AT THE END OF THE ACTIVITY, TELL STUDENTS THAT THESE ARE THE KINDS...

7. At the end of the activity, tell students that these are the kinds of questions that they will be asked in Part 4 of the Movers Speaking Test. Make sure they realise that: • questions will normally be in the present tense but sometimes they will be in the past, e.g. asking about last weekend • their answers should be short, between one and four words • if they don’t understand a question the examiner asks them they should say e.g. I don’t understand. Can you repeat, please? Again, please? Sorry? • they should say Goodbye and Thank you at the end of the test. Suggested follow-up activity Students can do a similar activity using this type of questions, but in the new activity give them a time limit to ask similar questions of each other. Students can do this in pairs. Stop the activity at the end of the time limit. Ask students to try and remember their partner’s answers and to write them down. Students check the activity by reading their texts aloud for their partner to correct as necessary. Additional information There are three aspects that are assessed in the Movers Speaking Test: • Reception – listening and interaction • Production – appropriacy, promptness and extent of response • Production – pronunciation . Each criterion carries a maximum mark of 3. In the Test, each student is taken into the examination room by an usher. The usher is someone who speaks the student’s first language and who is possibly known to the student e.g. a teacher. The usher explains the test format in the student’s mother tongue, before taking the student into the examination room and introducing him/her to the examiner. Movers is aimed at students who have some experience of speaking English and probably also have some experience of test situations. Movers builds on the foundations laid at Starters level by asking the students to give more extended responses (e.g. describing a picture) as well as showing their comprehension of what the examiner says. Candidates may be asked questions such as 'Where do you go after school?' or 'Tell me about your favourite sport.' At this level, candidates are expected to answer with greater expansion than at Starters level, and to answer reasonably promptly, although they are not penalised for taking their time to think in tasks such as Tell the Story or Find the Odd-one-out.