1. The grading range is from 0-5 (check the Speaking Rubric)
2. Questions are randomly picked. 3. At least 10 questions will be asked to you plus the possibility of 5 extras questions based from your previous knowledge.
1 How do you help others solve their problem? SPEAKING RUBRIC
0 point 2 Imagine you have won a million dollars. Who will you tell? * no / totally irrelevant answer What will you do with the money? * lack of comprehension 3 What are the advantages/benefits of owning a car? * cannot / lack of effort to communicate 1 point 4 What do you think is the safest form of transportation? Why? * responses one / two words length 5 What ambitions do you have regarding your career? **no sub. - verb agreement - structures incorrect 6 What’s the biggest accident you’ve ever had? **vocabulary repeated 7 What are elections generally like in your home country? * pronunciation very difficult to understand Have you ever seen a very bad accident? Tell me what * unable to express ideas fluently; many 8 pauses/breaks, hesitant/choppy happened * communication difficult 9 What are the main causes of accidents on the roads? 2 points 10 What are your parents like? * limited answer Who in your family would you turn to if you had an emotional **errors in basic grammar 11 **inadequate vocabulary problem? Why? *pronunciation difficult to understand without 12 Would you like to be a politician? Why, why not? concentrated effort * frequent hesitations in expressing ideas 13 Describe your wife / husband. What kind of a person is he/she? **overly translates questions before response What, in general, do you think should be the qualities of a good 14 political leader? **repeats question * little communication 15 What is your best family memory? 3 points 16 What's the worst problem you have ever had? * sentences are attempted with small grammar What is your first reaction to problems? Do you panic/ analyze errors and adequate use of vocabulary 17 * pronunciation mostly understandable with it/ run to someone to talk and get help? some errors (confuse listener & require guessing 18 Do you think it is important to have ambitions? Explain at meaning) * able to express fluently with little difficulty 19 Do you consider yourself to be an ambitious person? Why/not? (halting / hesitating) 20 What kind of success do you want in the future in your life? 4 points * consistent use of full sentences with few errors 21 What can you do now to be successful in the future? ** good, appropriate vocabulary Which do you enjoy more: earning money or spending money? ** good response 22 Why you say so? * pronunciation comprehensible, generally correct 23 What’s the best way of making a lot of money? * can self-correct and respond to cues 24 What's your opinion about saving money? 5 points How do you usually spend your money? What do you usually * no grammatical error; vocabulary extensive 25 buy? * pronunciation understandable - almost error- free * able to communicate clearly with no difficulty, breaks or pauses.