Speaking assessment

Their ratings before and after the training session on the VSTEP.3-5 speaking rating scales were then compared. Particularly, dimensions of score reliability, criterion difficulty, rater severity, rater fit, rater bias, and score band separation were analyzed. Positive results were detected when the post-training ratings were shown to be more reliable, consistent, and distinguishable. Improvements were more noticeable for the score band separation and slighter in other aspects.

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Chapter 6 presents oral production tests. This chapter include contents as: Some difficulties in testing the speaking skills, reading aloud, conversational exchanges, using pictures for assessing oral production, the oral interview, some other techniques for oral examining,...

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Many language learners regard speaking ability as the measure of knowing a language. These learners define fluency as the ability to converse with others, much more than the ability to read, write, or comprehend oral language. They regard speaking as the most important skill they can acquire, and they assess their progress in terms of their accomplishments in spoken communication.

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This paper aims to assess the present situation of English pronunciation students of Agriculture University in Hanoi and suggests some specific methods to improve students' pronunciation. Fact that most students are not interested in the pronunciation until they have trouble speaking English correctly and the difficulty in listening to English tapes. Furthermore, they only imitate others pronounce that they claim that they speak English better.

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Paper format The Speaking test contains four parts. 15 minutes. 4. Two candidates and two examiners. One examiner acts as both interlocutor and assessor and manages the interaction either by asking questions or by providing cues for candidates. The other acts as assessor and does not join in the conversation. Short exchanges with the interlocutor and with the other candidate; a one-minute ‘long turn’; a collaborative task involving the two candidates; a three-way discussion. Exchanging personal and factual information, expressing and finding out about attitudes and opinions.

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This document is useful and gives you more useful information on exam structure, exam experience and all the tests in the form of threads so you can make your own, self-assessment level, especially when you do not do a course of study TOEIC

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The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is "an English language test designed specifically to measure the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment."The TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test was introduced in 2006. Test takers receive separate scores for each of the two tests, or can take the Speaking test without taking the Writing test. The Speaking test assesses pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and fluency, while the Writing test examines vocabulary, grammar, and overall coherence and organization.

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This is a diagnostic test to evaluable students, comprehension of the course content. The course is a semester-long EFL class which runs three hours per week. It consists of 20~25 university students from common culture background.

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