Introductie
Op deze Wikiwijs-pagina vind je informatie over Speaking Skills 2, een PTA-onderdeel van het versneld havo programma.
Speaking Skills 2
Purpose
In this SE you will prove that you can have and maintain a conversation about things familiar to you. You can describe events, experiences, your dreams, expectations and ambitions. Your language competence needs to be at B1+ level.
You will sit this exam in pairs. The exam consists of a number of assignments, in which you will speak both individually with the examiner, together with your partner, and together with the examiner.
Assignment
You will have a conversation with an examiner and a partner. The conversation consists of four parts:
- Interview - short questions about your personal life
- Long turn - respond to pictures and a discussion question
- Collaborative task - work with your partner to discuss a question
- Discussion - answer and discuss in-depth questions
The entire exam takes 15 minutes. There will be two teachers present: the examiner and the note-taker.
The Speaking Skills 2 SE counts for 15% towards your PTA mark.
Preparation
Part 1: Interview
In this part of the exam, you will answer questions individually. These questions are designed to get you talking about a range of subjects familiar to you, for example...
- your hobbies and leisure activities;
- your family and friends;
- your work and school;
- your cultural experiences.
Part 2: Long turn
In this part, you will take turns doing a longer individual assignment.
In this assignment, you will be shown two pictures and asked to compare them and answer a question about them.
You will be expected to talk about these pictures for about a minute.
Then, your partner will be asked a quick question about your pictures and your answers.
Some sample questions:
Part 3: Collaborative task
In this part, you will work together with your partner to discuss an issue.
You are expected to make suggestions, listen and respond to your partner's ideas and together navigate towards an outcome.
A sample issue is...:
Part 4: Discussion
In this part, you will engage in a discussion with the examiner with some in-depth questions, mostly related to the topic of your Collaborative task.
If, for example, your collaborative task was spent discussing ideas to increase tourism in an area (see previous sample), some sample questions for the discussion would be...
- Do you think you have to spend a lot of money to have a good holiday? Why (not)?
- Some people say we travel too much these days and shouldn't go on so many holidays. What do you think?
- Do you think people have enough time for holidays these days?
- Why do you think people like to go away on holiday?
- What do you think is the biggest advantage of living in a place where there are a lot of tourists?
- What can people to do to have a good holiday in the Netherlands? Why?
Evaluation
You will be assessed on four categories:
- Grammar and vocabulary --> whether you show control of grammar and vocabulary at B1+ level.
- Discourse Management --> whether you can answer the questions intelligently and organise your thoughts while speaking so that your contribution is clear and relevant.
- Pronunciation --> whether you are easily understood and make no pronunciation errors.
- Interactive Communication --> whether you can keep an actual conversation going with your partner, showing that you listen and incorporate your partner's ideas and that you can negotiate towards an outcome or an arrangement.
In the document below, you will find the full assessment rubric and marking scheme.
4 HAVO Speaking skills 2 assessment rubric.pdf
