Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language

Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services DivisionDivision

Territory-wide System Territory-wide System Assessment Assessment

20092009

Secondary 3 English LanguageSecondary 3 English Language

Assistant Examiners’ Training WorkshopAssistant Examiners’ Training Workshop

Territory-wide System Territory-wide System Assessment Assessment

20092009

Secondary 3 English LanguageSecondary 3 English Language

Assistant Examiners’ Training WorkshopAssistant Examiners’ Training Workshop

TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ WorkshopTSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop

IntroductionIntroduction 17:00 – 17:00 – 17:0517:05

Winston PrinceWinston Prince

Priscilla NgPriscilla Ng

ScoringScoring

(holistic score)(holistic score)17:05 – 17:05 – 17:1517:15

Sample VideoSample Video

Student 1Student 1

Individual PresentationIndividual Presentation

Scoring GuideScoring Guide 17:15 – 17:15 – 17:3017:30


Discussion of scoresDiscussion of scores

Scoring GuideScoring Guide

Individual Individual PresentationPresentation


17:30 – 17:30 – 18:0018:00


Students 2 to 4 Students 2 to 4

BreakBreak 18:00 – 18:1018:00 – 18:10

TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ WorkshopTSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop

ScoringScoring

(holistic score)(holistic score)18:10 – 18:10 – 18:2018:20

Sample Video - Student Sample Video - Student 11

Group InteractionGroup Interaction



Discussion of scoresDiscussion of scores




Students 2 & 3Students 2 & 3


Practice VideosPractice Videos 19:00 – 19:00 – 19:2519:25

Individual Presentation: Individual Presentation: Students: A, B, & CStudents: A, B, & C

Group Interaction: 5 & 6Group Interaction: 5 & 6

Reminder: Oral Reminder: Oral Examiners’ Training Examiners’ Training WorkshopWorkshop

March 28, ’09March 28, ’09

09:30 – 12:3009:30 – 12:30

Maryknoll Fathers’ SchoolMaryknoll Fathers’ School

2 To Yuen Street, Shum Shui Po, 2 To Yuen Street, Shum Shui Po, Kln.Kln.

Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services DivisionDivision

Territory-wide System Assessment

2009

Secondary 3 English Language

Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

Territory-wide System Assessment

2009

Secondary 3 English Language

Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

TimeTime ProgramProgram VenueVenue FacilitatorsFacilitators

9:30 – 9:509:30 – 9:50 IntroductionIntroduction HallHall Winston PrinceWinston Prince

9:50 – 10:309:50 – 10:30Oral Assessment Oral Assessment AdministrationAdministration

VideoVideoHallHall Priscilla NgPriscilla Ng

10:30 – 10:5510:30 – 10:55 Scoring GuideScoring Guide HallHall Winston PrinceWinston Prince

10:55 – 11:0510:55 – 11:05 BreakBreak

11:05 – 12:1511:05 – 12:15 WorkshopWorkshop ClassroomClassroom Assistant Assistant ExaminersExaminers

12:15 – 12: 3012:15 – 12: 30Recruitment testRecruitment test

Break – (10 mins)Break – (10 mins)ClassroomClassroom Assistant Assistant

ExaminersExaminers

12:40 – 1:0012:40 – 1:00CertificatesCertificates

Appointment letterAppointment letterClassroomClassroom Assistant Assistant

ExaminersExaminers

TSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training WorkshopTSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training WorkshopTSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training WorkshopTSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop

Date: Date: April 22 – 23, 2009April 22 – 23, 2009

Session:Session: AM: 8:15 – 11:15 AM: 8:15 – 11:15 PM: 1:15 – 4:15PM: 1:15 – 4:15

Individual Presentation (12 students)Individual Presentation (12 students)

• PreparationPreparation (3 minutes) (3 minutes)

• AssessmentAssessment (2 minutes) (2 minutes)

Group Interaction (12 students – 3/group)Group Interaction (12 students – 3/group)

• PreparationPreparation (3 minutes) (3 minutes)

• Assessment Assessment (3 minutes)(3 minutes)

TSA 2009 Oral AssessmentsTSA 2009 Oral AssessmentsTSA 2009 Oral AssessmentsTSA 2009 Oral Assessments

Information about any aspect of the assessment and Information about any aspect of the assessment and student performances should student performances should NOTNOT be disclosed to be disclosed to anyoneanyone

It is It is NOTNOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of necessary to allocate a certain percentage of students for each scorestudents for each score

Rate Rate ALL STUDENTSALL STUDENTS independently and consistently independently and consistently throughout the assessmentsthroughout the assessments

Put the students at ease by giving positive Put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcementreinforcement

Students should be encouraged to maintain eye Students should be encouraged to maintain eye contact with the oral assessorscontact with the oral assessors


Assessment Assessment AdministrationAdministration

Video Presentation:Video Presentation:Before the AssessmentsBefore the Assessments


Individual PresentationIndividual PresentationGroup InteractionGroup Interaction

Video Presentation:Video Presentation:Conducting the AssessmentsConducting the Assessments


Assessment Assessment AdministrationAdministration

Video Presentation:Video Presentation:After the AssessmentsAfter the Assessments




Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment AuthorityHong Kong Examinations & Assessment AuthorityEducation Assessment Services DivisionEducation Assessment Services Division

Score Strategies for Oral Communication

2 Make appropriate awareness of audience

1Make occasional attempts to display

audience awareness

0Make a limited or no attempt to display

audience awareness

Scoring Guide Individual PresentationScoring Guide Individual PresentationScoring Guide Individual PresentationScoring Guide Individual Presentation

ScoreScore Ideas & Ideas & OrganisationOrganisation

Vocabulary & Vocabulary & Language PatternsLanguage Patterns

Pronunciation & Pronunciation & DeliveryDelivery

44

Express ideas Express ideas that are relevant that are relevant to inform and to inform and explain with explain with detailsdetails

Communicate Communicate ideas clearly and ideas clearly and coherentlycoherently

Use Use varied and varied and appropriate appropriate languagelanguage patterns patterns

Use appropriate Use appropriate vocabulary vocabulary

Speak Speak clearly and clearly and fluentlyfluently,, with few or with few or no errors in no errors in pronunciationpronunciation

Use intonation to Use intonation to enhance enhance communicationcommunication

33

Express ideas Express ideas that are relevant that are relevant to inform and/or to inform and/or explain explain with with some detail some detail

Communicate Communicate most ideas most ideas clearly and clearly and coherentlycoherently

Use Use mostly appropriate language patterns patterns

Use mostly Use mostly appropriate appropriate vocabulary vocabulary

Speak clearly Speak clearly with with some errorssome errors in in pronunciation and pronunciation and occasional occasional hesitation hesitation

Make occasional Make occasional attempts to use attempts to use intonationintonation


ScoreIdeas &

Organisation

Vocabulary & Language Patterns

Pronunciation & Delivery

33

Express ideas that are relevant to inform and/or explain with with some detailsome detail

Communicate most ideas clearly and coherently

Use mostly mostly appropriate appropriate languagelanguage patterns

Use mostly appropriate vocabulary

Speak clearly with with some errors in some errors in pronunciationpronunciation and occasional hesitation

Make occasional attempts to use intonation

22

Express adequate ideasadequate ideas that are relevant to the topic

Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently

Use simple simple languagelanguage patterns

Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication

Speak clearly though hesitant with errors in with errors in pronunciation that may pronunciation that may impede communicationimpede communication

OR Occasional

hesitant/stilted speech that may impede

communication


Score Ideas & Organisation

Vocabulary & Language Patterns

Pronunciation & Delivery

22

Express adequate adequate ideasideas that are relevant to the topic

Communicate some ideas clearly and coherently

Use simple languagesimple language patterns

Use familiar vocabulary appropriately but with errors that may impede communication

Speak clearly though hesitant with errors in with errors in pronunciation that pronunciation that may impede may impede communicationcommunication

OR Occasional

hesitant/stilted speech that may impede communication

11

Express limited or limited or disjointed disjointed ideasideas that are relevant to the topic

Use basic languagebasic language patterns with patterns with possible errorspossible errors

Appropriately use vocabulary drawn from a limited and very familiar range, awkward wording may make understanding unclear

Speak with frequent frequent errors in errors in pronunciation that pronunciation that impedes impedes communicationcommunication

OR Hesitant/stilted

speech that impedes communication

Remarks: 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


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

awarenessOR• Make no attempt at all



Scoring Guide Scoring Guide


ScoreScore Strategies for Oral CommunicationStrategies for Oral Communication

22Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple simple turn-taking strategies* to maintain interaction turn-taking strategies* to maintain interaction

11Use limited formulaic expressions and/or Use limited formulaic expressions and/or interaction strategies to respond to othersinteraction strategies to respond to others

00Do not use any interaction strategies Do not use any interaction strategies ORORMake no attempt at allMake no attempt at all

Turn-taking strategies includes responding and maintaining interaction as well as drawing others in to participate

Scoring Guide Group InteractionScoring Guide Group InteractionScoring Guide Group InteractionScoring Guide Group Interaction

ScoreScore Task Completion – Ideas and IntelligibilityTask Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility

44Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant

with supporting detailswith supporting details

33Express and/or respond to ideas that Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing are relevant, occasionally providing some details some details

Note:

Students only asking questions based on prompts are not providing ideas to the discussion


Score Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility

33 Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant, occasionally providing some detailsoccasionally providing some details

22Give short, simple responses to ideas Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic that are relevant to the topic


ScoreScore Task Completion – Ideas and IntelligibilityTask Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility

22

Give short, simple responses to ideas that are Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant relevant

to the topic to the topic

11Give limited responses to ideas that Give limited responses to ideas that are relevant to the topic, generally prompted are relevant to the topic, generally prompted

00

Do not express any relevant or Do not express any relevant or understandable informationunderstandable information

ORORMake no attempt at allMake no attempt at all


Assessor’s ReportAssessor’s ReportAssessor’s ReportAssessor’s Report

Complete the report and return it to the Complete the report and return it to the HKEAA by HKEAA by

Wednesday, April 30, 2009Wednesday, April 30, 2009


EmergenciesEmergenciesEmergenciesEmergencies

If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment inform the inform the

TSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 byTSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 by

AM session: 6:30 amAM session: 6:30 amPM session: 11:30 amPM session: 11:30 am

Reserve assessors must keep mobile phones on Reserve assessors must keep mobile phones on from 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitutionfrom 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitution

In case of bad weather, public announcement (EDB) In case of bad weather, public announcement (EDB) broadcast broadcast

via radio & TVvia radio & TV


Administration matters: Administration matters: Secondary schools: 3628 8191Secondary schools: 3628 8191

Subject and assessment related matters: Subject and assessment related matters: General: 3628 8188General: 3628 8188

Information including videos presented at this workshop will be uploaded to the TSA website

www.systemassessment.edu.hk

EnquiriesEnquiriesEnquiriesEnquiries


RemindersRemindersRemindersReminders

Before leaving, Before leaving, please submitplease submit the following to your AE: the following to your AE: 1. Declaration form1. Declaration form2. Evaluation form 2. Evaluation form ____________________________________________________________

Before leaving, please make sure that Before leaving, please make sure that you receiveyou receive your your

1. OE Certificate1. OE Certificate2. Appointment letter2. Appointment letter____________________________________________________________

Make sure you have signed the attendance sheetMake sure you have signed the attendance sheet




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Territory-wide System Assessment 2009 Secondary 3 English Language