oral assessment

I think we might want to distinguish between
rating general proficiency in speaking English
and the degree to which students have learned to 
talk about the things that are taught and practice
in a course.

For example, if you teach students health-related
vocabulary, have them do role plays in a hospital
and doctor's office, give them listening exercises
which focus on health issues, etc., then you can
test them on their ability to handle those specific
topics in the ways that they have practiced in
class.

This is a bit different than judging their overall
fluency in areas of English that they may or may not 
have been practicing in class.

Karen








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