Oral assessment tasks and criteria
Please click on the links in the matrix below to view information on each common oral assessment task.
The TEAL text framework explains the nature of informative, imaginative and persuasive texts.
| Task Name |
Informative |
Imaginative |
Persuasive |
| Task 1: My weekend |
A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
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| Task 2: What did you have for lunch? |
A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
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| Task 3: Story retell |
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A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
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| Task 4: How to make an origami dog |
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A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
| Task 5: Building a bridge |
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A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
| Task 6: What I learn at school |
A1, A2, B1, B2, C1, C2 |
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| Task 7: Playing a card game: Go Fish |
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A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, SL, C1, C2 |
| Task 8: Picture sequence narrative |
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A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
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| Task 9: Animal chat |
A1, A2, BL, B1, B2, CL, C1, C2 |
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| Task 10: Interpreting a graph |
B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3 |
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| Task 11: Report on some recent learning |
B2, B3, S2, C3, C4 |
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| Task 12: Retelling a folk story |
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BL, B1, B2, B3, CL, C1, C2, C3 |
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| Task 13: Choosing a gift for a character |
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B2, B3, C2, C3, C4 |
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| Task 14: Description of a cycle |
A2, B1, B2, B3, C1 , C2, C3 |
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| Task 15: Survival items |
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C2, C3, C4 |
| Task 16: Note taking from a telephone conversation |
C2, C3, C4 |
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| Task 17: If I won a million dollars |
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B2, B3, C2, C3, C4 |
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| Task 18: Role play: Giving advice to a friend |
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B2, B3, C2, C3, C4 |
| Task 19: A book or film review |
B3, C2, C3, C4 |
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| Task 20: A sales talk |
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B3, C2, C3, C4 |
| Task 21: Job interview role play |
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B3, C2, C3, C4 |
| 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. You can read more about these connections at The connection between TEAL oral and writing tasks. |
