ENGLISH 6 – FINAL ORAL TASK -20%

NAME: ___________________________________________
ID: _________________________ DATE: ________________

TYPE OF TASK: Interview

ROLES: An expert in Social Science and a reporter
PURPOSE: Providing information about past events
PROMPT: You are a reporter for the National Geographic Magazine and are in charge of doing this week’s show
about social issues (your teacher will give you a list of events) that happened in the past. You invited an expert on
the issue to talk about it. 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. Give a general idea of the event (place, type of event, time)
3. Provide information on activities people were doing, places you were, people you were with and other
relevant information
4. Provide information on how you got to know about the big event and the reaction of people around you
5. Time assigned: 3 minutes each pair. Exchange roles

CRITERIA FOR ASSESSING THE ORAL TASK - SPACE ONLY FOR TEACHERS
Rating scale
Poor Needs Fair Good Out-
Total
1 improve- 3 4 standing
Criteria and descriptor ment 5 per
The student is able to: 2 criteria
Communication and content: understand and complete the task
assigned by providing information of past events; communicate and
send messages so the audience is left with no questions.
Fluency: produce a cohesive discourse, speech is understandable,
ideas are linked with basic connectors, organize the sentences in a
logical discourse according to the level.
Vocabulary: use vocabulary to describe past event and
circumstances, and use a variety of vocabulary to make the dialogue
interesting.
Structure: produce the simple past structures (affirmative, negative),
pose and answer information questions, progressive tense; and use
other sentence structures to make the dialogue interesting.
Pronunciation: pronounce words and ideas without interfering with
the message; and produce intonation patterns of English sounds that
allow the audience to understand the message.

TOTAL OF MARKS: _________ / 25 SCORE: _____________

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

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