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Speaking Test Design and12 Types of Task for
Speaking TestsDavid HutchinsonHoseo University
Email: [email protected] Website: david-hutchinson.ca
Measures of a good test
Validity
Positive Washback
Reliability
Measures of a good test
Measures of a good test
Validity
Positive Washback
Reliability
A paper-based speaking test …
Test Validity
Speaking Test
Name: ________
A: Hi, I’m Frank.B: ___________A: Nice to meet you. So where are you
from?B: ___________. ____________?A: I’m from Saskatchewan. Have you
been here long?B: ____________. A: So what’s your major?B: ________________.
Measures of a good test
Validity
Positive Washback
Reliability
Measures of a good test
Measures of a good test
Validity
Positive Washback
Reliability
Measures of a good test
3 ways to add variation to the task:
1. Questions with blanks2. Follow-up questions3. Pictorial Input
#1: Questions & Answers
What’s your favorite ______?
#2: Preference with Choices
Ballroom dancing club Skydiving club Pets club
Ping pong club Stargazing club Guitar club
What club would you like to join? Why?
What elective class would you like to take?
日本語 Japanese Breakdancing History of Rock Music
Photography Computer Graphic Design Stocks & Investment
#2: Preference with Choices
Where would you like to visit?
#2: Preference with Choices
Canada Egypt Moscow
Hawaii Rome Sydney
What gift will you give to mom for her birthday?
#2: Preference with Choices
$20 $300 $120 $60
More Ideas:
Who would you like as a friend? Where would you like to live? Which summer job would you get? What would you like to buy? What business would you open?
#2: Preference with Choices
#3: Information Gap
VacationsName Place How long Activity Food
Mark 10 days steak
Suji Japan sightseeing
Anna 1 month crepes
Jinho Vietnam biking Pho
Name Place How long Activity Food
Mark Australia scuba diving
Suji 3 weeks sushi
Anna France visit galleries
Jinho 5 days pho
#3: Information Gap
Mark JohnsonDistrict Manager
Office: Cell: (905)380-2817
Email:
Alice
MaryBill
Maud
George
Bob
Name Phone Number
Jack Spratt
010-3421-7387
Emily Moon
010-2424-3888
Minwoo Goh
What does he / she look like?
#4: Picture Description
• Clothing• Places• There is / there
are
#5: Interactive TasksMenu
Salad• Garden salad…….……5.00• Greek salad……….…..7.00• Caesar salad……….….9.00
Soup• Potato leek soup .……6.50• French onion soup….7.50• Vegetable soup……….5.00
Sides• French Fries ……………….5.00• Baked potato ………………4.00• Fried vegetables ………….4.50
Main Course(all main courses come with a choice of salad or soup)
• Steak with onions…………..27.00• Cornish game hen………….25.00• Lobster …………………………33.00• Pizza …………………….....18.00• Spaghetti Bolognese..….15.00• Teriyaki chicken………..21.00
Drinks
Soft drinks……………………….3.00Juice………………………………..5.00Bottled water …………………..2.00
#5: Interactive Tasks
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday
9:00 English class
Lab English class
English class
10:30
Lab Physics Lab Physics
12:00
Lab
1:30 Math class Chemistry Math class Chemistry
3:00 Club meeting
#6: Storytelling
#6: StorytellingAugust 2011
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France
The Louvre museum
By the Seine River …
#7: Data Description
Food; $250
Bus; $100 Books; $50
Entertainment, $100
Clothing; $150
George’s Budget
2008 2009 2010 20110
0.51
1.52
2.53
3.54
4.55
XYZ Shoe Company Sales
Running shoesHiking ShoesDress shoes
Year
Sale
s in
mil
lion
s#7: Data Description
#7: Data Description
budget charts sales charts weather charts floor plans scientific diagrams
#8: Comparisons
Seoul
• Population: 9,700,000 • Traffic ●●●●●• Crime ●●●• Pollution ●●●●• Shopping ●●●●●• Entertainment ●●●●
Jeonju
• Population: 650,000• Traffic ●●• Crime ●• Pollution ●• Shopping ●●• Entertainment ●●
I really want to become a professional boxer. I love fighting, and nothing makes me more satisfied than beating my opponent and seeing him lying on the ground. I think I’m a natural born boxer! Nobody can beat me! However, my parents don’t agree with me. They say that boxing is dangerous. They say it’s a waste of my abilities. They want me to go to university to study! I hate studying. What should I do?
#9: Giving Advice
#9: Giving Advice
I’ve got a terrible runny nose, I’ve
been sneezing all day and I’ve got
an awful headache!
#10: Giving Instructions
#10: Giving Instructions
The university has some money to develop facilities on campus. What change should they make?
#11: Expressing Opinions
I think they should build a bigger library, and buy more books!
They should put in tennis courts and
plant more trees and flowers.
Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of …
living in the country smart phones going to university staying in the dormitory
#12: Advantages & Disadvantages
Do the tasks match what’s been done in class? Do the tasks have variable input? Are the tasks memorizable? Do the tasks elicit the kind of speech you
want? Do the tasks cover a broad range of the topics
/ functions covered in class? Can students report test contents to later
students?
Speaking Task Checklist
In Summary…
I. Question & Answer
II. Preference w/
Choice
III.Information Gap
IV. Picture Description
V. Interactive Tasks
VI. Storytelling
VII.Data Description
VIII.Comparisons
IX. Giving Advice
X. Giving Instructions
XI. Expressing
Opinions
XII.Advantages &
Disadvantages
