DESIGNING SPEAKING TEST

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Speaking in a classroom involves the interaction between teachers and students or among the
students which depends on how classroom activities are organized. There are at least three
challenges faced by the teachers who assess speaking in the classroom i.e. determining the time
allotment, selecting assessment activities and determining evaluation criteria. Assessing speaking
in well organized or systematic ways is rarely conducted by teachers in the language classroom.
They give more concerns to assess written language. This happens because they probably don’t
receive a training on how to assess speaking or they lack of oral proficiency.
The primary aims of this paper is to describe some steps in assessing speaking which covers
some areas ; identifying purpose of the test, planning the test, designing rubrics an scoring
procedures and setting standards. Last but not least, selecting materials for speaking test is also
discussed.