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[formerflautist]

My public high school wants me to give the students speaking tests. It's no big deal as far as coming up with questions to ask them. The problem is that I've never done a speaking test before so I want to know about how to schedule the students, how many questions are appropriate, what you use to score (scan tron?) and scoring categories.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[mehamrick]

Help me here... Are you supposed to speak and they write down the answers? or are they supposed to be doing the speaking? Depending on which one there could be several possiblities to this..

[formerflautist]

I ask them questions and they answer. I grade them on their speaking ability.

[oneofthesarahs]

I give speaking tests, but the tests are pre-set. I show each student a picture, and then ask them a question about the picture. I grade based on an ABC system, nothing lower than a C. I usually just break it down for how many questions they get incorrect per total questions. So say there were only three questions on the test. Missing one equals an A, two is a B and three is a C.

[crsandus]

[Hanson]

Here's a simple, quick, and fairly good way of doing a speaking level-test. Give them 7 questions worth 5 points each (5 being excellent, 1 being terrible). Each question should be increasing in difficulty and focus on a particular part of speech.

For example, question 1 could be "what's your hobby?", question 5 could be "what would you do if I gave you a million dollars?" and question 7 would be "explain what you think the biggest problem facing Korea is and why". (these are just examples - feel free to modify)

If the students are able to answer, continue the interview through question 7. If the students start getting 1's or 2's (score per question), it's time to stop the interview, thank them for coming in and add up the scores.

The range should tell you what their level is.

[ttompatz]