Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2019
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Reading Aloud
BC Descriptor Score Descriptor
Level
• Reads fluently and clearly with appropriate pausing and
Reading Aloud 4
intonation
Showing a basic • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
understanding
of short, simple
and familiar 3 • Reads fluently and clearly
texts by reading • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
aloud the texts
clearly and 2 • Reads quite clearly
comprehensibly • Makes some mistakes in pronunciation
(KS, ES)
1 • Reads hesitantly with many mistakes in pronunciation
• Skips words or phrases occasionally
0 • Reads only a few words
1
Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2019
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Expression of Personal Experiences
BC Descriptor Score Descriptor Remark
Level
Personal 4 • Provides relevant answers to most • *Although
Experiences of the questions* and gives ‘Yes/No’ questions
elaboration to some of the questions can be used to
Providing • Responds to most of the questions* prompt students,
short answers naturally and readily they are not
to short and counted if students
simple merely provide
questions 3 • Provides relevant answers to most ‘Yes/No’ answers
(IS, KS, ES) of the questions* with no or little without
prompting elaboration.
• Responds to most of the questions*
naturally • Do not penalize
students for
pronunciation or
2 • Provides brief answers to some of grammatical
the questions* with some prompting mistakes that do
• Responds to some of the questions not interfere with
hesitantly the communication
of ideas.
1 • Provides brief answers to at least
two questions* but with difficulty
• Responds to most of the questions
hesitantly
0 • Gives one or no comprehensible
responses to the questions*
• Gives irrelevant answers to most of
the questions
2
Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2019
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Picture Description
BC Descriptor Score Descriptor Remark
Level
• Provides relevant answers to most
Content 4
of the questions* and gives
• *Although
‘Yes/No’
Providing short elaboration to some of the questions
questions can
answers to short • Responds to most of the questions* be used to
and simple naturally and readily prompt
questions
• Provides relevant answers to most students, they
(IS, KS, ES) 3
of the questions* with no or little are not counted
prompting if students
• Responds to most of the questions* merely provide
naturally ‘Yes/No’
answers without
2 • Provides brief answers to some of elaboration.
the questions* with some prompting
• Responds to some of the questions • Do not penalize
hesitantly students for
pronunciation
1 • Provides brief answers to at least or grammatical
two questions* but with difficulty mistakes that do
• Responds to most of the questions not interfere
hesitantly with the
communication
0 • Gives one or no comprehensible
of ideas.
responses to the questions*
• Gives irrelevant answers to most of
the questions
• Speaks clearly and readily with very
Pronunciation 2
few mistakes in pronunciation
Pronouncing
1 • Speaks quite clearly despite a few
simple and
mistakes in pronunciation
familiar words
comprehensibly • Speaks unclearly with many
0
(KS) mistakes in pronunciation
