ENGLISH SPM 2021 1

SPEAKING ASSESSMENT
1119/3

AS A PART SPM EXAM PAPER SPEAKING

• CODE: 1119/3 • UJIAN BERTUTUR

24 MARKS TIMING
• 25% OF OVERALL ENGLISH • 13 MINUTES
SPM MARKS

FORMAT QUESTIONS
• 2 EXAMINERS • DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS
• 2 CANDIDATES (PAIRED)
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S P E A K I N G ( 111 9 / 3 )

SKILLS
SPEAKING TEST • LISTENING AND SPEAKING SKILLS

• UJIAN BERTUTUR • UNDERSTAND

• APPLY
• ANALYSE
• EVALUATE

ITEMS
• LIMITED SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE TIME
• OPEN SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE • 13 MINUTES

QUESTIONS DIFFICULTIES
• PART 1 – 4 QUESTIONS TO EACH CANDIDATE • CEFR: A1 – C1
• PART 2 – 1 QUESTION TO EACH CANDIDATE
• PART 3 – 3 QUESTIONS TO EACH CANDIDATE

SCORING
24 MARKS • ANALYTIC
• 25% OF OVERALL ENGLISH SPM GRADE • HOLISTIC
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01 05
• Ability to correspond, interact Ability to understand and give
and collaborate with people response to the different texts.
for different purposes.

06
02 Ability to express ideas,
opinions, thoughts and feelings
• Ability to understand and
imaginatively and
process information from
creatively in spoken and written
various sources.
form.

03 07
• Ability to use and present the • Ability to understand and use
information in spoken and grammar correctly and
written form. effectively.
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PART 1
• Interview.
• Familiar topic.
• 4 questions.
• Controlled, short, individual responses

PART 2
• 1 question.
• 20’s to prepare
• Individual long turn with a listening candidate response
question

PART 3
• 3 questions.
• Discussion task followed by decision question and then
further discussion task
• 20s to prepare
• Candidates discuss ALL the points
• Interlocutor asks them to choose 1
• Tense: present tense
• Advanced: combination of tenses
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Phase 1
Part 1 – Example questions
Main questions Prompts

What’s your name? (to both candidates) Should I call you …?

Thank you

Where do you live/come from? (to Candidate A) Do you live in ….?

How do you come to school? (to Candidate B) Do you come to school by…?
 
Phase 2
Now I’m going to ask you about your daily routine.

Main questions Prompts

What do you normally do after you wake up? What is the first thing you do every day?

What do you usually do after coming back from school? What do you do when you get home from school
every day?

How do you spend your leisure time? What do you do when you have free time?

What do you do on Friday/Saturday/Sunday?

What do you do on weekends?
 
 
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GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY • PRESENT TENSE
• I like to go…
• Transport (car, bicycle, bike, boat)
• Daily routine (go to school, wake up
early, have lunch, go to bed, do
homework)
• Hobbies (travelling, camping, playing
guitar, reading novel)
• Likes and dislikes (“I love eating ice- ADVERB OF FREQUENCY
cream.”)
• I always eat…
• Free time activities (go for a walk, go
shopping, go fishing)
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SPM SPEAKING TEST FORMAT (PART 1)
Task Format Candidate Output
 Part
Interaction Discourse
Input Functions
Pattern Features
Part 1 Interlocutor Interlocutor Responding to Giving factual
  interviews frame provides questions information about self
Interview candidates all questions (bio data)
  for Talking about present
3-4 interlocutor. circumstances
minutes Expressing opinions
Explaining and giving
reasons
Talking about future
plans
Talking about past
experience
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Part 2 – Example task

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GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY • PAST TENSES
• I had my celebration at...We
• Celebrations and activities
ate the cake while we were
• Likes and dislikes
watching...
• Opinions
• PRESENT TENSE
• Family celebrations are
important because...

EXPRESSIONS
• REASONS (...because...)
• OPINIONS (...I think...)
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SPM SPEAKING TEST FORMAT (PART 2)

Task Format Candidate Output

 Part
Interaction
Pattern Input Discourse Features Functions

Part 2 An individual Spoken rubrics. Sustaining a long Talking about past /

  long-turn task Written prompts turn. present / future
Individual (1 minute) with given in Managing experience.
long-turn task a listening candidate discourse: Explaining and giving
  candidate booklet. Coherence/clarity reasons.
3-4 minutes response of message. Expressing and justifying
question (20 Organisation of opinions.
seconds). ideas. Describing people,
Accuracy and places and situations.
appropriacy of
linguistic resources.
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Part 3 – Example task

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TURN TAKING GRAMMAR

• USE QUESTIONS • PRESENT TENSE
• What do you think? • It is…

MOVING THE DISCUSSION

• USE QUESTIONS
LANGUAGE
• What do you think of this one?
• AGREEING AND DISAGREEING
• I'm not sure about that..

OPENING AND CLOSING

A DISCUSSION
• So let's talk about...
• I think we finished…
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SPM SPEAKING TEST FORMAT (PART 3)

Task Format Candidate Output

 
Part Interaction
Pattern Input Discourse Features Functions
Part 3 Candidates Candidates Turn-taking and Explaining and giving
  discuss a task are given a responding reasons.
Discussion based on a topic with a appropriately. Exchanging information
task mind-map. central focus Negotiating. and opinions.
  Then they question and Initiating. Expressing and justifying
4-5 minutes have a surrounding Developing topics. opinions.
decision ideas to help   Negotiating agreement.
question to them. Making and responding
discuss.   to suggestions.
    Discussing alternatives.
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COMMUNICATIVE
GRAMMAR VOCABULARY COMPETENCE

01 02 03 04 05
GRAMMATICAL RANGE FLUENCY INTERACTION COHENRENCE
ACCURACY
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BE PREPARED FOR THE TEST

• Knowing what to expect in the test SPEAK CLEARLY

will make you feel more confident • Make sure examiners could
• understanding what you need to do in heard your voice and word
will help you make sure you meet the clearly to avoid confusion.
requirements to pass.

LEARN SOME SPECIALISED VOCABULARY

RELATED TO YOUR LIFE AND INTERESTS
MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
• For example, compare these two statements:
• Make sure you listen to the • “I have a pet dog. She stays with someone
questions or read them when I am at work.”
carefully and answer all the • “I have a golden retriever. She stays with a
points needed dog sitter when I am at work.”

Practice makes perfect

CONTROL YOUR FEELINGS
• It's best to practice with a
• Nervousness could effect
classmate familiar with the
your confidence and voice terms and concepts that
projection. could appear on the test
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THANK YOU