Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language

Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Assistant Examiners’ Training Workshop Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop 17: 00 – 17: 05 Winston Prince Priscilla Ng 17: 05 – 17: 15 Sample Video Student 1 Individual Presentation 17: 15 – 17: 30 Individual Presentation Discussion of scores Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Scoring Guide 17: 30 – 18: 00 Sample Video Students 2 to 4 Break 18: 00 – 18: 10 Introduction Scoring (holistic score) Scoring Guide

TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop Scoring (holistic score) 18: 10 – 18: 20 Sample Video - Student 1 Group Interaction 18: 20 – 18: 30 Group Interaction Discussion of scores Scoring Guide 18: 30 – 19: 00 Sample Video Students 2 & 3 Group Interaction Practice Videos 19: 00 – 19: 25 Individual Presentation: Students: A, B, & C Group Interaction: 5 & 6 Reminder: Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop March 28, ’ 09 09: 30 – 12: 30 Maryknoll Fathers’ School 2 To Yuen Street, Shum Shui Po, Kln. Scoring Guide

Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

TSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop Time Program Venue Facilitators 9: 30 – 9: 50 Introduction Hall Winston Prince 9: 50 – 10: 30 Oral Assessment Administration Video Hall Priscilla Ng 10: 30 – 10: 55 Scoring Guide Hall Winston Prince 10: 55 – 11: 05 Break 11: 05 – 12: 15 Workshop Classroom Assistant Examiners 12: 15 – 12: 30 Recruitment test Break – (10 mins) Classroom Assistant Examiners 12: 40 – 1: 00 Certificates Appointment letter Classroom Assistant Examiners

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Date: Session: April 22 – 23, 2009 AM: 8: 15 – 11: 15 PM: 1: 15 – 4: 15 Individual Presentation (12 students) • Preparation (3 minutes) • Assessment (2 minutes) Group Interaction (12 students – 3/group) • Preparation (3 minutes) • Assessment (3 minutes)

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Information about any aspect of the assessment and student performances should NOT be disclosed to anyone It is NOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of students for each score Rate ALL STUDENTS independently and consistently throughout the assessments Put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcement Students should be encouraged to maintain eye contact with the oral assessors

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Assessment Administration Video Presentation: Before the Assessments

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Individual Presentation Group Interaction Video Presentation: Conducting the Assessments

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Assessment Administration Video Presentation: After the Assessments

Scoring Guide Individual Presentation Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score Individual Presentation Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Make appropriate awareness of audience 1 Make occasional attempts to display audience awareness 0 Make a limited or no attempt to display audience awareness

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score 4 3 Ideas & Organisation Individual Presentation Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery Express ideas that Use varied and are relevant to appropriate language inform and explain patterns with details Use appropriate Communicate vocabulary ideas clearly and coherently Speak clearly and fluently, with few or no errors in pronunciation Use intonation to enhance communication Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with some detail Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently Speak clearly with some errors in pronunciation and occasional hesitation Make occasional attempts to use intonation Use mostly appropriate language patterns Use mostly appropriate vocabulary

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Individual Presentation Score Ideas & Organisation Vocabulary & Language Patterns 3 Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with some detail Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently 2 Express adequate Use simple Speak clearly though ideas that are language patterns hesitant with errors in relevant to the Use familiar pronunciation that may topic vocabulary impede communication Communicate appropriately but OR some ideas with errors that Occasional clearly and may impede hesitant/stilted speech coherently communication that may impede communication Pronunciation & Delivery Use mostly Speak clearly with some appropriate errors in pronunciation language patterns and occasional hesitation Use mostly Make occasional attempts appropriate to use intonation vocabulary

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score Vocabulary & Language Patterns Pronunciation & Delivery Use simple language patterns Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication Speak clearly though hesitant with errors in pronunciation that may impede communication OR Occasional hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication Express limited or disjointed ideas that are relevant to the topic 1 Ideas & Organisation Express adequate ideas that are relevant to the topic Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently 2 Use basic language patterns with possible errors Appropriately use vocabulary drawn from a limited and very familiar range, awkward wording may make understanding unclear Speak with frequent errors in pronunciation that impedes communication OR Hesitant/stilted speech that impedes communication Presentations for less than 1 minute cannot be awarded more than a score of 2 for all criteria. Students who read word for word from their own notes (requires assessor’s judgment based on evidence) cannot be awarded more than a score of 2 for all criteria Remarks: - Individual Presentation

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Individual Presentation Score of 0 Ideas & Organisation • Do not express any relevant or understandable information Vocabulary & Language Patterns Do not produce any recognizable words or language patterns Pronunciation & Delivery Do not produce any comprehensible English speech Strategies for Oral Communication • Make a limited or no attempt to display audience awareness OR • Make no attempt at all

Scoring Guide Group Interaction Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score Gr o u p I n t e r a c t i o n Strategies for Oral Communication 2 Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple turn-taking strategies* to maintain interaction 1 Use limited formulaic expressions and/or interaction strategies to respond to others 0 Do not use any interaction strategies OR Make no attempt at all Turn-taking strategies includes responding and maintaining interaction as well as drawing others in to participate

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score Gr o u p I n t e r a c t i o n Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility 4 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant with supporting details 3 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some details Note: Students only asking questions based on prompts are not providing ideas to the discussion

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score 3 2 Gr o u p I n t e r a c t i o n Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some details Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic

S c o r i n g Gu i d e Score 2 Gr o u p I n t e r a c t i o n Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic 1 Give limited responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic, generally prompted 0 Do not express any relevant or understandable information OR Make no attempt at all

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Assessor’s Report Complete the report and return it to the HKEAA by Wednesday, April 30, 2009

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Emergencies If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment inform the TSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 by AM session: 6: 30 am PM session: 11: 30 am Reserve assessors must keep mobile phones on from 6: 30 am in case of an emergency substitution In case of bad weather, public announcement (EDB) broadcast via radio & TV

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Enquiries Administration matters: Secondary schools: 3628 8191 Subject and assessment related matters: General: 3628 8188 Information including videos presented at this workshop will be uploaded to the TSA website www. systemassessment. edu. hk

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Reminders Before leaving, please submit the following to your AE: 1. Declaration form 2. Evaluation form _______________ Before leaving, please make sure that you receive your 1. OE Certificate 2. Appointment letter _______________ Make sure you have signed the attendance sheet

TSA 2009 Oral Assessments Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division

TSA 2009 AE workshop OE workshop