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Typical candidate is aged between 11 and 15.

Structured face-to-face interaction; 7’ - 10’.

Fully scripted.

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Test Format

Part 1: Warm-Up

Simple Q&A; icebreaker; not scored; up to 60’’

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Part 2: Picture Comparison

Describing similarities and differences; up to 90’’

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Part 3: Picture Description

Describing a picture and telling a story about it; up to

60’’

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Part 4: Personal Experience and Opinion Questions

Task 1: Relating a personal experience.

Task 2: Expressing and supporting an opinion.

10’’ prep time + 60’’ speaking time

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Scoring

Speaking Rating Tool:

Task Completion (Yes – Somewhat – No);

Rating Scale for Linguistic Resources and

Intelligibility (0 - 4)

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Typical Silver candidate is aged between 8 and 11.

No set duration for the test as a whole, but to ensure fairness, each candidate should have between 5’ and 7’.

All parts of the tests are scripted.

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Test Format

Part 1: Find differences between two pictures.

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Part 2: Tell a story based on 4 pictures.

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Part 3: Find the odd-one-out in 3 picture sets, and
justify choice.

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Part 4: Answer questions about self.

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Scoring
3 scales:
Vocab & Grammar (range, control etent,
cohesion),
Pronunciation (individual sounds, stress,
intonation),
Interaction (reception/responding, support
required, fluency/promptness)

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 CASE STUDY

https://michiganassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019.01.METGo-
CaseStudy-IICANA.pdf

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