Speaking Assessment

What are the primary distinctions between responsive and interactive speaking?

• 1. Complexity and number of participants

• Length and purpose

• 1. Purpose and complexity

• 1. Purpose and number of participants

Which of the following is a key feature of speaking as a language skill?

• Always pre-planned and written

• Real-time, interactive, and productive

• Mostly focused on reading aloud

• Non-verbal and silent

Which is not the type of designing assessment task for Extensive Speaking?

• 1.  Oral Presentations

• Ture-Cued Storytelling

• 1. Retelling a Story, News Event

• 1. Role - play

Which step in the FSI oral proficiency assessment process ensures the reliability of the final score?

• Only one rater assigns a holistic proficiency level without analytic scores.

  
  

•  Two raters assign both holistic and analytic scores, then compare and reconcile differences before finalizing the rating.

  
  

•  Scores are assigned automatically by computer algorithms without human involvement.

  
  

•  Raters give scores based solely on pronunciation without considering other skills.

  
  

Which is NOT one of the key components of speaking?

• Vocabulary

• Discourse

• Translation

• Fluency

Which of these best describes responsive speaking tasks?

• Reading out loud with no interaction

• Repeating after the speaker

•  Short interaction with follow-up replies

•  Explaining complex ideas in long discourse

Which task belongs to responsive speaking?

• Translation of short texts

• Giving instructions and directions

• Reading aloud a sentence

• Sentence repetition

In Interactive speaking, it is usually …….. interpersonal …….. transactional.

• less - than

• more - than

• as much - as

• cannot compare

What kind of memory is primarily required for imitative speaking?

• Sensory memory

• Episodic memory

• Long-term memory

• Short-term memory

Which of the following is an intensive speaking task?

• Sentence/dialogue completion

• Short greetings

• Reading minimal pairs
  

• Listening and repeating