GRADE 8 -PRACTICAL EXAMINATION PREPARATION.

English Oral Examination

Mode of presentation:

1. Students prepare their oral presentations in groups and show it to the class. Then each student in the group must share something about it for 3 – 5 minutes. The criteria for grading are based on; VOCABULARY, CONTENT / CONVERSATIONAL APPROPRIACY / CREATIVITY, GRAMMAR / STRUCTURE, PRONUNCIATION/FLUENCY.

2. Students have to face the whole class while doing their presentations.

3. Students are allowed to use palm cards during the oral presentation. If they read from any notes, their instructor will automatically take off at least 10 points from the overall oral presentation grade. No notes other than the handouts/outlines are permitted.

Students must choose their oral presentation from one of the following topics:

1. Lost in a big city.
2. Alternative fuel energy.
3. Someone you admired the most that has made a difference in your life.
4. Your goals after you finish high school.
5. How would our life be in the future .
6. Tradition.
7. The environment in relevance to the green house gasses.

Topics other than the above must be discussed with the teacher first.

Oral presentation grading sheet

A-VOCABULARY (25%)

0 - 9: Inaccurate, insufficient for level; incomprehensible

10-13: Inadequate for level, errors sometimes preclude comprehension; key words not prepared

14-16: Errors are frequent but generally do not preclude comprehension; or limited vocabulary - even if accurate

17-19: Resourceful, errors do not obscure meaning; demonstrates preparation

20-25: Broad range, appropriate for context, resourceful; demonstrates preparation

B- CONTENT / CONVERSATIONAL APPROPRIACY / CREATIVITY (25%)

0 - 14: Little information conveyed, disconnected or disorganized ideas, and/or fails to engage with partner(s)

15-16: Lacks logical sequencing; little substance; says less than required

17-19: Topic covered but minimally; and/or limited connection of ideas; and/or lacks social conventions

20-22: Topic covered; limited development of ideas; most information relevant to topic, at least some social conventions included; creative

23-25: Informative; original & well-developed ideas; demonstrates creativity; and/or detailed coverage of topic

C-GRAMMAR / STRUCTURE (25%)

0 - 14: Generally inaccurate, with exception of set phrases; largely incomprehensible

15-16: Meaning frequently unclear due to frequent errors; extremely limited range of grammatical structures

17-19: Mistakes sometimes affect meaning, though adequate; and/or limited range of grammatical structures

20-22: Meaning generally clear despite mistakes; good range of structures

23-25: Wide range of structures, mostly accurate

D- PRONUNCIATION /FLUENCY D- PRONUNCIATION (25%)

0 - 9: Halting, fragmented, unnatural pauses make it difficult to follow, pronunciation frequently unintelligible

10-12: Listener must make a concerted effort to understand; halting speech, lack of sufficient preparation

13-16: Discourse flows; mispronunciations are comprehensible, shows preparation

17-19: Clearly making an effort to pronounce accurately; occasional mispronunciations; few unnatural pauses

20-25: Language flows well, no unnatural pauses; few mispronunciation.

TOTAL (100%)

Grouping

Group-1 Group-2 Group-3

Alde Alan Theo

Steven Andreas David

Kevin Jeremiah Matthew

Timi Sura

Group-4 Group-5 Group-6

Chae Bin Carla Levina

Elaine Anastasia Monica

Group-7 Group-8 Group-9

Helena Julita Anthonny

Marshella Juanita Angel

Individual presentations by:

Jovis & Sugyong.