ENGLISH 8

ORAL TASK -20%

TYPE OF TASK: Short oral presentation

ROLES: Presenter and audience
PURPOSE: Describing and reporting actions and plans for the future
PROMPT: You are a famous Youtuber and you are invite to a talk show to discuss about “future plans”. You have
to prepare a short presentation about a topic and present it in the show.
The task requires the following aspects:
1. The task will be in pairs and you will be randomly assigned a classmate the same day the oral task is
programmed.
2. Describe and report the long term plans you have and predict possible events in your future life (activities
that will be done, the situation in general, times, people, circumstances etc.)
3. Time assigned: 2 minutes each person.

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE ORAL TASK - SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS

Rating scale
Poor Needs Fair Good Out- Total per
1 improve- 3 4 standing criterion
Criteria and descriptor ment 5
The student is able to: 2
Communication and content: understand and complete the task
assigned by describing and report actions and plans for the future;
communicate and send messages so the audience is left with no
questions.
Fluency: produce a cohesive discourse; use short, mainly pre-
packaged utterances and link them with basic linear connectors; and
use an appropriate organization within the sentences that are according
to the level.
Vocabulary: use vocabulary about describing and report actions and
plans for the future; use a variety of word choice to make the dialogue
interesting.
Structure: produce the simple present structure when talking about
future actions or plans for the future, pose and answer information
questions; use other sentence structures.
Pronunciation: pronounce and produce intonation patterns of basic
sounds that allow the audience to understand the message.
Pronounce without interfering with the meaning or communication
purpose of the task.

TOTAL OF MARKS: / 25 GRADE:

COMMENTS (for formative purposes, write here any ideas for students to improve his/her performance):

Evaluator: ___________________________________
Created by Language Center Supporting Teachers, February 2019

STUDENTS NAME: _________________________________ ID: _______________________ DATE: _____________