Primary 3 & 6 English Language Oral Assessment TSA 2005 Primary 3 & 6 English Language Oral Assessment TSA 2005 No of students per school: about 24 students Waiting time: 17 minutes maximum (6 students are taken out of the class at a time) Assessing time: 2 or 3 minutes Administration: 1 minute in between two students 2 Primary 3 English Language Oral Assessment TSA 2005 Time Reading Aloud Personal Experiences Spontaneous Language Use 0:00 | 0:02 Student 1: Preparation Reading Aloud 2 minutes 0:03 | 0:06 Student 1: Assessment Reading Aloud, Personal Experiences & Spontaneous Language Use 3 minutes 0:07 | 0:09 Picture Description Spontaneous Language Use Student 2: Preparation Picture Description 3 minutes Student 2: Assessment Picture Description & Spontaneous Language Use 2 minutes 3 Primary 6 English Language Oral Assessment TSA 2005 Time Reading Aloud Teacher-student Interaction 0:00 | 0:02 Student 1: Preparation Reading Aloud 2 minutes 0:03 | 0:06 Student 1: Assessment Reading Aloud & Teacher-student Interaction 3 minutes 0:07 | 0:09 Presentation Student 2: Preparation Presentation 3 minutes Student 2: Assessment Presentation 2 minutes 4 Territory-wide System Assessment 2005 English Language P.3 and P.6 Oral Assessors Summary 1+1 scheme is introduced in P.3 and P.6 Oral Assessment TSA 2005. The oral assessment is to be carried out by one internal and one external oral assessors. 6 Summary Each school is required to nominate two teachers to carry out the oral assessment for P.3 and P.6 respectively. Each Oral assessor will have to work at his/her own school and in another school. 7 Responsibility Assessing Oral skills of P.3 and P.6 students 8 Qualifications Four years teaching experience in primary English Language Meet LPAT requirements 9 Assessment Period P.3:10 May and 11 May P.6:24 May and 25 May If any of the oral assessments for P.3 and P.6 cannot be conducted due to bad weather, it will be postponed to 12 May and 26 May respectively. 10 Working Hours Two working days for each level Each day, work either session: AM session: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon PM session: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm 11 Working Location Own school Another school (assigned by HKEAA) 12 Allowances Each external oral assessor will be given $50 as traveling allowance. Each school will be given $703 (daily rate of a supply teacher) for providing each external assessor. 13 Training Training session will be held in late April 2005. Oral Assessor’s Handbook will be distributed at the training session. 14 Remarks All oral assessors must attend the training session. Each oral assessor can carry out either P.3 or P.6 oral assessment. The two oral assessors are expected to act as a reserve in case one of them fails to perform the duty on the assessment day. 15 Thank you! 16