ORAL EXAM - XI & XII

Maharashtra State Board Of Secondary And Higher Secondary Education Pune.

      ORAL EXAMINATION

                     Sub -  English 

                   Class - XI & XII

                    Marks - 20

Activities	Marks
Listening skill test	10
Speaking skill test	10

🟣  Testing Listening ( 10 Marks ) 

            ( Any Two Activities )

🗨️  Activity no. 1: Listen to a short sentence (05)

🗨️  Activity no. 2: Listen to a short poem   (05)

🗨️  Activity no. 3: Listen to a short story     (05)

    

Activity no.1 -   Listen to a short sentence

🗨️ The teacher will read out a sentence loudly

🗨️ Students will listen carefully and write the sentence correctly

🗨️ Words and spellings are focused in this activity

🗨️ Based on accuracy and recognition of the words

                 Sample  sentences

🟣 Then I'am sure she sells seashore shells.

🟣 we will meet whether weather remains good.

🟣 Let her solve her problem later.

🟣 I don't know why I scream on seeing ice- cream.

🟣 He was wandering to find some wonderful things.

Activity no. 2 - Listen to a short poem

🗨️ The teacher will read out a short poem loudly

🗨️ Students will listen the poem carefully and write the short summary  / Gist / Theme / Central idea

🗨️ Students will also write the figures of speech,rhyming words and rhyme scheme

🗨️ Poetic appreciation is focused in this activity

                         Sample poem

Down in a green and shady bed,

A modest violet grew,

Its stalk was bent, it hung its head,

As if to hide from view.

And yet it was a lovely flower,

Its colours bright and fair;

It might have graced a rosy bower,

Instead of hiding there,

🟣 Gist / Theme /Central idea - This poem reveals the modesty and obedience of the violet

🟣 Figures of speech - personification Alliteration

🟣 Rhyming words -     bed - head, grew -view, flower - bower, fair - there

🟣 Rhyme Scheme -  abab

Activity no. 3 - Listen to a short story

🗨️ The teacher will read out a short to loudly

🗨️ Student will listen the story carefully and write the theme and moral of the story

🗨️ Students will also write their own opinion regarding the story

🗨️ Students comprehension and analytical skills are focused here

                        Sample story

Ram and Shyam were friends. They lived in a village. Once they made a plan to go to a nearby city.They passed through a forest. Wild animals lived in that forest. On the way they saw a bear. Shyam was selfish. He climbed up a tree. Ram could not climb up the tree. He lay down on the ground. He held his breath.The bear smelt him and took him for a dead. He went away.Shyam  came down and asked Ram, “What was the bear saying in your ears ?”Ram replied, “He advised me to beware of friends who run away in danger."

🟣  Theme - A false friend

🟣   Moral - A friend in need is a friend indeed

🟣  My opinion -   ---------------------------------

🟣  Speaking skill  - 10 Marks

Activity no. 4 -   Testing speaking skill

🗨️  Teacher will enable the student to speak by giving any task or activity

🗨️ Student's comprehension, confidence & preparation will be tested

🗨️ Fluency, Grammar, Vocabulary, Body Language & Communicative approach will be tested

     

                  Sample Activities

🟣 Sample Activity 1-

       

Give a speech on any one of the following topics

Internet, Online education, Social media, Covid -19, Chemical fertilizers, Importance of education, science, Today's  politics, Plastic & environment, Wildlife protection etc.

🟣   Sample Activity no. 2

    Introduce Yourself :

Family background, education, hobbies, memorable event, future plans & goals etc.

🟣  Sample Activity no. 3

Narrate :

Narrate a memorable or unforgettable moment in your life or Narrate a story that you have recently read etc.

🟣  Sample Activity no. 4-

Imagine :

If I were the prime minister of india.....

If I will be an Astrologer...

If I will be a bus conductor.....    etc.

🟣 Sample Activity no. 5 -

Role playing , using proper dialogues

Perform a role of a doctor, bus conductor, bank manager, teacher, politician, beggar, businessman  etc.

🟣 Sample Activity no. 6

Arrange a group discussion by forming groups of 2-3 students. Give them any topic. Observe individually.

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