Designing Assessment Task: Imitative Speaking

During the years since audio-lingual method, repeating sounds, words, or phrases has been considered fruitless.

Scoring scale for repetition tasks

2 Acceptable pronunciation

1 Comprehensible, partially

0 Silence, incorrect pronunciation

However, let’s take into account the longer stretch of language, the more possibility for error.

Phonepass Test

This type of test elicits computers assisted oral production and test takers read aloud, repeat sentences, say words and answer questions. The scores are calculated by a computer and the score will be based on the same score of pronunciation, reading fluency, repeat accuracy, etc.