Speaking- and Conversations B1/B2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Speaking- and Conversations B1/B2

Content

What to expect

Pre-conditions

Rubric

Common mistakes

What to expect

B1 → 20 minutes exam → 2 assignments

Speaking assignment (presentation about your internship)

Conversation assignment (conversation about collaboration) 

B2 → 20 minutes exam → 2 assignments

Speaking assignment (presentation about your internship)

Conversation assignment (conversation about a complaint) 

Pre-conditions

Your presentation/conversation are in English, 

whatever language the case uses

Minimum of 80% is realised (each assignment is seperate)

Your speaking time is between 5-7 minutes (B1), and 6-8 minutes (B2)

Questions aren't included in your time

Conversation doesn't have a set time, make sure you show enough of your language abilities to get marked. 

Rubric

Cohesion and connectors

Vocabulary

Strategies

Fluency

Grammar

Pronunciation

Approach

Rubric - Cohesion and connectors

B1

You're able to make speech coherent with connectors and linking words

Make references in your speech (to the past and future)

B2

You're able to make references (simple and complex)

Show thematic orders, chronological order and structure

Use more complex linking words

Rubric - Vocabulary

B1

Show a wide range of vocabulary for familiar topics

Simple prepositional phrases are correct 

  

B2

Show a wide range of vocabulary for familiar and unfamiliar topics

Both prepositional phrases and articles are used correctly

Rubric - Strategies

B1

Can keep a presentation/conversation going, can repeat where necessary

Can switch between speaking- and conversation tactics

B2

Show more flexibility in conversations

Can paraphrase with a lack of vocabulary

Can show nuanced ways to rephrase 

Rubric - Fluency

B1

Shorter sentences are fluent, more complex can have more pauses

B2

Flunecy is consistent, hardly any pauses occur

Rubric - Grammar

B1

Word order, more common grammar tenses and articles are correct

Majority of degrees of comparison are correct

Infinitives are correct (to ... )

B2

Word order, grammar tenses are correct, even with more complex ones

Degrees of comparison are correct

Rubric - Pronunciation 

B1

You're clearly understood, shows a clear accent, mistakes in pronunciation are present | natural, clear intonation and pronunciation

B2

Pronunciation is clear, correct and shows intonation

Pronunciation is natural, shows variation

Can create emphasis to show nuance

Rubric - Approach 

B1

You know how to approach someone according to the context 

(Introduction, thank you, closing off, ect.)

B2

You know how to address someone according to the case

Language is flexible, ambiguous and uses humor

Common mistakes

• Time crunch 
• Lack of cohesion
• Wrong grammar tenses
• Lack of approach, especially at the end
•  Word usage (translation)
• Passive, lack of reaction, wait-and-see
• Including questions...