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