Taklimat Speaking 2022
Taklimat Speaking 2022
Taklimat Speaking 2022
(1119/3)
By teacher Najmie
SPM SPEAKING TEST
OVERVIEW
• The Speaking test is taken by all Form 5 students and constitutes 25% of their overall
candidate grade (the other papers, i.e. Reading and Use of English, Listening and
Writing also being worth 25% each).
• The SPM Speaking test is paired format, i.e. 2 candidates take
the tests together.
• There are two examiners present during the test: the Interlocutor
and the Assessor who mark the test in situ.
• The Speaking test has three sections, all aimed at the A2-C1 CEFR range, with a
variety of tasks to elicit different types of spoken language.
• The duration of the test is approximately 13 minutes.
SPM SPEAKING TEST
FORMAT
The underpinning format of the test is designed to put candidates at ease by starting off with
more support from the examiner and then moving on to be less controlled, i.e.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 1 Individual long
Discussion task
Controlled, short, turn with a
followed by
individual listening
decision question
responses candidate
and then further
response
discussion task
question
What’s your name? (to both candidates) Thank you Should I call you …?
Phase 2
Now I’m going to ask you about your daily routine.
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 What do you do when you have free time?
What do you do on
on weekends? Friday/Saturday/Sunday?
SPM SPEAKING TEST FORMAT (PART
2)
Task Format Candidate Output
Part
Interaction Discourse
Input Functions
Pattern Features
• Extension question
In what ways does advertising on social
media influence people’s buying behaviour?
PART 3 – EXAMPLE
TASK