preparation for english tsa --speaking --listening, reading & writing
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Preparation for English TSA
--Speaking
--Listening, Reading & Writing
Speaking
• Date: 4th May 2011 (or 5th May 2011)
• Preparation Time: 2 mins.
• Assessment Time: 3 mins.
• Reading Aloud
• Expression of Personal Experiences
• Picture Description
• Reading Aloud----Example 1
Example 2
• Expression of Personal Experiences
Example
• Picture Description
• Example 2
• Example 3
• Example 4
Students with best performance in Speaking:
• Give relevant answer with some elaboration
• Give answers to “Why” / “Why not” questions.
• Speak clearly and readily with just a few pronunciation mistakes.
Listening, Reading & Writing
• Written Tests (紙筆評估 )• Date: 16th June 2010 (or 17th June 2010)
• Listening assessment: around 25 mins.• Reading & Writing Assessments: 25 mins.
• “OSM” • barcode labels
Listening
Listening• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
Reading
• Comprehension: In Context 3 parts
• --posters / food menu / notice / book cover / table of content / letter / table (time-table) / short story / calendar / a club-house leaflet / poem / guessing a riddle / postcard / birthday card / …
• Reading ----Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
• More difficult questions:
• Maths? / common sense?
Writing
• Write a short story based on given pictures
OR
• Write a letter about a topic with the help of given prompts (a few words / a mind map)
• Example 1 --- Writing – The School Picnic
• Example 2---Writing --- “The Frog”
Daily Assessment (homework)Writing
• Description of an animal
• Responding to descriptions of characters:
• Completing a story
• Description of a good friend
• In tests / exams
Some tips on Studying• note book
• Grammar Book and supp. worksheets
• Do more exercises
• Read extensively
(Broaden the horizon,
build interest + confidence,
widen the range of vocab.)
• Train reading speed, guess the meanings
• Silent reading + reading aloud
• Re-checking all the answers in tests/ exams:
– All questions completed? (read the Rubrics of questions)
– Answers correct?– Grammar (tense / preposition etc.)– Spelling– Punctuation
• For more details, please refer to