Placement Tests
Picture for Speaking Test 1

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