Evaluating Speaking

Question 1

What does Richard 2019 says about evaluating speaking

Answer 1

• Accuracy of pronunciation and grammar should be considered
• whether all the speakers are given the same amount of time
• is it acceptable to have long pauses and repetitions?
• is what the speaker saying is relavent to the topic
• what is focused relevance to the topic or speaking skill or both

Green, Christopher and Lom (2002) says that to evaluate a speaking performance
One student should become the evaluator
S/he will be given an observation sheet

                                                               A B C D 
Total number of contributions 
Contributing supportively 
Contributing aggressively
Making a new point 
Digressing from the topic

Richard 2019,  says the following should be considered when designing a speaking activity 
The focus of the activity 
What are the stages of the activity 
How should the activity be modeled
What is the language support needed
What are the resources needed
What the level of the performance
How to give feedback