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Oral exams
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MsPoppins
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Oral exams
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Dear All,
I teach teenagers (12-18) and there is a part in teaching I find really hard: marking an oral exam and giving feedback to my students. I would like to ask you the procedure you use when marking an oral exam. How do you do it?
Personally, I have changed since I started teaching. At present, I always take down notes on a personal notebook and I devote one day in class to comment each of my students � performance individually. However, I feel they forget about everything I tell them immediately. I keep repeating and repeating the same guidelines once and again.
Besides, I would like to have a standardized ws that I could give them after each oral exam. I have some ideas in mind but I find it difficult to put them into a piece of paper. Do you remember if somebody has ever uploaded one of the kind? It would be nice to download it and get started to develop my own.
I feel I haven �t found a procedure I �m happy with yet. I would love to hear what you do and if it works.
Thanks a lot
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18 Feb 2010
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missveronica
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I usually prepare a grid with the things I must pay attention to so as to be as fair as possible and then I prepare a report for the kids, telling him/her shortly where it went right and where it failed
The info included is usually
PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
FLUENCY
ATTITUDE
If the oral includes a subject they have to study, such as a book or lesson I also include the KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT
If many ppl make the same mistake I make a point out of it to clarify for everyone
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18 Feb 2010
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MsPoppins
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Thanks a lot missveronica and aftab57
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18 Feb 2010
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aliciapc
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I use a modified rubrics from the example at everythinges.net, the last website aftab recommended. It �s very clear for sts to understand guidelines and check what they should improve. Or at least it works for me ...
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18 Feb 2010
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MsPoppins
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Thanks a lot aliciapc and anitarobi
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19 Feb 2010
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