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. |