PROMPTS FOR ORAL EVALUATIONS

English Program for Adolescents

Language Proficiency

A1 (CEF)

Courses: 1, 2, 3.

The following

oral prompts

were designed

by teachers of

the English

Program for

Adolescents.

They were

compiled with

the purpose of

having a source

for assessing

students’ oral

proficiency in

the midterm and

final tests.

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English Program for Adolescents 2012-2

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COURSE 1 MIDTERM

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

Presentations “All about me”: students need to talk about their personal information,

and skills. Students need to have a poster with pictures about the vocabulary they

will use in the presentation (no text). At the end of the presentations, the teacher

will ask each member of the group a question.

Performance indicator:

Expreso con frases sencillas información acerca de mi mismo y de otros

(información personal, intereses, pasatiempos, habilidades).

Number of students:

Individual.

Time:

3 minutes per student.

Materials needed:

Visual aids. Collaboration rubric (see below).

Preparation needed:

Teacher needs to specify the information required for the presentation and model it.

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COURSE 1 FINAL

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

a. Class discussion: - What is a hobby? What are some of your favorite hobbies?

How might hobbies be different around the world and between children and

adolescents?

b. Student’s should work in groups of 2 or 3 and create a specific situation which

can follow them to speak freely about hobbies and activities. They can make

interviews, role plays or TV shows in order to recreate a specific situation to

talk about the topic. Through the activity they chose to present (interviews,

role plays or TV shows), students will describe their favorite free time

activities and hobbies. See the possible questions chart students can use

(Appendix 1).

Performance indicator:

Expreso con frases sencillas información acerca de mi mismo y de otros

(información personal, intereses, pasatiempos, habilidades).

Number of students:

In pairs or groups of 3 students

Time:

10 minutes per group.

Materials needed:

Using card paper, scissors, markets, color pencils etc, students will prepare a poster

or several pictures related to their favorite hobbies. This can be made on previous

classes before their performances or at home. Student’s picture should be an as more

creative as possible and this picture or poster should give clues about what they

really like or not.

Preparation needed:

Students should be guided by the teacher when preparing for the oral presentation.

Teacher needs to exemplify each option (interviews, role plays or TV shows).

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COURSE 1: APPENDIX 1 FINAL

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS STUDENTS COULD USE IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS:

FREE TIME

Do you have free time?

Do you have free time on Sundays?

Do you like to watch movies? (play tennis, etc.)

What do you do on summer vacation?

What did you do last weekend?

What do you do in your free time?

How do you spend your free time?

Where do you spend your free time?

Who do you spend your free time with?

How do you like to spend your free time?

o going shopping? going to the cinema? chatting? playing computer games? going to the

disco? playing sports? reading? relaxing? Etc.

Tell me about some good places to hang out.

o Why are they good?

Where do young people usually spend their free time?

Do men and women spend their free time differently? How?

What do you do on Saturdays?

Who do you like to spend your leisure time with?

o What do you usually do?

Do you like gossiping in your free time?

o Who do you gossip with?

o Who do you gossip about?

What do you really hate having to do in your free time?

What new activity would you like to try doing in your free time?

Do you ever feel that you waste your free time? How?

o What can you do about this?

Hobbies

Do you have a hobby?

What are your hobbies?

Which hobbies are expensive?

Which hobbies are the cheap?

Which hobbies cost nothing?

Which hobbies are the most popular in your country?

Which hobbies are the popular with women in your country? With men?

Tell me your hobbies when you were a child

Can you think of any hobbies which are popular with children and adults?

Do you think a hobby is different from a sport?

Are there any hobbies you would like to try?

Are there any dangerous hobbies?

Are there any hobbies you can do in other countries, but not your own?

Which hobbies do you think are the most difficult?

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COURSE 2 MIDTERM

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

a. Part 1: You meet a new friend from another city or country. Talk about what

there is / are in your hometown. Your partner will ask you questions about it.

b. Part 2: Give each student a different picture.

Picture 1: A town map: Have the student describe the town, talk about places,

locations, use some, any, etc.

Picture 2: People doing different actions: Have the student describe what people

are / aren’t doing in the picture, and where, with whom, etc.

c. Part 3: You’re a tourist. Ask for directions. Listen to the instructions. Make sure

you got them right by repeating them.

Performance indicator:

Describo lugares de mi entorno

Pregunto y doy instrucciones simples para llegar a un lugar

Describo situaciones y actividades en progreso

Number of students:

In pairs.

Time:

a. 1-2 minutes

b. 2-3 minutes

c. 2-3 minutes

d. 2-3 minutes

Materials needed:

2 pictures (See appendixes 1 & 2)

Preparation needed:

None.

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COURSE 2: APPENDIX 1 MIDTERM

Option 1:

Option 2:

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COURSE 2: APPENDIX 2 MIDTERM

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COURSE 2 MIDTERM

Oral Prompt 2

Instruction:

a. Make a poster with the chart and the written schedule. (see Appendix 1)

b. Look at the poster and tell the class your weekly schedule using frequency

adverbs. (always, usually, often, sometimes, ever, never)

c. Partners listen and ask questions

Performance indicator:

Menciono la frecuencia con la que realizo acciones.

Number of students:

Two students perform the task in front of the whole class.

Time:

3 minutes per student.

Materials needed:

Pencil, chart (see Appendix 3), cardboard, markers or color pencils.

Preparation needed:

In pairs, students fill in the chart with their weekly activities.

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COURSE 2: APPENDIX 3 MIDTERM

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COURSE 2 FINAL

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

Role play: in pairs, prepare a dialogue between two friends. They are talking about

last weekend. One of them talks about what he ate. The other one says he was sick

and went to the doctor. Make sure to ask each other questions.

Use the expressions and vocabulary list in the chart as a guide (see Appendix 1).

You can’t use notes or any writing.

Performance indicator:

Hablo sobre eventos y situaciones pasadas

Formulo y respondo preguntas sobre eventos pasados

Expreso sugerencias y respondo a las que me dan

Describo y explico sentimientos y emociones

Number of students:

Two students perform the task.

Time:

5 minutes to prepare and 3 minutes to perform.

Materials needed:

List of expressions (see Appendix 1).

Preparation needed:

Students prepare the dialogue in class. Give them about 5 minutes to do it.

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COURSE 2: APPENDIX 1 FINAL

LIST OF VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS FOR THE ROLE PLAY

1. How are you?

2. Okay

3. Are you all right?

4. Are you sure you are okay?

5. I have a headache

6. I didn´t have breakfast this morning

7. Hospital

8. Tired

9. Last night I watch T.V. until 11:00 p.m.

10. Hungry

11. Yesterday I ate three chocolate cakes for lunch.

12. Reality show

13. Carton of Milk

14. Can I help you

15. Thank you very much

16. Worried

17. Drink

18. Sick

19. Go

20. Decide

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COURSE 2 FINAL

Oral Prompt 2

Instruction:

Teacher prints each question on a separate piece of paper (See Appendix 2). All

questions are put in a bag. One student takes a question and answers it, giving

suggestions on what people in Medellin could do, related to the question. The person

sitting next to him/her asks a couple of questions.

Repeat the process with the next student until everybody has answered and asked a

question.

Performance indicator:

Expreso sugerencias y respondo a las que me dan.

Describo y explico sentimientos y emociones.

Describo lugares de mi entorno

Number of students:

Whole class activity

Time:

2 minutes to answer the question chosen and 2 minutes to ask and answer the

classmate’s questions.

Materials needed:

None

Preparation needed:

Students may read about the city before the test if they need to.

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COURSE 2: APPENDIX 2 FINAL

QUESTIONS ABOUT MEDELLÍN

1. What are Medellín’s means of transportation?

2. What is Medellín’s weather like?

3. What type of clothes can people wear in Medellín?

4. Which places do you know in the city?

5. Which places do you want to visit that you don’t know?

6. What happens in Medellín in December?

7. Which type of food is popular in Medellin?

8. Why is Metrocable so important to Medellín?

9. What museums are there in Medellín? What are they like?

10. What are schools like in Medellín?

11. What monuments or sculptures do you know in Medellín? What

are they like?

12. What can you do to have fun in Medellín?

13. What are neighborhoods like in Medellín?

14. What is Feria de las Flores like?

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COURSE 3 MIDTERM

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

Hand in the pictures to the student and ask them to describe them. (See Appendix 1)

As to superlatives, ask them additional questions such as: What’s the biggest fish in

the sea? What are the hardest school exams? Who’s the thinnest person in your

class, your house, etc.?

Performance indicator:

Establezco comparaciones entre lugares, personas y objetos.

Number of students:

Individual.

Time:

About five minutes per students.

Materials needed:

Pictures: Cut them separately it or get flashcards. (See Appendix 1)

Preparation needed:

None.

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COURSE 3: APPENDIX 1 MIDTERM

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COURSE 3 MIDTERM

Oral Prompt 2

Instruction:

Ask the students to choose one of the following topics:

- Your ideal school

- In a hospital

- In the museum

- At the library

- At the church

Then ask them to prepare an oral presentation about the rules for the place they

chose using can, can’t, must, mustn’t (they need to express at least ten rules).

Students need to bring a poster with images to illustrate the rules (only images, no

text).

Students ask questions to each other after the presentation.

Performance indicator:

Describo reglas y obligaciones en situaciones cotidianas.

Number of students:

Individual.

Time:

About 5 minutes per student.

Materials needed:

Posters made by students

Preparation needed:

Students need to bring a poster with images to illustrate the rules (only images, no

text).

Give students some time during the class before to practice the presentation.

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COURSE 3 FINAL

Oral Prompt 1

Instructions:

Plan your next holiday and talk about it. Include information on when and where you

are going to go, who you are going with, what you are going to do there, what kind of

food you are going to eat and how you are going to get there.

You have 20 minutes to prepare your presentation. During the presentation, you can

use notes (not complete sentences) or pictures. Talk for at least two minutes. Pay

attention to your classmate’s descriptions because the teacher will tell one student to

ask two questions to the person presenting.

Performance indicator:

Hablo y pregunto sobre planes futuros.

Number of students:

Individual presentation to the whole class.

Time:

20 minutes to prepare, about 2 minutes per student to present and 1 minute for

asking and answering questions.

Material needed:

Optional: Students notes, flash cards with key words only.

Preparation needed:

Give students 20 minutes to prepare. The holiday plan will be done in class.

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COURSE 3 FINAL

Oral Prompt 1

Instruction:

In pairs, start a conversation about your plans for next weekend, then use the

flashcards provided by the teacher to invite your friend to do something different

(See Appendix 1).

You should accept or decline your partner´s invitation. At the end you must

choose one of the plans.

Performance indicator:

Hablo y pregunto sobre planes futuros.

Expreso sugerencias e invitaciones y respondo a las que me dan.

Number of students:

Pairs present the conversation to the whole class.

Time:

About five minutes per pair.

Materials needed:

Two flashcards per student (See Appendix 1).

Preparation needed:

None.

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COURSE 3: APPENDIX 1 FINAL