2. Fluency
Accuracy
Sensitivity
Criteria for Oral Language
Competence
3. Techniques for Assessing Oral
Language:
Oral interview Role play Dialogue journals
Assess products created
during process of
Self-assessment Presentations learning not only final
products that are a
result of learning.
Focused observations:
Select oral samples for
individual or small
a portfolio
group
4. Activities to Assess Oral Language
Language of Social Interaction
• Activity-based sharing:
informal, structured, formal
1
• Discussion: partner, small group, informal
debate, whole class
2
• Social Conventions:
communication, problem solving, contexts
3 for speaking and listening
5. Language and Literacy
• News telling
1
• Formal presentations
2
• Assembly performances
3
• Narrative: modeled stories, character interviews, role
4 play, story reconstruction, circle stories
• Description: description activities
5
6. Language and Thinking
• Partner work: collaborative learner / adoption of
roles
1
• Inquiry: questioning, interviewing, creative inquiry
2
• Classification: comparing and
grouping, brainstorming and building knowledge
3
7. Techniques for Assessing Students'
Written English
Observation
Peer-
Portfolios
assessment
Journal Self-
writing assessment
Checklists Rubrics
Anecdotal
records
