Assessment of Speaking Skills
Stage 1:
Introduction (1 minute)
Section Time
10
Seconds
25
Seconds
25
Seconds
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Procedure
Examiner: Hello, please sit down. My name is X.
What’s your name? (to Candidate A)
And what’s your name? (to Candidate B)
So your names are (name and serial number A) and
(name and serial number B).
Examiner asks a question. ( to Candidate A)
Candidate A responds.
Examiner asks a question. ( to Candidate B) Candidate B responds.
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Introductory
Questions (One Minute)
Topic area
Questions
Place: Which part of city / town do
you belong to? What do you think of it?
School: What
would you miss about school when you pass out of here?
Hobbies: What is your hobby? Why did you choose this?
Study: What motivates you to study?
Weekend: Do you think weekends are the best leisure time? Why?
/Why not?
Holiday: How do you plan your holidays?
TV: What kind of TV programmes do you watch? Why?
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ASL - Topics for Speaking Skill Test
1. Most memorable moment of my
life
2. My reading habits
3. Population
Explosion
4. Co-education
5. The trip I enjoyed
most
6. Real learning through
experience
7. My favourite T.V.
programme
8. What I did during last
vacation
9. Foreign channels are a
threat to our culture
10. A bitter experience of my
life
11. My favourite
player
12. Should smoking be banned?
13. Advantages of Vegetarianism
14. Effects of Video games on
children
15. Haste makes
waste
16. Pros and cons of
co-education
17. Mobiles: a boon or
bane
18. Junk food
19. How social net-works are
good/ bad?
20. Education for girls
21. If I were the principal of
my school.
22. A funny experience of my
life
23. If I were a doctor.
24. An educational trip
25. Drug-addiction
26. Pollution
27. Corruption in India
28. My ambition in life
29. Cinema and its effects
30. An accident I saw on road.
31. A horrible
dream
32. Unemployment
33. Annual function of my school
34. Political corruption
35. Morning
walk
36. Rash driving
37. Global warming
38. Communalism
39. If I won a lottery
40. Work is worship
41.
Punctuality
42. Noise pollution
43. Caste-system in India
44. A little knowledge is a
dangerous thing
45. My school
library
46. Better alone than in a bad
company
47. Sports day of my school
48. Dowry system in India
49. The value of good
manners
50. Village life
51.
Superstitions
52. Advantages of a small family
53. Life in a hostel
54. A blood donation camp
55. My best friend
56. Natural disasters
57. Life in a big city
58. My favourite Indian leader
59. There is a will, there is a
way
60. Problem of rising prices
61. Festivals of
India
62. Terrorism
63. National
Integration
64. A railway accident I
witnessed
65. Communal
harmony
66. A visit to a hill station
67. A day in a curfew-bound
town
68. My childhood days
69. Computer and its uses
70. Unwanted guests
71. Future of democracy in
India
72. Beggars near historical
places
73. A day when everything went
wrong
75. The role media in society
76. Religion and
politics
77. India of my dreams
78.
Family-planning
79. Rural upliftment
Stage
3: Problem solving (3 minutes)
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PROBLEM-SOLVING
TASKS
Prompt – 1: One of
your close friends performed poorly in the exam. As a result his mother does
not grant him permission to go on a school trip. With your partner, discuss how
you would advise your friend to convince his mother and gain permission to go
on the trip.
Prompt – 2: Some
school children use the community park instead of the school playground to play
cricket and football. This makes it impossible for toddlers and the elderly to
use the swings and the walking track. With your partner, discuss how you would
persuade these children to shift their sporting activities to the playground.
Prompt – 3: You find that your friend copies your
assignments, activities and project ideas and submits them to the teacher as
his/her own contribution. With your partner, discuss this problem and what you
should do in this situation.
Prompt – 4: The
Canteen Manager has complained to your Class Teacher about the undisciplined
behaviour of some of your classmates. Your class teacher has asked you, as
Class Monitors, to think of suitable measures to solve the problem. With your
partner, discuss what your suggestions.
Prompt – 5: A student
of your school recently met with an accident while riding a motorbike. Many
students of your school who are actually minors ride two wheelers without
wearing a helmet. With your partner, discuss this problem and what you can do
to encourage them to follow road safety rules.
Prompt – 6: Most of
the students in your class spend a lot of time indoors playing with gadgets.
They don’t want to play outdoor games. With your partner, discuss what should
be done to encourage students to play outdoor games and lead a healthy
lifestyle.
Prompt – 7: Your
school plans a celebration on Children’s Day and wants students to participate
by displaying craft material and other decorative pieces made by them. No one
has volunteered so far. With your partner, discuss how you can persuade other
students to join in.
Prompt – 8: One of
your classmates often uses unfair means during class tests. With your partner,
discuss this problem and what can be done.
Prompt – 9: Your
friend has been using his father’s two-wheeler without his permission. He is
only 15 and has just offered to take you for a joyride too. With your partner,
discuss how you can talk your friend out of this unsafe habit.
Prompt – 10: A builder is trying to
convert a park in your area into a shopping complex. It is the only open space
in the area where children play. With your partner, discuss how you would
mobilise support to stop the construction.
Prompt- 11: Your
friend has fallen into bad company. He is spending more and more time with his
new friends and drifting away from studies. With your partner, discuss the
problem and decide how you could help your friend.