The document describes a speaking assessment for first-year English teaching students. The test contains two tasks: 1) Students choose a place to recommend to tourists and explain their choice in 1.5 minutes. 2) Students discuss potential cultural activities in Concepcion and agree on an option in 3-4 minutes. The test evaluates functions like suggesting, agreeing, and describing using adjectives. It assesses accuracy, fluency, vocabulary range and clarity of communication. Rubrics provide criteria for evaluating students' performance in each task.

1. Test’s purpose to assess students abilities to speak about suggesting places
Description of the First-year students of the English Teaching Program
examinee
Test level Intermediate
Definition of
construct (theoretical Language ability construct: Accuracy/ fluency
framework for the Intonation, pronunciation, rythm.
test) Making suggestions: use of modals (you/he/she should, could). How
about, what about.
Agreement or disagreement: I agree/ I disagree
Discribing: sentence structure/ use of adjectives,indoor and outdoor
places, natural sceneries, travelling
Likes/dislikes: I like, I don’t like.
Strategic competence: communicative clarity/peer interaction
Conveying message, clear ideas.
Turn taking is respected and fluent conversation.
Topical Knowledge: vocabulary
Toursim, travelling, places, activities, culture, nature.
Number of 2
sections/papers
Time for each Section 1: Student A – 1.30min
section/paper Student B – 1.30min
Section 2: Both students – 3 - 4 min
Weighting for each Section 1: 40% of the final mark
section/paper Section 2: 60% of the final mark
Target language Task 1:Students will have to suggest a place for tourist to visit in Chile.
situation Task 2: Students will have to agree on a place in Concepcion to take a
cultural assistant for the first tiem in the city.
Text-types -interview
-descriptive texts
-transactional conversation
Text length Task1 : 1:30 min each student (3min)
Task2: 3-4 min both students (4min)
Teacher’s Instructions: 1:30 total= 8:30 minutes
Language skills to be Speaking
tested
Language elements to Places (indoors/outdoors),descriptions of places , comparative forms,
be tested likes and dislikes when suggesting a place in extended production

2. response.
function: suggesting (he should), agreeing( I agree with you)
,describing( use of verb to be + adjectives).
Test tasks Task 1 :Question and Answer.
Task2: Transactional conversation between both students
Test methods T asks a couple of students to come inside, they have a seat and Teacher
chooses student A and tells instructions to him/her: You will see five
pictures of different touristic places in Chile on the screen and you will
have to choose one you would suggest to a tourist visiting Chile for the
first time. T also indicate he/she has 1:30 min to answer.
After that, T repeat the same procedure with student B.
Then T talks to both and says the following situation:
A new English assistant has just arrived in Concepcion and both of you
have to decide among this five (showing pictures on the screen) places
which is the best to take him, considering advantages and disadvantages,
costs and cultural distinctiveness. You have 3 min. to talk.
Rubrics Later on
Description of what For both task Students will have to agree and suggest agree on a place
candidates at each for a tourist visiting Chile
level can do in the function suggesting, agreeing,description.
real world
Sample papers Later on
Sample of students’
performance task.
Task 1
Student A will be shown five pictures of different touristic places in Chile. Student A will have to
choose one of this to recommend to a foreigner indicating why he/she should visit that place.
Student A will have 1.30min to speak.
Then, student B will be shown five pictures of different touristic places in Chile. Student B will
have to choose one of this to recommend to a foreigner indicating why he/she should visit that
place. Student B will have 1.30min to speak.
Task 2
A new English assistant has just arrived to Concepcion and student A and B have to decide on
the best place for him to go.

3. Students will see five pictures of different places in Concepcion and they will have to discuss an
come to an agreement to choose one of the places considering advantages and disadvantages,
costs and cultural distinctiveness.
Rubrics
Task 1
Needs Acceptable Proficient Excellent
Improvement
Accomplishment Task is hardly Accomplish the Accomplish the Accomplish the
of the task accomplished task with lot of task with little task with no
difficulty difficulty difficulty
fluency Limited, many some fluency, Fluency, Fluency
pauses interrupt intonation and Intonation and Intonation,
the speech rhythm is rhythm are rhythm and
attempted generally right hesitation
appropiatte. are naturally
along the speech
Accuracy Pronunciation, Pronunciation, Pronunciation, Pronunciation,
sentence sentence sentence sentence
structure and structure and structure and structure and
tenses are often tenses are not verb tenses are verb tenses are
not precise always accurate mostly accurate. used accurately
and appropriate. and
appropriately
Vocabulary Limited range of Reasonably Good range of Extensive range
vocabulary used range of vocabulary used of vocabulary
vocabulary used used
Clarity of Message is not Parts of the Most of the Message is
communication clearly conveyed message is message is clearly conveyed
conveyed clearly conveyed clearly
Task 2

4. Peer Interaction Not fluent Not fluent Fluent Fluent
conversation and conversation or conversation, conversation,
discussion and discussion and
turn taking is not discussion. respecting turn discussion and
respected. Speaks taking. respecting turn
more/less than taking.
the partner.
Task 1
Student A. You will see seven pictures of different touristic places in Chile. You will have to
choose one of the pictures to recommend a foreigner indicating why he/she should visit that
place. You will have 1.30min to speak.
Student B. You will see seven pictures of different touristic places in Chile. You will have to
choose one of the pictures to recommend a foreigner indicating why he/she should visit that
place. You will have 1.30min to speak.

5. Task 2
A new English assistant has just arrived to Concepcion and you both have to decide on the best
place for him to go.
You will see five pictures of different places in Concepcion and you will have to discuss an come
to an agreement to choose one of the places, considering advantages and disadvantages, costs
and cultural distinctiveness.

6. Task 1 Task 2
Task Orientation Opened. Students will be Opened. Students will be
given certain topic, but they given certain topic, but they
will be free to talk and will be free to talk and
communicate as they wish. communicate as they wish.
Interactional relationship Interactional > One way Interactional > Two way
interaction. The student will interaction. Students A and B
be asked to answer a specific will be asked to discuss about
question and argument a certain issue and to come to
his/her answer. an agreement. The teacher
does not interfere.
Goal Orientation Communicative. Students Communicative. Students
have to talk to the teacher have to talk to each other with
with a communicative a communicative purpose;
purpose; argumenting his/her discussing and comming to an
answer. agreement.
Interlocutor status Balanced. The people who are Balanced. The people who are
interacting, teacher and interacting, both students,
student, know each other. know each other.
topics Nature, travelling, hobbies, Nature, Travelling, hobbies,
acitivties activities