SPEAKING SESSION - SPEAKING TEST 1 (PROTOCOL)

1) DATE: Teachewrs inform their students the date of evaluation: Sunday 14 th.

2) PROCEDURE: FIRST BLOCK (40 minutes)

ICE BREAKER : The teacher asks SS questions 05 minutes

related to the topics discussed in class. Giving
Ss chances to personalize the topics (e.g, What
´s your father doing now?)
The teacher elicits the different grammar 03 minutes
structures /Vocabulary used in the previous
lessons
Based on these structures, the teacher asks Ss 07 minutes
to write sentences.
Students read their sentences out loud. 15 minutes
Teachers encourage their SS to get extra
information based on the sentences read by
their classmates (Question formulation)
Teacher organizes the groups and give the 10 minutes
instructions for the evaluation.
 Basic level (Pair work or groups of
three)
 Intermediate /Advanced (Pair work or
groups of three) ► start creating their
conversations
Teachers give instructions on how to take
turns (Not to monopolize the dialog, ask and
 answer using complete sentences).
Teachers explain that the evaluation is
individual according to their individual
production; they work in pairs/groups, though.

SECOND BLOCK (40 minutes)

 Basic SS look at the list of questions. 05 minutes

 Intermediate /Advanced SS finish
preparing their dialogs
Teachers start evaluating. 35 minutes
Teachers isolate each conversation and take
notes on each student´s performance.
If possible, at the end of this session: General
feedback

3) EVALUATION:

CATEGORY 5 4 3 2 1 0 EXAMPLE
GRAMMAR Grammar A few minor Grammatic Grammatic Grammati Student
was used to difficulties al errors al errors cal errors never
communicat arose from led to many led to few severely used the
e effectively. not using
minor minor hampere grammar (e.g, 4 points)
the difficulties difficulties d forms
grammar or one or one communi learned in
rules. major major cation. the
breakdown breakdown course.
in in
communica communica
tion. tion.
VOCABULARY Vocabulary A few minor Some Few Communi Student (e.g, 3 points)
studied in difficulties difficulties difficulties cation never
class was arose from arose due arose due was used the
used to not using to limited to limited severely vocabular
express ideas appropriate vocabulary vocabulary hampere y learned
eloquently. vocabulary. and/or bad and/or bad d due to in the
diction. diction. lack of course.
vocabular
y.
FLUENCY Student Some minor Some effort Little effort
Much No effort (e.g, 3 points)
acted as a difficulties was was effort was to create
facilitator, maintaining required to required to
required or
helping the the maintain maintainto maintain
conversation conversation the the maintain a
flow and were conversatio conversatio
the conversa
develop. evident. n. There n. There
conversa tion.
may have may havetion.
been a few been a few
There
short long may have
pauses. pauses. been
many
long
pauses.
LANGUAGE Student Student had Student Student Student Student (e.g, 4 points)
ELABORATIO answered some had few had severe could could not
N the question difficulties difficulties difficulties elaborate elaborate
or to elaborate to to very few any
formulated a complete formulate a formulate a complete complete
the question statement. complete complete sentences sentence
in a complete statement. statement . at all.
form.
(e.g, 14 points)
FINAL SCORE (0 – 20 points)

EXAMPLE: GRAMMAR (5 points) + VOCABULARY (5 points) + FLUENCY (5 points) + LANGUAGE

ELABORATION (5 points) = 20 points