Developing & assessing young learners’ listening and speaking & Flyers Listening Part 4 •...

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Developing & assessing young learners’ listening and speaking Santander, 15th March 2017

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Developing & assessing young

learners’ listening and speaking

Santander,

15th March 2017

• Listening texts to teach and test oral skills

• Activities to practise speaking in class

• Ways of testing speaking

Overview

Length

(approx.)

Number of

tasks

Number of

questions

Starters 20 minutes 4 20

Movers 25 minutes 5 25

Flyers 25 minutes 5 25

Overview of the Listening tests

Part Starters Movers Flyers

1

Draw lines between

object and scene

Draw lines to match names

to people in a picture

Draw lines to match names

to people in a picture

2 Write numbers and names

Write words or numbers in gaps

Write words or numbers in gaps

3

Choose correct option

from three pictures

Draw lines from days of

week to correct picture

Match pictures with

illustrated word or name

4

Carry out instructions,

locate objects and

colour correctly

Choose correct option from

three pictures

Choose correct option from

three pictures

5

Carry out instructions to

colour and draw or write

correctly

Carry out instructions to

colour and draw or write

correctly

Listening task types

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Part 2 format

Part Starters Movers Flyers

2 dialogue dialogue dialogue

write numbers

and names

write words or

numbers in gaps

write words or

numbers in gaps

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Starters Part 2

• Candidates listen to a dialogue between an

adult and a child or a boy and a girl.

• Name or number is clearly heard twice.

• Names spelled out.

• All names and words come from the Starters

wordlist.

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Starters Part 2 • recognise and write letters of

the alphabet

• recognise and write numbers 1–20

• pick out key information

Can understand letters of the English

alphabet that they hear.

Can understand some

simple spoken questions

about their name, age,

favourite things or daily

routine.

Can understand some basic English words

that they hear like numbers.

• What’s the name of your school?

• What’s your teacher’s name?

• Which class are you in?

• What’s your name?

• Where do you live?

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Flyers Part 2 • understand and write letters of the alphabet

• pick out key information

Can understand letters of the English

alphabet that you hear. (A1)

Can understand simple spoken descriptions

of things, people and events. (A2)

animals

the body and

face

clothes

colours

family and

friends

food and drink

health

the home

materials

names

numbers

places and

directions

school

sports and

leisure

time

toys

transport

weather

work

the world

around us

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Starters Listening Part 3

• understand a range of A1 vocabulary

• understand specific information

Can understand some simple spoken

questions about things they like their name,

age, favourite things or daily routine.

Can understand some very simple spoken

descriptions of people like name, gender,

age, mood, appearance or what they are

doing.

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Movers & Flyers Listening Part 4

• understand a range of A1 & A2 grammar and

vocabulary

• understand specific information

What will be in the pictures?

2 What will Harry make for lunch?

3 Where should Harry go to buy the eggs?

5 What was the weather like yesterday?

Helping at home

Meals

• Where do you normally have dinner?

• Do you put the things (glasses, plates, knives and forks, etc.) on the table before a meal?

• Can you cook? What’s your favourite meal?

• Do you wash the plates, and knives and forks after a meal?

Helping at home

Cleaning

• Do you tidy your room?

• Do you make your bed?

• Do you brush or wash the floors?

Helping at home – shopping and

food • How often do you go to the supermarket?

• Does your family buy food from a market or a farm?

• Do you know anyone who grows fruit or vegetables?

• What do you put inside your favourite sandwich?

• Which food smells good when it’s cooking?

Progression up the levels

• length of test

• repetition of key words

• distraction

• lexis

• grammar

Key Listening Parts 4 & 5 (A2)

• Dialogue or monologue

• Complete a message or notes

• Specific factual information

(numbers, times, dates,

prices, spellings, words)

I can catch the main point in short, clear simple

messages and announcements.

I can understand

phrases and the highest

frequency vocabulary

related to areas of most

immediate personal

relevance.

Key Vocabulary List

Fair listening tests Range of:

Clear tasks

Topics and language

Speakers easily distinguished

Age-appropriate with realistic and familiar

contexts and situations

Little or no writing

Time to choose or write answers

Speaking tests – common features • set-up of the tests

• topics chosen to meet children’s interests

• tests are scripted

• variety of materials to use

• tasks at each level are always the same

• emphasis on communication

• talk about themselves and pictures

Small picture card questions

1. What’s this?

2. Have you got/Do you like?Sare you

wearing a ….?

3. What colour is/What’s your favourite?

Flyers speaking test - Marta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5z

BBXOdd9Y

Progression up the levels

• length of test

• input from examiner

• amount of language to

produce

• assessment criteria

• cognitive challenge

• pictures more abstract

• produce questions (Flyers)

Picture books

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/starters-word-list-picture-book.pdf

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/199238-young-learners-movers-word-list-picture-book.pdf

http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/245852-yle-flyers-word-list-picture-book.pdf