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    Cambridge IGCSE™ Bahasa Indonesia 0538 (for examination from 2022)
    Speaking test administration video (Component 3 Speaking)

  • Welcome to our guide to the administration of Cambridge IGCSE Bahasa Indonesia speaking tests at your centre. 

    This video includes information from the syllabus about:

    • recording and submitting candidates' marks and work
    • internal moderation
    • external moderation 
    • how to use the Speaking assessment criteria grids.




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      The aim of this video is to give you guidance for the administration of the Speaking test. This information can be found in the syllabus and includes:

      • Recording and submitting candidates’ marks and work

      • Internal moderation

      • external moderation

      • How to use the Speaking assessment criteria grids

      Speaking tests take place before the main examination series and you can find the timetable on our public website www.cambridgeinternational.org.

      A teacher/ examiner at the centre assesses candidates using the Speaking assessment criteria grids which can be found in the syllabus.

      After the tests, the centre must send the final marks, a recorded sample of the candidates’ performances and the completed forms for external moderation, to Cambridge International before the advertised deadline.

      Further information about the administration of speaking tests is provided in the Cambridge Handbook for the relevant year.

      Recording and submitting marks and work

      You should record candidates’ marks for the Speaking test on the Oral Examination Summary Form which you should download each year from the samples database at www.cambridgeinternational.org/samples.

      The marks on this form must be identical to the marks you submit to Cambridge International.

      Each candidate's recording must be saved as a separate .mp3 file.

      You select the sample, according to the criteria below:

      · 1–16 entries: all candidates

      · 17 or more entries: the first 10 candidates by candidate number, plus six other candidates spread evenly across the mark range

      The sample should include a candidate with the highest mark and a candidate with the lowest mark. You should also include any candidates with a mark of 0 in the sample. All work which contributed to the candidates' final mark must be included.

      If more than one teacher/examiner has assessed the work, you should include an even number of examples of the marking of each teacher/examiner. All marks must be internally moderated before submission to Cambridge International.

      Send the sample to Cambridge International by the deadline specified in the database. We may request additional samples. You should retain a copy of all submitted work in case of loss or damage in transit. Please refer to the samples database for information, dates and methods of submission of candidates’ marks and work.

      Internal moderation

      If more than one teacher/examiner is marking the Speaking tests you must make arrangements to moderate your teachers’/examiners’ marking so that all candidates are assessed to a common standard. You can find further information on the process of internal moderation on the samples database .

      External moderation

      Cambridge International will externally moderate all internally assessed components.

      External moderators will produce a short report for each centre with feedback on your marking and administration of the assessment.

      Speaking assessment criteria grids

      Now we will look at how to use speaking assessment criteria grids.

      The Speaking assessment criteria grid for Part 1 and Part 2 of the speaking test can be found in the syllabus.

      The teacher/examiner should listen to the work and make a judgement about which level statement is the best fit for each of the assessment criteria.

      Marking of work should be positive, rewarding achievement where possible.

      To ensure you reward what a candidate can do rather than penalise mistakes or omissions teachers/examiners should start at the bottom of the speaking assessment criteria grid and work upwards through the descriptors.

      You must select the set of descriptors that most closely describes the quality of the work being marked.

      As you work upwards through the grid, you will eventually arrive at a set of descriptors that fits the candidate’s performance. When you reach this point, check the descriptors in the level above to confirm whether or not there is enough evidence to award a mark in the higher level.

      To select the most appropriate mark within each set of descriptors, you should use the following guidance:

      • If most of the descriptors fit the work, then award the top mark in the Level.

      • If there is just enough evidence (and you had perhaps been considering the level below), then award the lowest mark in the Level.