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Testing Speaking

A speaking test is used to assess a person's speaking skills by having them speak and then evaluating their speech. Speaking tests can be used alone or with other skill tests, and speaking skills can be evaluated through self-assessment, classroom assessments, performance assessments, read alouds, conversations, describing pictures, interviews, role plays, and more. However, speaking tests face issues with practicality, cost, administration time, scoring, and reliability due to difficulty standardizing evaluations across examiners.

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Testing Speaking

A speaking test is used to assess a person's speaking skills by having them speak and then evaluating their speech. Speaking tests can be used alone or with other skill tests, and speaking skills can be evaluated through self-assessment, classroom assessments, performance assessments, read alouds, conversations, describing pictures, interviews, role plays, and more. However, speaking tests face issues with practicality, cost, administration time, scoring, and reliability due to difficulty standardizing evaluations across examiners.

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Testing

Speaking
What is Speaking
Test?
Speaking Test
 is defined as a test in which a
person is encouraged to speak,
and then assessed on the basis
of that speech. (Underhill,
1997)
Speaking Test
 can be used alone or
combined with tests of other
skills. (Underhill, 1997)
Can speaking be
really taught?
Why does
speaking need to
be taught?
How to test
speaking?
Assessing speaking skills
through:
• Self-assessment
• Classroom based assessment
• Performance assessment
• Read Aloud
•Conversational Exchanges
•Using pictures for assessing
oral production
•Oral Interview
•Role Play
Issues in Testing
Speaking
Practicality
Cost
Administration
Time
Scoring
Administration
- it is difficult to test a large
number of learners in a relatively
short time. Therefore, the
examiner is put under great
pressure.
Reliability
- A critical issue in the assessment
is the selection of criteria for
evaluating performance.
Validity

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