Level 3 session 2 Oral N24876

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4063

L T E

London Tests of English

Certificate of Attainment

Oral Examination

Oral Tests Level 3

Session 2 2006

*N24876A*

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXAMINERS AND ASSESSORS

London Tests of English Level 3 – Upper Intermediate (B2)

The Interviewer interviews the candidates.

The Assessor assesses the candidates using the assessment criteria in this booklet.

The Interviewer may contribute to the assessment at the request of the assessor.

Candidates must be assessed on all five criteria.

All marks must be entered in the Oral Test Marksheets and OPTEMS.

Candidates must be examined in pairs.

Timing per pair of candidates must be 12 minutes.

If there is only one candidate, please use all the allowed time.

If there are three candidates, allow 18 minutes for the examination.

The interview has three phases.

Phase 1 Introduction: 2 minutes

Phase 2 Theme/Scenario: 5 minutes

Phase 3 Development: 5 minutes

Please note:
Ensure that you record the oral examinations as instructed.
Candidates must be tested on all phases of the examination.
Candidates must be assessed on all five criteria in the assessment criteria grid.
This grid may be removed from the booklet for your reference during the examination.

USE OF PICTURE CARDS:
Please use the enclosed sets of picture cards when examining the candidates.

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LE

VE

L THR

EE

Marks awarded shoul

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take ac

count of

TH

E LINGUISTIC REQUIREMENTS OF LEVEL TH

REE

:

Effectiv

e

commun

icati

on Interaction

Vo

cabulary Gramma

r Pronun

ciati

on

Featu

res

:

Communic

a

tes

Information

Some ideas

O

p

inions

clea

rly enough to be

understood.

Featu

res

:

Res

pondi

ng releva

ntly

A

ski

ng ques

ti

o

n

s wi

th

a

n

d wi

tho

u

t pro

m

pti

ng

Com

m

enti

ng o

n

i

dea

s

and

op

inions w

it

h

and

wi

tho

ut pro

m

pti

n

g

Developi

ng i

d

ea

s to

sust

ain int

e

ra

ct

ion

Featu

res

:

Adequa

te / a

ppropri

a

te

word choice for producing

connected speech

Aw

areness of

st

yle (

formal

/ inf

ormal)

Vocab

ulary f

or d

iscu

ssing

to

pi

ca

l i

ss

u

es

(a

dva

n

ta

ges

+

di

sa

dva

nta

ges

, vi

ewpo

in

t)

Level 3 themes

Featu

res

:

Us

e of a

ll tens

es

(a

cti

ve +

p

a

ssiv

e

)

Full rang

e of

modals

Us

e of reported

s

p

eech

U

se of verb

patterns

(e

g

.

Infi

ni

ti

ves / …i

ng forms)

Superlatives

Varie

ty of

clause t

y

p

e

s

Featu

res

:

Indi

vi

dua

l s

o

unds

Us

e o

f wo

rd

/

sent

ence st

ress

Us

e o

f i

n

to

na

ti

o

n

fea

tures

Na

tura

l flo

w: no

t

too f

a

st

/ slow

5 Ex

cellent

understa

nding

and communic

a

tion,

keeps

li

st

ener’s

a

ttenti

on.

Excellent co

ntri

buti

o

n

to

the

int

e

ract

ion.

Excellent ra

nge a

nd a

ccura

te

use of

vo

c

a

bula

ry.

Excellent ra

nge a

nd a

ccura

te

use of

g

rammar.

Ex

cellent pronunciation,

ca

using no stra

in on the

li

st

ener.

4

Good understa

ndi

ng a

nd

communi

c

a

tion,

ea

si

ly

understood.

Goo

d

a

nd ba

la

nced contri

buti

on

to

t

h

e int

e

ract

ion,

includ

ing

legi

ti

m

a

te pa

us

es

.

R

a

ng

e of

v

o

cabulary is g

ood and

most

ly accur

at

e.

G

ood rang

e of

g

rammar;

most

ly

accurat

e.

Pronunciation generally

good; mi

nor la

ps

es

do not

im

pede communi

c

a

ti

o

n.

3 Suffi

ci

ent

unders

ta

ndi

ng

of

sp

e

a

k

e

rs and

t

a

sk

s t

o

be able to communicate

a

n

d co

m

p

lete the

ta

sk

s.

Sa

ti

sf

a

c

to

ry a

n

d ba

la

n

c

ed

co

ntri

buti

o

n

to

the i

n

tera

cti

o

n,

includ

ing

leg

it

imat

e p

a

uses.

R

a

ng

e and accuracy of

vocabulary

su

ffi

ci

ent to

ca

rry o

u

t the

ta

sks

.

R

a

ng

e and accuracy of g

rammar

su

ffi

ci

ent to

ca

rry o

u

t the

ta

sks

.

Pronunci

a

ti

on s

u

ffi

c

iently

clear,

requiring

only

occas

ional need for

re

peti

ti

o

n

.

2 Limited

understanding/

co

m

m

uni

c

a

ti

o

n

/

tas

k

co

m

p

leti

o

n

; no

t a

lwa

ys

understood.

Uns

a

ti

sf

a

c

to

ry co

ntr

ibuti

o

n

to

th

e int

e

rv

iew

. Sig

nif

icant

pro

m

pti

n

g requi

red.

Insufficient rang

e and/or accu

racy.

Grammati

c

a

l rang

e and/or ac

curacy

in

ad

e

q

u

at

e

.

Lack of

clarit

y in

pronunci

a

ti

on c

a

us

es

co

ns

idera

b

le

s

trai

n

o

n

the

li

st

ener.

1 Extremely

limited

understanding/commun

i-

cat

ion

/in

te

ll

ig

ib

ilit

y

.

Extrem

ely li

m

ited/

to

ta

lly

uns

a

ti

sfa

cto

ry contri

buti

on to

the i

n

tera

c

ti

o

n.

Severely limited rang

e and/or

accuracy.

Severely limited rang

e;

v

e

ry

inaccur

at

e use of

g

rammar.

Pronunci

a

ti

o

n s

o

fla

wed

tha

t o

n

ly s

tretches

o

f

lang

uag

e

intellig

ible.

0

N

o asse

ss

me

nt

p

ossib

le

.

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o asse

ss

me

nt

p

ossib

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me

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p

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me

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p

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.

N

o asse

ss

m

e

n

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ossib

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When you record an interview on cassette or CD, please state clearly
at the beginning of the interview:

• Centre number

• Level being examined

• Name and examiner number of the

Assessor

• Name and examiner number of the

Interviewer

• Full names and numbers of the candidates

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London Tests of English Oral Examination

Level 3

Phase One: Introduction (2 minutes)

The main purpose of this phase is to set the candidates at their ease so that they may go on to do
themselves justice and perform to the best of their ability in the remainder of the test.

(Note: The letters X and Y are used to denote the candidates.)

1.1 Ask the candidates to introduce themselves or if they know each other to introduce each

other.

e.g. Tell me about / Introduce yourself.

Y, do you know X? Tell me what you know about X.

X, could you tell me something about Y?

1.2 Get the candidates to talk to you and each other about any ONE or TWO of the following:

youth attitude: fashion and peer pressure

books, magazines and newspapers

topical issues

place of study or place of work

hobbies, sports and other leisure activities

entertainment and other places of interest

e.g. Please ask X what interesting places there are to visit in this part of the country.

Has this town / city changed much since you / your parents were young?

What kind of work have people in this area traditionally done? Is this changing?

What changes would you introduce to make school more interesting for young people?

Do people read more books or magazines these days? Why is that?

What provision is there in this town / city for people who are interested in sport?

(to x) Please ask y what hobbies he / she used to have when he / she was younger?

Allow any interesting conversation to develop within the time limit.

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Phase Two: The Theme/Scenario (5 minutes)

Please refer to pages 11-15 for pictures for your reference.

Tell the candidates that the theme is based around Modern Art Galleries

2.1 Choose a picture card and show it to the candidates (ONE of 3 picture cards). Get the

candidates to talk about it. Use some of the questions below to get the candidates started
but also extend the conversation when appropriate with open questions and opinion related
questions.

e.g. What can you see in this picture?

Who do you think these people are?

What are they doing?

Do you have a favourite picture? Describe it. How about you, X?

Compare your tastes in art with those of your parents.

Have you ever been to an art museum or gallery? Which one(s) / Why not?

Why do you think people collect art?

Do you like modern art? Why (not)?

You can only understand a picture properly if you know its history and that of the artist.
Discuss together.

What would you say to a friend who was thinking of buying some pictures for his
house? Discuss together.

Which is your favourite art form? Discuss together.

Please refer to page 10 for Phase 2.2

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2.2 Hold an extended conversation with the candidates. Use some of the prompts below to get

the candidates started but also extend the conversation when appropriate with open or
opinion related questions and open or opinion related statements.

e.g. Are most young people interested in art? Why (not)?

Discuss together what artistic hobby you would encourage your children to take up.

Do you think that people are more interested in art now than in the past? Why do you
say that?

If you could have free art lessons, what would you choose to do? Explain your ideas.

Should art objects taken from other countries in the past now be returned to them?
Discuss together.

Imagine you are going to hold an art exhibition. How would you organise it and
publicise it? Who would you invite? Discuss together.

Encourage candidates to ask each other for clarification and / or reasons.

Turn to page 17 for Phase Three.

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Phase Three: Development (5 minutes)

Please refer to pages 19-23 for pictures for your reference.

3.1 Choose a picture card and hand it to the candidates (ONE of 3 picture cards). Encourage

the candidates to speak about a topic related to the picture or arising from it. Use some of
the prompts below to get the candidates started but also extend the conversation when
appropriate with open or opinion related questions and open or opinion related statements.

e.g. Describe what you can see in this picture.

Do you think art museums should be beautiful buildings?

All big cities should have an art museum. What’s your opinion? Discuss this together.

Do you think modern sculptures look better outdoors or inside a museum?
Discuss this together.

It is important for all students to have art classes at school. What’s your opinion?

What do you think of art produced with the help of a computer? Is it real art?

Would you be prepared to buy pieces of art over the Internet? What are the advantages
and disadvantages?

If you / your school went on an art tour, which country / city would you prefer to visit?
Why?

What sort of art would you have in an office / apartment / garden?

3.2 Have the candidates hold a discussion. Use some of the prompts below to get the

candidates started but also extend the discussion when appropriate with open or opinion
related questions and open or opinion related statements.

e.g. Governments should spend less money on art and more on hospitals. Do you both

agree with this statement? Explain why (not).

Some art forms are more important than others. Discuss this together.

Modern art is more difficult to understand than art from earlier periods. What is your
view? Discuss this together.

Do you think being an artist is a proper job? What would you say if your child wanted
to become an artist?

All museums and art galleries should be free for the general public. Discuss this
together.

That is the end of the oral test.

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Level 3 - Phase 3.1 - Picture 1

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