The b level speaking test assessing oral production

Part 1, ‘Task completion’, focuses on the extent to which the candidates 

have completed the set tasks. This part includes criteria which have to do 

with the degree to which the candidates responded appropriately and 

achieved the communicative purpose of the task. Candidates’ performance is 

assessed separately for each task. 

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Part 2, focuses on overall language performance and consists of criteria 

which focus on the quality of language output. The 6 criteria which make up 

this part relate to the candidates’ performance as a whole during the test. 

 

The B level Oral Assessment Rating Scale (see Appendix 5) consists of the following 

two parts: