ASSESSING

SPEAKING

BASIC TYPES

DEFINITION OF IMITATIVE SPEAKING

Imitative speaking is type of speaking that

including ability to imitate a word, phrase,
and sentence (parrot back). Pronunciation is
being tested. Examples: Word, phrase,
sentence repetition.

DEFINITION OF RESPONSIVE SPEAKING

Responsive speaking is type of speaking

to responds an interaction and test
comprehension but at the somewhat
limited
level
of
very
short
conversations, standars greetings
and small talk, simple requests and
comments, and the like

DEFINITION OF INTENSIVE
SPEAKING
Intensive speaking is speaking ability to
produce short stretches of oral language. It is
designed to demonstrate competence in a
narrow band of grammatical, phrasal,
lexical,
phonological
relationships
(stress / rhythm / intonation)
Examples: directed response task, reading
aloud, sentence and dialogue completion,
limited picture cued tasks and sentence level
translation.

DEFINITION OF EXTENSIVE SPEAKING

Extensive speaking is speaking ability to

produce monologue include speeches,
oral
presentations,
and
storytelling, during which the opportunity for
oral interaction from listeners is either
highly limited (perhaps to nonverbal
responses) or ruled out together.

DEFINITION OF INTERACTIVE SPEAKING

Interactive speaking is almost same with
responsive speaking. The difference is the
length and complexity of the interaction,
which sometimes includes multiple exchanges
and/or multiple participants. Interaction in the
form of either transactional language or
interpersonal exchanges is tested.
Examples: Interviews, role plays, games,
discussions.

MICRO-MACRO
SKILL

MICRO SKILL OF
SPEAKING

Micro skills of speaking

related to:
ability to use part of
speech, stress of word,
intonation, pronunciation

produce
speech
in
natural constituents

MACRO SKILL OF
SPEAKING

Micro skills of speaking

related to:
facial features, body
language,
other
non
verbal cues
appropriate styles in
communicative function
according to situation,
participants, and goals

DESIGNING
ASSESSMENT

DESIGN ASSESSMENT FOR IMITATIVE

SPEAKING
1. Word repetition task
Repeat after me.
Every (pause)
Why (pause)
Wonder (pause)
Can you understand?
(pause)
Good morning
everyone! (pause)
Do you remember?
(pause)

2. PhonePass
this section asks
you to listen to a
sentence and
repeat it.

DESIGN ASSESSMENT FOR RESPONSIVE

SPEAKING

1. Question and answer

2. Giving Instructions and Directions
3. Paraphrasing

PARAPHRASING

There are many living things that are

frightening! How can we make this
better? First of all, a snake is long, isn't
it? And it has no legs, right? And why is
it frightening? Because if it bites us,
we may get sick or die!

DESIGN ASSESSMENT FOR INTENSIVE

SPEAKING

1. Directed response tasks

2. Read-aloud tasks
3. Sentence/dialogue completion tasks
and oral questionnaires
4. Picture-cued tasks
5. Translation

DIALOGUE COMPLETION TASK

Test-takers read (and then hear):
In a restaurant:
Waitress : Good morning, sir!
Customer : ______________________________________________
Waitress : Surely! Here's the menu. Would you like to order?
Customer : ______________________________________________
Waitress : Our specialty is Spaghetti mariemonti.
Customer : ______________________________________________
Waitress : Shrimps, calamari, mussels, clams, asparagus and
cherry
tomatoes.
Customer : _______________________________________________

PICTURE-CUED TASKS
Test-takers see :

Test-takers hear : (test administrator points to each picture

insuccession)
What's this?

PICTURE-CUED TASKS

DEFINITION OF EXTENSIVE SPEAKING

1.
2.
3.
4.

Oral Presentation
Picture-cued Story-telling
Retelling
Translation (extended prose)

DEFINITION OF INTERACTIVE SPEAKING

1.
2.
3.
4.

Interview
Role play
Discussion and conversation
games