Connections between the writing and oral tasks

A number of TEAL common assessment tasks relate to other TEAL tasks, so you can explore similarities and differences in EAL learners’ English language skills in different modes, such as speaking and writing, and so that you can explore how well students might perform when working with different text types on a given topic, or the same text type on different topics.

For more information on tasks related to particular activities, look at the ‘Task information’ and the ‘Nature and purpose of the task’ sections for each task.

You can also use the information in the table below when using the TEAL Common Oral and Writing Assessment Tools to plan units of work for your students.

Macrofunction	Writing task	Oral task	Comments
Informative	Task 1: My weekend	Task 1: My weekend	Students describe what they did on the weekend in spoken and oral modes.
Imaginative	Task 5: Story retell Task 16: A ghost story	Task 3: Story retell Task 12: Retelling a folk story or legend	Students retell a narrative by either writing or speaking to an audience.
Persuasive	Task 4: How to make an origami dog	Task 4: How to make an origami dog Task 7: Playing a card game	Students give instructions about how to complete a task.
Informative	Task 17: What I learn at school	Task 6: What I learn at school Task 11: Report on recent learning	Students report on something they have recently learned at school.
Persuasive	Task 11: Job application	Task 21: Job interview role play	Students write an application for an advertised job, and are involved in a role play job interview.
Informative	Task 21: An explanation of the water cycle	Task 14: Description of a cycle	Students talk or write an explanation about a cycle with which they are familiar.
Persuasive	Task 14: Writing an advertisement	Task 20: A sales talk	Students try to sell an item, either by writing an advertisement or giving a sales talk.
Informative	Task 18: Information report on a given survey	Task 10: Interpreting a graph	Students describe some information presented in a graph or diagram.
Imaginative	Task 19: A book review Task 20: A film review	Task 19: A book or film review	Students write or talk about a literary work they have recently read, viewed or studied.