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    The document discusses the PT3 Speaking and Writing assessments. It provides details on the paper format, number and types of tasks, time allowed, marking, and assessment criteria for both assessments. The key information is that Speaking consists of 3 tasks over 11 minutes involving an interview, individual storytelling, and discussion. Writing consists of 2 tasks over 1 hour involving a short message and notes expansion. Both are assessed analytically based on CEFR descriptors using criteria like content, organization, and language use.

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    The document discusses the PT3 Speaking and Writing assessments. It provides details on the paper format, number and types of tasks, time allowed, marking, and assessment criteria for both assessments. The key information is that Speaking consists of 3 tasks over 11 minutes involving an interview, individual storytelling, and discussion. Writing consists of 2 tasks over 1 hour involving a short message and notes expansion. Both are assessed analytically based on CEFR descriptors using criteria like content, organization, and language use.

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    The document discusses the PT3 Speaking and Writing assessments. It provides details on the paper format, number and types of tasks, time allowed, marking, and assessment criteria for both assessments. The key information is that Speaking consists of 3 tasks over 11 minutes involving an interview, individual storytelling, and discussion. Writing consists of 2 tasks over 1 hour involving a short message and notes expansion. Both are assessed analytically based on CEFR descriptors using criteria like content, organization, and language use.

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    Assessing productive skills

    With reference to PT3


    What is speaking?
    What do we actually do?
    Self-
    monitoring
    PT3 Speaking
    Paper 3: Speaking
    Candidates The Speaking test is taken by all Form 3 students.
    Paper Format Three sections, all aimed at the A2-B1 CEFR range, with an increase in level as the
    candidate progresses through the test. The test is taken as a paired test.
    Number of Tasks 3
    Task types Interview, individual prompt-card story and discussion based on mind map input.
    Input Word limits in place for each test part. All input checked for compliance with stated
    CEFR levels.
    Instructions Instructions for the tasks are given by the interlocutor, some prompting may be
    present on materials presented to the test takers to scaffold responses
    appropriately.
    Time Allowed 11 minutes
    Marking The paper is examiner marked, in situ, by two trained examiners. There will be an
    interlocutor who manages the interaction and provides an overall score for spoken
    production and an assessor who provides scores for Grammar, Vocabulary and
    Communicative Competence.
    Weighting Candidates are assessed according to four criteria: Overall Spoken Production,
    Grammar, Vocabulary and Communicative Competence.
    Task focus Tasks cover a range of language-relevant foci. It should be assumed that the
    relevant CEFR descriptors for the A2-B1 levels will be referenced throughout the
    test material production process. The descriptors referred to are derived from the
    curriculum learning standards.
    Let’s look at PT3 Speaking

    • Understanding the tasks


    • What is expected from the candidates?
    Writing
    So what skills and knowledge are involved in
    creating a written message (a text)?
    Cognitive processes
    • Macro-planning
    • Organisation

    cognitive •
    •
    Micro-planning
    Translation
    • Monitoring
    • Revising

    socio-
    • Adopting an
    appropriate

    linguistic register

    linguistic • Performing
    language
    functions in an
    appropriate
    • Lexical and structural way/
    resources awareness of
    • Functional and politeness
    pragmatic knowledge
    conventions
    • Textual knowledge -
    coherence, cohesion • Genre
    knowledge
    PT3 Writing
    Paper 2: Writing

    Candidates The Writing test is taken by all Form 3 students.


    Paper Format Two sections, both aimed at the A2-B1 CEFR range.
    Number of Tasks 2
    Task types Short communicative message and notes expansion.
    Input Word limits in place for each test part. All input checked for compliance with
    stated CEFR levels.
    Instructions Instructions for the tasks are given on the question paper.
    Answer Format Candidates write their answers on the question paper.
    Time Allowed 1 hour
    Weighting Candidates are assessed according to four criteria: Content, Communicative
    Achievement, Organisation and Language.
    Marking The paper is examiner marked.
    Task focus Tasks cover a range of language-relevant foci. It should be assumed that the
    relevant CEFR descriptors for the A2-B1 levels will be referenced throughout the
    test material production process. The descriptors referred to are derived from the
    curriculum learning standards.
    Let’s look at PT3 Writing

    • Understanding the tasks


    • What is expected from the candidates?
    Assessment scales
    Productive skills in PT3
    Assessment scales

    • Types of rating scales


    – Holistic
    • General impression
    • 1 overall mark

    – Analytic
    • Broken down into components
    • Several marks - 1 for each assessment category
    Let’s look at some Writing sample
    scripts.
    Rater issues …

    ‘Leniency/severity’ effect
    • Raters’ relative likelihood of assigning higher and lower scores either compared to other
    raters or to a benchmark
    ‘Halo’ effect
    • Rater tendency to award similar ratings than justified on different criteria of an analytic
    rating scale
    ‘Extreme/central-tendency’ effect
    • Rater tendency to award scores in either the extremes or middle categories of a rating
    scale
    ‘Bias’ effect
    • Raters may show a pattern of harshness/leniency with regard to certain aspects of the
    rating process
    ‘Randomness’ effect
    • Idiosyncratic and unpredictable patterns of rater behaviour which cannot be explained in a
    systematic fashion

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