Territory-wide System Assessment
2009
Secondary 3 English Language
Assistant Examiners’ Training Workshop
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division
TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop
17:00 – 17:05
Winston Prince
Priscilla Ng
17:05 – 17:15
Sample Video
Student 1
Individual Presentation
17:15 – 17:30
Individual Presentation
Discussion of scores
Scoring Guide
Individual
Presentation
Scoring Guide
17:30 – 18:00
Sample Video
Students 2 to 4
Break
18:00 – 18:10
Introduction
Scoring
(holistic score)
Scoring Guide
TSA 2009 Assistant Examiners’ Workshop
Scoring
(holistic score)
18:10 –
18:20
Sample Video - Student 1
Group Interaction
18:20 –
18:30
Group Interaction
Discussion of scores
Scoring Guide
18:30 –
19:00
Sample Video
Students 2 & 3
Group Interaction
Practice Videos
19:00 –
19:25
Individual Presentation:
Students: A, B, & C
Group Interaction: 5 & 6
Reminder: Oral Examiners’
Training Workshop
March 28, ’09
09:30 – 12:30
Maryknoll Fathers’ School
2 To Yuen Street, Shum Shui Po, Kln.
Scoring Guide
Scoring Guide
Territory-wide System Assessment
2009
Secondary 3 English Language
Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority Education Assessment Services Division
TSA 2009 Oral Examiners’ Training Workshop
Time
Program
Venue
Facilitators
9:30 – 9:50
Introduction
Hall
Winston Prince
9:50 – 10:30
Oral Assessment
Administration
Video
Hall
Priscilla Ng
10:30 – 10:55
Scoring Guide
Hall
Winston Prince
10:55 – 11:05
Break
11:05 – 12:15
Workshop
Classroom
Assistant
Examiners
12:15 – 12: 30
Recruitment test
Break – (10 mins)
Classroom
Assistant
Examiners
12:40 – 1:00
Certificates
Appointment letter
Classroom
Assistant
Examiners
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Date:
Session:
April 22 – 23, 2009
AM: 8:15 – 11:15
PM: 1:15 – 4:15
Individual Presentation (12 students)
• Preparation (3 minutes)
• Assessment (2 minutes)
Group Interaction (12 students – 3/group)
• Preparation (3 minutes)
• Assessment (3 minutes)
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Information about any aspect of the assessment and
student performances should NOT be disclosed to
anyone
It is NOT necessary to allocate a certain percentage of
students for each score
Rate ALL STUDENTS independently and consistently
throughout the assessments
Put the students at ease by giving positive reinforcement
Students should be encouraged to maintain eye contact
with the oral assessors
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Assessment Administration
Video Presentation:
Before the Assessments
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Individual Presentation
Group Interaction
Video Presentation:
Conducting the Assessments
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Assessment Administration
Video Presentation:
After the Assessments
Scoring Guide
Individual Presentation
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority
Education Assessment Services Division
Scoring Guide
Score
Individual Presentation
Strategies for Oral Communication
2
Make appropriate awareness of audience
1
Make occasional attempts to display audience
awareness
0
Make a limited or no attempt to display
audience awareness
Scoring Guide
Score
4
3
Ideas &
Organisation
 Express ideas that
are relevant to
inform and explain
with details
 Communicate
ideas clearly and
coherently
Individual Presentation
Vocabulary & Language
Patterns
 Use varied and
appropriate language
patterns
 Use appropriate
vocabulary
 Express ideas that  Use mostly
are relevant to
appropriate language
inform and/or
patterns
explain with some  Use mostly
detail
appropriate
 Communicate most
vocabulary
ideas clearly and
coherently
Pronunciation &
Delivery
 Speak clearly and
fluently, with few or
no errors in
pronunciation
 Use intonation to
enhance
communication
 Speak clearly with
some errors in
pronunciation and
occasional hesitation
 Make occasional
attempts to use
intonation
Scoring Guide
Individual Presentation
Score
Ideas &
Organisation
Vocabulary &
Language Patterns
3
 Express ideas
that are relevant
to inform and/or
explain with
some detail
 Communicate
most ideas
clearly and
coherently
 Use mostly
appropriate
language
patterns
 Use mostly
appropriate
vocabulary
 Speak clearly with some
errors in pronunciation
and occasional hesitation
 Make occasional attempts
to use intonation
2
 Express
adequate ideas
that are relevant
to the topic
 Communicate
some ideas
clearly and
coherently
 Use simple
language
patterns
 Use familiar
vocabulary
appropriately but
with errors that
may impede
communication
 Speak clearly though
hesitant with errors in
pronunciation that may
impede communication
OR
 Occasional
hesitant/stilted speech
that may impede
communication
Pronunciation & Delivery
Scoring Guide
Score
2
1
Ideas &
Organisation
Vocabulary & Language
Patterns
Pronunciation & Delivery
 Express
adequate
ideas that are
relevant to
the topic
 Communicate
some ideas
clearly and
coherently
 Use simple language
patterns
 Use familiar
vocabulary
appropriately but with
errors that may impede
communication
 Speak clearly though
hesitant with errors in
pronunciation that may
impede communication
OR
 Occasional
hesitant/stilted speech
that may impede
communication
 Express
limited or
disjointed
ideas that are
relevant to
the topic
 Use basic language
patterns with possible
errors
 Appropriately use
vocabulary drawn from
a limited and very
familiar range,
awkward wording may
make understanding
unclear
 Speak with frequent
errors in pronunciation
that impedes
communication
OR
 Hesitant/stilted speech
that impedes
communication
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
Remarks:
-
Individual Presentation
Scoring Guide
Individual Presentation
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 awareness
OR
•
Make no attempt at all
Scoring Guide
Group Interaction
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority
Education Assessment Services Division
Scoring Guide
Score
Group Interaction
Strategies for Oral Communication
2
Use appropriate formulaic expressions and /or simple
turn-taking strategies* to maintain interaction
1
Use limited formulaic expressions and/or interaction
strategies to respond to others
0
Do not use any interaction strategies
OR
Make no attempt at all
Turn-taking strategies includes responding and maintaining
interaction as well as drawing others in to participate
Scoring Guide
Score
Group Interaction
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
4
Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant with
supporting details
3
Express and/or respond to ideas that
are relevant, occasionally providing
some details
Note:
Students only asking questions based on prompts are not providing ideas to the
discussion
Scoring Guide
Score
3
2
Group Interaction
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
Express and/or respond to ideas that are relevant,
occasionally providing some details
Give short, simple responses to ideas
that are relevant to the topic
Scoring Guide
Score
2
Group Interaction
Task Completion – Ideas and Intelligibility
Give short, simple responses to ideas that are relevant
to the topic
1
Give limited responses to ideas that
are relevant to the topic, generally prompted
0
Do not express any relevant or
understandable information
OR
Make no attempt at all
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Assessor’s Report
Complete the report and return it to the HKEAA by
Wednesday, April 30, 2009
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Emergencies
If you are unable to conduct the oral assessment inform the
TSA Administration Team at 3628 8191 by
AM session: 6:30 am
PM session: 11:30 am
Reserve assessors must keep mobile phones on
from 6:30 am in case of an emergency substitution
In case of bad weather, public announcement (EDB) broadcast
via radio & TV
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Enquiries
Administration matters:
Secondary schools: 3628 8191
Subject and assessment related matters:
General: 3628 8188
Information including videos presented at this workshop will be
uploaded to the TSA website
www.systemassessment.edu.hk
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Reminders
Before leaving, please submit the following to your AE:
1. Declaration form
2. Evaluation form
______________________________
Before leaving, please make sure that you receive your
1. OE Certificate
2. Appointment letter
______________________________
Make sure you have signed the attendance sheet
TSA 2009 Oral Assessments
Hong Kong Examinations & Assessment Authority
Education Assessment Services Division
TSA 2009
AE workshop
OE workshop