Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2012
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Reading Aloud
BC Descriptor Scoring Guide
Reading Aloud 4
Showing a basic • Reads fluently and clearly with appropriate pausing and intonation
understanding of • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
short, simple and
familiar texts by
3
reading aloud the
texts clearly and • Reads fluently and clearly
comprehensibly • Makes very few or no pronunciation mistakes
(KS, ES)
2
• Reads quite clearly
• Makes some mistakes in pronunciation
1
• Reads hesitantly with many mistakes in pronunciation
• Skips words or phrases occasionally
0
• Reads only a few words
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Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2012
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Expression of Personal Experiences
BC Descriptor Scoring Guide Remark
4
Personal • *Although ‘Yes/No’
Experiences • Provides relevant answers to most of the questions can be used
questions* and gives elaboration to some to prompt students,
Providing short they are not counted
answers to short of the questions
if students merely
and simple • Responds to most of the questions*
provide ‘Yes/No’
questions naturally and readily
answers without
(IS, KS, ES) elaboration.
3
• Do not penalize
• Provides relevant answers to most of the students for
questions* with no or little prompting pronunciation or
• Responds to most of the questions* grammatical
naturally mistakes that do not
interfere with the
communication of
2
ideas.
• Provides brief answers to some of the
questions* with some prompting
• Responds to some of the questions
hesitantly
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
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Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2012
Primary 3 English Language
Speaking
Marking Scheme
Picture Description
BC Descriptor Scoring Guide Remark
4
Content • *Although ‘Yes/No’
• Provides relevant answers to most of the questions can be used
Providing short questions* and gives elaboration to some to prompt students,
answers to short
of the questions they are not counted
and simple
• Responds to most of the questions* if students merely
questions
naturally and readily provide ‘Yes/No’
(IS, KS, ES)
answers without
3 elaboration.
• Provides relevant answers to most of the
• Do not penalize
questions* with no or little prompting
students for
• Responds to most of the questions* pronunciation or
naturally grammatical
mistakes that do not
2
interfere with the
• Provides brief answers to some of the communication of
questions* with some prompting ideas.
• Responds to some of the questions
hesitantly
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
Pronunciation 2
• Speaks clearly and readily with very few
Pronouncing
mistakes in pronunciation
simple and familiar
words 1
comprehensibly • Speaks quite clearly despite a few
(KS) mistakes in pronunciation
0
• Speaks unclearly with many mistakes in
pronunciation
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