Post on 27-Apr-2020
• Listening texts to teach and test oral skills
• Activities to practise speaking in class
• Ways of testing speaking
Overview
Length
(approx.)
Number of
tasks
Number of
questions
Starters 20 minutes 4 20
Movers 25 minutes 5 25
Flyers 25 minutes 5 25
Overview of the Listening tests
Part Starters Movers Flyers
1
Draw lines between
object and scene
Draw lines to match names
to people in a picture
Draw lines to match names
to people in a picture
2 Write numbers and names
Write words or numbers in gaps
Write words or numbers in gaps
3
Choose correct option
from three pictures
Draw lines from days of
week to correct picture
Match pictures with
illustrated word or name
4
Carry out instructions,
locate objects and
colour correctly
Choose correct option from
three pictures
Choose correct option from
three pictures
5
Carry out instructions to
colour and draw or write
correctly
Carry out instructions to
colour and draw or write
correctly
Listening task types
© UCLES 2013
Part 2 format
Part Starters Movers Flyers
2 dialogue dialogue dialogue
write numbers
and names
write words or
numbers in gaps
write words or
numbers in gaps
© UCLES 2013
Starters Part 2
• Candidates listen to a dialogue between an
adult and a child or a boy and a girl.
• Name or number is clearly heard twice.
• Names spelled out.
• All names and words come from the Starters
wordlist.
© UCLES 2013
Starters Part 2 • recognise and write letters of
the alphabet
• recognise and write numbers 1–20
• pick out key information
Can understand letters of the English
alphabet that they hear.
Can understand some
simple spoken questions
about their name, age,
favourite things or daily
routine.
Can understand some basic English words
that they hear like numbers.
• What’s the name of your school?
• What’s your teacher’s name?
• Which class are you in?
• What’s your name?
• Where do you live?
© UCLES 2013
Flyers Part 2 • understand and write letters of the alphabet
• pick out key information
Can understand letters of the English
alphabet that you hear. (A1)
Can understand simple spoken descriptions
of things, people and events. (A2)
animals
the body and
face
clothes
colours
family and
friends
food and drink
health
the home
materials
names
numbers
places and
directions
school
sports and
leisure
time
toys
transport
weather
work
the world
around us
© UCLES 2013
Starters Listening Part 3
• understand a range of A1 vocabulary
• understand specific information
Can understand some simple spoken
questions about things they like their name,
age, favourite things or daily routine.
Can understand some very simple spoken
descriptions of people like name, gender,
age, mood, appearance or what they are
doing.
© UCLES 2013
Movers & Flyers Listening Part 4
• understand a range of A1 & A2 grammar and
vocabulary
• understand specific information
What will be in the pictures?
2 What will Harry make for lunch?
3 Where should Harry go to buy the eggs?
5 What was the weather like yesterday?
Helping at home
Meals
• Where do you normally have dinner?
• Do you put the things (glasses, plates, knives and forks, etc.) on the table before a meal?
• Can you cook? What’s your favourite meal?
• Do you wash the plates, and knives and forks after a meal?
Helping at home
Cleaning
• Do you tidy your room?
• Do you make your bed?
• Do you brush or wash the floors?
Helping at home – shopping and
food • How often do you go to the supermarket?
• Does your family buy food from a market or a farm?
• Do you know anyone who grows fruit or vegetables?
• What do you put inside your favourite sandwich?
• Which food smells good when it’s cooking?
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams/young-learners-english/
Progression up the levels
• length of test
• repetition of key words
• distraction
• lexis
• grammar
Key Listening Parts 4 & 5 (A2)
• Dialogue or monologue
• Complete a message or notes
• Specific factual information
(numbers, times, dates,
prices, spellings, words)
I can catch the main point in short, clear simple
messages and announcements.
I can understand
phrases and the highest
frequency vocabulary
related to areas of most
immediate personal
relevance.
Fair listening tests Range of:
Clear tasks
Topics and language
Speakers easily distinguished
Age-appropriate with realistic and familiar
contexts and situations
Little or no writing
Time to choose or write answers
Starters speaking test - Claudia
• Topics
• Tasks
• Communication
• Language
• Setting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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Speaking tests – common features • set-up of the tests
• topics chosen to meet children’s interests
• tests are scripted
• variety of materials to use
• tasks at each level are always the same
• emphasis on communication
• talk about themselves and pictures
Small picture card questions
1. What’s this?
2. Have you got/Do you like?Sare you
wearing a ….?
3. What colour is/What’s your favourite?
Movers speaking test - Arthur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZz2t4X
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Flyers speaking test - Marta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5z
BBXOdd9Y
Progression up the levels
• length of test
• input from examiner
• amount of language to
produce
• assessment criteria
• cognitive challenge
• pictures more abstract
• produce questions (Flyers)
Key English Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycc2G4R
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Picture books
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/starters-word-list-picture-book.pdf
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/199238-young-learners-movers-word-list-picture-book.pdf
http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/245852-yle-flyers-word-list-picture-book.pdf