Section outline
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High level response (2)
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- Whole test - click to listen
- Whole test - click to listen
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Moderator comments - Part 1 Presentation
Conduct of the testAs well as announcing the centre and the candidate details, the teacher/examiner starts the test in the target language by saying ‘Now let’s start Part 1.’ This is a brief and clear start to the test making it clear to the candidate that the test has started.
Candidate response
- The candidate choses ‘healthy diet’ as the topic for her presentation. She starts with some common issues that exist among young people’s diet, analyses what kind of results this would lead to, and then gives constructive suggestions of what types of food and drink will contribute to a healthy diet.
- The content of the presentation is full, well-organised and very convincing. The candidate hesitates in a few places so the performance is in the top category of Content and Presentation but achieves 9 marks rather than the full 10 marks which are available. Plenty of advanced vocabulary and structures are used throughout, such as 一旦…就, 对…有意义，则，却，综上所述，为了，etc, so full marks are awarded for both vocabulary and structures.
Content and Presentation = 9 out of 10Vocabulary = 5 out of 5Structures = 5 out of 5
Total mark awarded = 19 out of 20
Moderator comments - Part 2 Topic conversationConduct of the testThe teacher/examiner continues to Part 2 by asking the first question which links to the candidate’s personal experience, followed by the question asking for opinions on fast food.
The question ‘What if the price of fast food goes up by 50%?’ provides the opportunity for the candidate to defend her own view. The rest of the questions lead the candidate on to talk about the solutions from different levels of audience, such as the government, school and parents, etc.
Candidate response
- The candidate responds well to the first question and copes reasonably well with change in direction of the conversation (‘people still eat fast food even if the price goes up by 50% because it’s convenient’).
- For the rest of the questions, the candidate is reasonably forthcoming but tends to follow examiner’s lead.
- The structures are consistently accurate and smooth, such as 随着，是因为，为了，让，或者，吃多还是吃少，…又…, etc.
- Vocabulary is sufficient but could be wider in the answer to the question ‘肥胖症带来哪些身心问题’.
Comprehension and Responsiveness = 8 out of 10Vocabulary = 4 out of 5Structures = 5 out of 5
Total mark awarded = 17 out of 20
Moderator comments - Part 3 General conversationConduct of the testThe teacher/examiner made the clear transition but also mentioned the two Topic Areas to discuss in this part, which gave the candidate a clear guideline.
Candidate response- The candidate’s responses are natural and spontaneous, they are able to give extended answers to most of the questions.
- The structures are consistently well performed, such as 聊得来，就是…的话，可能因为…吧，从外表上看，在…之前，就像，跟着…走，而，而且，etc.
- There is some good use of vocabulary, such as 三观合，冲动，纠正，患上忧郁症，限制，文化习俗，风土人情，时尚, etc.
Comprehension and Responsiveness = 9 out of 10Vocabulary = 5 out of 5Structures = 5 out of 5
Total mark awarded = 19 out of 20
Moderator comments (Whole test)How the teacher/examiner performance could improve
- Some questions in Part 3 were a little closed-ended such as ‘你去过北京吗？’ However, the candidate managed to improve this by saying ‘I haven’t been to but I have heard of…..’
- The other question ‘Tell me one destination you considered as the heaven of delicacy and shopping’ was more open, and the candidate performed well by expressing her view and justified the reasons.
How the candidate performance could improve
- In the second part of Topic Conversation, the candidate could have used a rephrasing strategy to talk a bit more on 均衡的饮食 and to give examples.
- The performance would have been better, if the candidate had extended her answers to mental health linked to 肥胖症 or in general.
Total mark awarded = 55 out of 60
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