Spoken English Final Exam

General Info

The final exam this semester will involve face-to-face interviews with each of you. It will have two parts. For the first part, I will quiz you about some of the vocabulary words we have learned this semester.  I will either show you a Chinese word then ask you to tell me the English or I will show you a picture and ask you to tell me the English name.  For the proverbs and natural speech expressions, I will read you one and ask you to explain the meaning. The vocabulary words will come from the categories listed below.

á      Proverbs

á      Weather

á      Food

á      Natural speech expressions (from Friends episodes)      

The second part of the final exam will involve another episode of Friends.  I will choose part of the script for the show, give you a little time to prepare and then ask you to read a dialogue with me. I will play one of the characters, you will play the other and I will grade you on your pronunciation. You may want to practice listening to the way they say the phrases on the TV-show to help your speech sound more natural.  Afterwards I will ask you three questions about the plot of the Friends episode, your score will be better if you answer in complete sentences. The whole examination should take about 5 minutes for each student.

Grading

            The vocabulary words will simply be graded based on how many you answer correctly.

            For the dialogue reading (pronunciation) section of the exam I will be grading on how natural your speech sounds. I will give you a little time to prepare your section so that you can say it more smoothly, but I will expect you to use the natural speech rhythms we have discussed in class (e.g. if the script says dumpinŐ donŐt pronounce dumping).

            For the last section I will just ask you some questions about the plot of the show. If I believe that you understand the plot of the show from your answer your grade will be good.

 

Links

Final exam website: http://www.nikvdp.com/spoken-english

Friends episode: http://snipurl.com/wpw0c

Script: http://snipurl.com/wpvzm

Mp3: http://www.nikvdp.com/spoken-english/final/friends.mp3

 

 

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