Education Bureau

Territory-wide System Assessment 2023 P. 3

Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Provisional Marking Scheme

Reading Aloud
BC Descriptor Score Descriptor
Level
• Reads fluently and clearly with appropriate pausing and
Reading Aloud 4
intonation
 Showing a basic • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
understanding
of short, simple
3 • Reads fluently and clearly
and familiar
texts by reading • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
aloud the texts
clearly and 2 • Reads quite clearly
comprehensibly • Makes some mistakes in pronunciation
(KS, ES)

1 • Reads hesitantly with many mistakes in pronunciation

• Skips words or phrases occasionally

0 • Reads only a few words

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Territory-wide System Assessment 2023 P. 3
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Provisional Marking Scheme

Expression of Personal Experiences

BC Descriptor Score Descriptor Remark
Level

Personal 4 • Provides relevant answers to most • *Although

Experiences of the questions* and gives ‘Yes/No’ questions
elaboration to some of the questions can be used to
 Providing • Responds to most of the questions* prompt students,
short answers naturally and readily they are not
to short and counted if students
simple merely provide
questions 3 • Provides relevant answers to most ‘Yes/No’ answers
(IS, KS, ES) of the questions* with no or little without
prompting elaboration.
• Responds to most of the questions*
naturally • Do not penalize
students for
pronunciation or
2 • Provides brief answers to some of grammatical
the questions* with some prompting mistakes that do
• Responds to some of the questions not interfere with
hesitantly the communication
of ideas.
1 • Provides brief answers to at least
two questions* but with difficulty
• Responds to most of the questions
hesitantly

0 • Gives one or no comprehensible

responses to the questions*
• Gives irrelevant answers to most of
the questions

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 Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2023 P. 3
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Provisional Marking Scheme

Picture Description
BC Descriptor Score Descriptor Remark
Level
• Provides relevant answers to most
Content 4
of the questions* and gives
• *Although
‘Yes/No’
 Providing short elaboration to some of the questions questions can
answers to short • Responds to most of the questions* be used to
and simple naturally and readily prompt
questions
• Provides relevant answers to most students, they
(IS, KS, ES) 3
of the questions* with no or little are not counted
prompting if students
• Responds to most of the questions* merely provide
naturally ‘Yes/No’
answers without
2 • Provides brief answers to some of elaboration.
the questions* with some prompting
• Responds to some of the questions • Do not penalize
hesitantly students for
pronunciation
1 • Provides brief answers to at least or grammatical
two questions* but with difficulty mistakes that do
• Responds to most of the questions not interfere
hesitantly with the
communication
0 • Gives one or no comprehensible
of ideas.
responses to the questions*
• Gives irrelevant answers to most of
the questions
• Speaks clearly and readily with very
Pronunciation 2
few mistakes in pronunciation
 Pronouncing
1 • Speaks quite clearly despite a few
simple and
mistakes in pronunciation
familiar words
comprehensibly • Speaks unclearly with many
0
(KS) mistakes in pronunciation

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