Competency 1 Oral

Interaction
Having a conversation

A conversation is not just about talking.

It is the sharing of ideas with others.
It involves much more than just saying a
few words. It also involves:

actively listening to others.

engaging with others.
participating in the entire conversation.

What is a conversation

Let others speak and finish their ideas

Add on to the ideas of others
Give examples
Be specific
Ask questions
Clarify your ideas if others do not
understand
Stay on topic

What should you do?

Interrupt others
Be rude to others
Speak only a few times and then
disappear
Raise your hand to speak
Dominate the conversation
Be scared to ask questions
Wait your turn

What shouldnt you do?

Asking a 5-Ws and H question

Agree or disagree
Ask for more information or for
clarification
Involve others (ask what they think, etc.)
Make eye contact
Lean in
Show you understand

Strategies

Participation
Content
Articulation

Interacts throughout
the discussion, using
a variety of
techniques to help
the discussion move
forward (e.g. asks
for details,
comments on what
others say).
18 20 marks
Discusses the topics
addressed in depth,
going beyond the
obvious and bringing
up new ideas or
aspects to enrich the
conversation.
AND
Considers the big
picture (e.g. states
risks involved, ethical
aspects).
18 20 marks

Interacts
throughout the
entire
conversation.

Interacts
throughout most of
the conversation.

Interacts sporadically.
OR
Speaks, but rarely interacts
with peers, if at all.

16 17 marks

14 15 marks

12 13 marks

Speaks with natural

ease and confidence
when interacting, using
language that is
accurate and idiomatic.

Expresses
messages or
responds to
others only
when
prompted.

0 - 11 marks
Discusses the
topics addressed
in a detailed
manner (e.g.
gives details,
negotiates or
clarifies
meaning).

Discusses the topics

addressed, but mostly
on a superficial level
(e.g. expresses basic
or obvious ideas).

16 17 marks

14 15 marks

Speaks with
ease and
confidence when
interacting,
using language
that is mostly
accurate and
idiomatic.

Speaks with a certain

degree of
ease/confidence when
interacting, using
language that is
somewhat accurate
and idiomatic.
Hesitations
occasionally interfere
with interaction.
7 marks

9 - 10 marks
8 marks

Mostly expresses ideas that lack

detail, are incomplete, are
repetitive, or can apply to any
topic (e.g. I think it is a good
idea; I agree).
OR
Expresses ideas that are
sometimes incomprehensible,
irrelevant to the topics, or
inappropriate.
OR
Expresses relevant ideas
but does not interact with peers.
12 13 marks

Expresses ideas
that are mostly
incomprehensibl
e, irrelevant to
the topics, or
inappropriate.

Speaks with limited ease and/or

accuracy when interacting.
Messages are understood with
some interpretation.
OR
Speaks with fluency and
accuracy, but does not interact
with peers.

Reverts to a
language other
than English
often enough
that competency
in interacting
orally in English
is not
demonstrated.
0 - 5 marks

6 marks

0 11 marks