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1. SCORED INTERVIEW
 CAROLINA SILVA
 TANIA
RODRÍGUEZ

2. Scored Interview as a Testing
Technique
Characteristics
 Assess with precision
 Oral production test
 Speaking is a complex skill
 It envolves different abilities
 Five components are analized

3. It is a free response test in which the students are allowed to
express their answers in their own words in a relatively
unstructured testing situation.
• Communicate informally on everyday subjects.

4. Scored Interview as a Testing
Technique

5. Scored Interview as a Testing
Technique
Five
Components :

6. Scored Interview as a Testing
Technique
 Sample of An ORAL-ENGLISH RATING
SHEET
Oral Language Rating Sheet - E.S.L. PROGRAM
Student___________________________________________School________________________Date____________
Teacher___________________________________________Score______________________Return by __________
Pronunciation 1
____5. Has few traces of foreign accent.
____4. Always intelligible, though one is conscious of a definite accent.
____3. Pronunciation problems necessitate concentrated listening and occasionally lead to
3 misunderstanding 2
____2. Very hard to understand because of pronunciation problems frequently be asked to repeat.
____1. Pronunciation problems so severe as to make speech unintelligible.
____0. Does not speak at all. Pronunciation cannot be measured.

7. Scored Interview as a Testing
Technique
SOME DISADVANTAGES
 WEAKNESS (Low reliability)
 General fluency of the speaker
 Short time (large classes)
 Although feedback is inmediate, it can also
represent a disadvantage
 There is no way for Reexamination

8. TYPES Of SCORED
INTERVIEW

9. Types Scored Interview
Scored Interview is divided in the following
categories:
1. Relatively unstructured interview.
2. Highly structured speech samples (generally
recorded), rated according to a specific
criteria.
3. Paper-and-pencil objective tests of
pronunciation, presumably providing indirect
evidence of speaking ability.
Taken from http://misteriyana.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/testing-oral-production.pdf)

10. 1.Relatively unstructured
interview
Is a method of interview where questions
can be changed or adapted according
with the students respondent's
intelligence, understanding or belief.
Taken from: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstructured_interview)

11. 2. Highly structured speech
samples
The following item types, illustrate techniques
which be equally appropriate in English oral
testing.
 Sentence repetition. The examinee hears and
then repeats, a series of short sentences.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1ZnKM6F24

12. Highly structured speech
samples
Reading passage.

13. Highly structured speech
samples
 Sentence conversion. The examinee
will transform sentences in specific ways.
 Sentence construction. The examinee
has to compose sentences appropriate
to specific situations.

14. Highly structured speech
samples
Response to pictorial stimuli. The
examinee will receive time to study each of
a series of pictures and them briefly
describes what is going on in each scene.

15. 3. Paper-and-pencil tests of
pronunciation
Paper-and-pencil objective tests of
pronunciation.
The characteristic item types appearing
in paper and pencil pronunciation test
are the following:
 Rhyme words
 Word stress
 Phrase Stress

16.  Example of Rhyme words.
LOOK
GOOD
 Example of Word stress
 Phrase Stress
What is your Sister's name?

17. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
1.- Decide in advance on
interview methods
and rating standards.
 Same lenght of time to the
average interview
 Same rate of speed
 Same level of difficulty in the
questions they ask
 Same general rating
standards

18. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
2.- Conduct the
interviews in some
quiet place with
suitable acoustic.
 Echoes, street noises will
impose an unfair
environment and reduce
the validity and reliability
of the interview.

19. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
3.- Reserve
sufficient time for
each interview.
 Ten to fifteen minutes
would seem essential
for each interview.

20. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
4.- Use at least two
raters for each
candidate.
 Satisfactory rater
reliability
 Avoid giving the
candidate the
impression that he is
appearing before a
panel of judges.

21. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
5.- Rate the
candidates
without reference
to other test
scores
 Candidates` scores
should be withheld
until they finish their
evaluation.

22. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
6.- Record the
ratings after the
interview.
 Scoring should be
done immediately after
the candidate leaves
the room.

23. TIPS FOR IMPROVING THE SCORED
INTERVIEW
General Procedures
7.- Obtain each
candidate`s final
score by pooling
or averaging the
two (or more)
ratings that have
been given him.
 Second evaluation

24. SUGGESTIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE
INTERVIEWS
Beginning the Interview
• Social Questions.- Help the candidate to put at
ease and determine how well he acts in a social
situation.
• Interviewer speaks at normal conversational
speed.

25. SUGGESTIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE
INTERVIEWS
Continuing the Interview
• Interviewer should move on to other areas of
discussion
• Interviewer can add some ideas about the topic
that they are discussing

26. SUGGESTIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE
INTERVIEWS
Concluding the Interview
• The interviewer feels the candidate has reached
the right proficiency level; the interview ends with
courtesy