如何在口语测试中落实英语学科核心素养

【摘 要】本文以一次9年级期末英语口试测试为例，分析了语言能力、文化意识、思维品质和学习能力在口语试题命制中的落实情况，并对英语口语测试题的命制提出了反思和建议。

【关键词】测试评价;英语学科核心素养;命题;口语

【中图分类号】G633.4  【文献标志码】A  【文章编号】1005-6009（2019）83-0045-03

【作者简介】连凯，南京外国语学校（南京，210008）副校长，高级教师，南京市学科带头人。

在《中国学生发展核心素养》和《普通高中英语课程标准（2017年版）》（以下简称“2017年版课标”）相继颁布后，我国基础教育课程改革逐步迈向“核心素养”时代。笔者认为，落实英语学科核心素养不仅需要关注教学，也需要关注评价方式。英语口语测试（以下简称“口试”）是对学生的英语综合能力进行检测的一种直接方式。本文以我校的一次9年级期末口试为例，分析学科核心素养在口试中的落实。

一、 试题的设计思路

本次口试题由9年级组英语教师负责命制，检查该年级学生的英语口语能力是否已达到《义务教育英语课程标准（2011年版）》（以下简称“2011年版课标”）的五级水平，即“能就简单的话题提供信息，表达简单的观点和意见，参与讨论;能与他人沟通信息，合作完成任务;能在口头表达中进行适当的自我修正;能有效地询问信息和请求帮助;能根据话题进行情景对话;能用英语表演短句;能在以上口语活动中做到语音、语调自然，语气恰当”。

命题教师选择了一篇内容为尊重人与人之间差异的文章，依据9年级考生的教学实际，将语篇的文字难度进行了加工，确保口试的实际考查情况与所要考查的语言知识、技能和综合语言能力具有最大程度的相关性、代表性。口试总分值为20分，分为3项任务，分别是朗读文章（5分）、回答问题（5分）和话题简述（10分）。口试文章素材如下。

One afternoon， my son came home from school with a puzzled（困惑的）look on his face. He asked me， “Are all people the same even if their skin color is different？”

I thought for a moment， then I said， “Ill explain， if you can just wait until we make a quick stop at the supermarket. I have something interesting to show you.”

At the supermarket， I told him that we needed to buy some apples. Then we bought some red apples， green apples and yellow apples.

After arriving home， I told Adam， “Its time to answer your question.” I put one of each type of apple on the table： first a red apple， followed by a green apple and then a yellow apple. Then I looked at Adam， who was sitting on the other side of the table.

“Adam， people are just like apples. They come in all different colors， shapes and sizes. See， some of the apples are bruised（有壓痕）. On the outside， they may not even look as delicious as the others.” As I was talking， Adam was looking at each one carefully.

Then， I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them， placing them back on the table， but in a different place.

“Okay， Adam，tell me which one is the red apple， the green apple and the yellow apple.”

He said，“I cant tell. They all look the same now.”

“Take a bite（咬）of each one. See if that helps you find out which one is which.”

He took big bites， and then a huge smile came across his face.“People are just like apples！ They are all different， but once you take off the outside， theyre pretty much the same on the inside.”

“Right.”I agreed，“Just like how everyone has their own personality（个性）but are still basically the same.”