Tài liệu Listening and Speaking Assessment Tasks pdf

Listening/Speaking Assessment Tasks
by Cloudia Ho
Outline of the Assessment
Test type Classroom-based
Test Function
Diagnosis Test
This is a diagnostic test to evaluate 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. An experienced EFL teacher is in charge
of guiding students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing with an
Only English Language Policy in class. Most of the students are
spontaneous and responsible for their learning.
Objectives
‧ To diagnose the test-takers’ English abilities of listening
comprehension and speaking skills.
‧ To examine the test-takers’ comprehension of the authentic
topic-based course content.
‧ To promote a better future successful performance both in
academic and social-context English spoken environments.
Target
Test-takers
18~22 years old University and University of Technology students
in Taiwan.
Students are preparing for international student exchanges or planning
to study abroad after graduation. Overall, the test-takers’ English
proficiency are in the intermediate level. Most of the test-takers are
capable of reaching upper intermediate or above level of English
reading and writing but lower performance in oral contexts. However,
heterogeneous English abilities among the students still can be
observed at times.

Paper format
Listening section contains 5 tasks,
Speaking section contains 5 tasks.
Focus on “Accommodations”
General English
Proficiency level
Intermediate
References of
Tasks & Rebics
‧ H. Douglas Brown (2004) Language Assessment: Principles and
Classroom Practices. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education
‧ H. Douglas Brown (2001). Teaching by Principles: An interactive
Approach to Language Pedagogy.
Administration
One administer (also the scorer)
Listening Section: Test-takers listen to the tape recorders.
Speaking Section: Test-taker vs. Administer
1
Tasks
Listening
Task Type Item Type Focus
Task 1
Responsive Multiple choice
Distinguish “How are you doing “with other
greeting questions
Task 2
Intensive True/False Distinguish do/don’tsound
Task 3
Intensive
Dialogue

paraphrase:
Multiple choice:
Underrated the meaning of Individual lease,
Roommate matching
Task 4
Extensive
Authentic questions
on details:
Multiple choice
Comprehend the apartment setting: private
bathroom
Task 5
Extensive
Authentic questions
on details:
Fill-in the Blanks
Comprehend the apartment facilities
Speaking
Task Type Item Type Focus
Task 6
Intensive
Picture-cued
elicitation of
prepositions of
space
Describe apartment & use prepositions of space
Task 7
Intensive
Picture-cued
elicitation of

frequency adverbs
& connectors
Describe daily life routine & use frequency
adverbs & connector
Task 8
Responsive
Eliciting of
questions from the
test-takers
Function of inquiring
Task 9
Responsive
Questions eliciting
open-ended
responses
Express personal ideas
Task 10
Extensive Retelling the news Summarize & retell
2
Accommodation
I. Listening
Test-takers hear
Becky is an exchange student at the University of Florida. She has just arrived few days
ago. She is looking for an apartment in Gainesville, Florida. Listen to the dialogues
carefully between the leasing office manager and Becky. Answer the following
questions.
[Task 1] Multiple Choice
Test-takers read
Direction: Listen to the Leasing Office Manager & choose the correct answer.
Test-takers hear

LOM: How are you doing? (*LOM: Leasing office manager)
Becky:_________________
Test-takers read
(a) I am watching the Simpson’s. (distractor: What are you doing?)
(b) I am 21 years old (distrator: How old are you?)
(c) I am good. Thanks.
(d) I am a college student. (distrator: What do you do?)
Answer Key: C
[Task 2] True or False
Test-takers read
Direction: Listen to the dialogue & circle T(true)/F(false).
Test-takers hear
Becky: I’m looking for an apartment and just wondering whether there is any room
available in your apartment complx.
LOM: Sure. We do have some vacant at the moment.
Test-takers read
----> The LOM means the apartment complx is full. ( T or F )
Answer Key: F
3
[Task 3] Multiple Choice
Test-takers read
Direction: Listen to the dialogue and choose the correct answer.
Test-takers hear
Becky: I’m here alone and I think one bedroom or an efficiency apartment would be
fine.
LOM: Sorry. We don’t have any one-bedroom apartments. You may want to lease a
two-bedroom apartment and we’ll try to match you with roommates.
Test-takers read
(a) The GNV place provides individual leases and roommate matching service.
(b) The GNV place has one bedroom apartments for lease.

(c) The GNV place has no apartments available now.
Answer Key: A
[Task 4] Multiple Choice
Test-taker read
Direction: Listen to the dialogue & choose the correct answer.
Test-takers hear
Becky: How many bedrooms are there in an apartment?
LOM: We have 2-bedroom and 4-bedroom apartments. Every room has a private
bathroom and every tenant shares the kitchen & living room.
Becky: How about the rental fee?
LOM: The rent is 499 dollars per month plus first month 100 dollars deposit and 200
dollars redecoration fee. The rent includes electricity, water, internet, and
cable.
Test-takers read
How many bathrooms are there in a 4-bedroom apartment?
(a) 1 bathroom
(b) 2 bathrooms
(c) 3 bathrooms
(d) 4 bathrooms
Answer Key: D
(Every room has a private bathroom, which means 4-bedroom apartment has 4
bathrooms)
{Continue to Task 5}
4
[Task 5] Fill in the Blanks
Test-takers read
Direction: According to the dialogue, write down the correct answers.
The rent of 499 dollars per month includes water, internet and what other service?
_____________, _____________
Answer Key: electricity, cable

(It includes electricity, water, internet, and cable.)
II. Speaking
Test-takers hear
Becky moves into the GNV place and enjoys her life very much.
[Task 6] Picture-cued elicitation of prepositions of space
Test-takers see
Test-takers Read
1. Generally describe the arrangement and setting in Becky’s apartment. (number of
rooms, type of furniture & equipment etc.)
2. Use “prepositions of place” to describe the position of each room, the furniture
and equipment.
Becky