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 →15 mins

Conversation assignment (conversation with another student) 

Pre-conditions

Your presentation and conversation are in English, 

Minimum of 80% is realised (each assignment is seperate) 7/9

Your speaking time is between 5-7 minutes (B1)

Questions aren't included in your 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)

Rubric - Vocabulary

B1

Show a wide range of vocabulary for familiar topics

Simple prepositional phrases are correct 

  

Rubric - Strategies

B1

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

Can switch between speaking- and conversation tactics

Rubric - Fluency

B1

Shorter sentences are fluent, more complex can have more pauses

Rubric - Grammar

B1

Word order, more common grammar tenses and articles are correct

Majority of degrees of comparison are correct

Infinitives are correct (to ... )

Rubric - Pronunciation 

B1

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

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...