Study the card and get ready to compare and contrast the photos. Do the task in class or record it and send it to your teacher

Task 4

Study the two photographs. In 1.5 minutes be ready to compare and contrast the photographs:

• give a brief description of the photos (action, location);
• say what the pictures have in common;
• say in what way the pictures are different;
• say which of the types of sports presented in the pictures you prefer doing;
• explain why.

You will speak for not more than 2 minutes (12-15 sentences). You have to talk continuously.

Assessment Guide

Scores: 3

Communicative task completion: The communicative task is completed, it satisfies the task criteria and covers all the aspects mentioned in the card (12-15 sentences).

Scores: 2

Communicative task completion: The communicative task is partially completed, one aspect is not covered or several aspects are not fully covered (9-11 sentences).

Cohesion and coherence: The answer is logically built, coherent and complete. There is an introduction and a conclusion, the parts are logically connected.

Lexical and grammatical side: The lexical and grammatical means satisfy the required task (there are no more than 2 minor lexical or grammatical mistakes, or no more than 2 minor pronunciation mistakes).

Scores: 1

Communicative task completion: The communicative task is incomplete, two aspects are not covered or all aspects are partially covered (6-8 sentences).

Cohesion and coherence: The answer is generally logically built and complete, but there is no introduction and/or conclusion, or the parts are not (quite) logically connected.

Lexical and grammatical side: The lexical and grammatical means generally satisfy the required task (there are no more than 4 lexical or grammatical mistakes, and no more than 2 mistakes that break the communication, or no more than 4 pronunciation mistakes and no more than 2 pronunciation mistakes that break the communication.

Scores: 0

Communicative task completion: The communicative task is less than 50% complete, three and more aspects are not covered (5 and less sentences).

Cohesion and coherence: The answer is illogically built and/or incomplete. There is no introduction and conclusion, the parts are not connected.

Lexical and grammatical side: Understanding of the answer is hard or impossible due to a large number of lexical and grammatical mistakes (5 and more), or pronunciation mistakes (5 and more) or more than 2 mistakes that break the communication.

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