Repeat accurately, describe a picture and answer aloud
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| sentence repetition | 句子复述 | jù zi fù shù |
| intelligibility | 可理解度 | kě lǐ jiě dù |
A decision before an answer
- Repeating I / me我tomorrow明天to go去school学校 as I / me我yesterday昨天to go去(completed / change)了school学校 changes time. Fluent speech does not compensate for the wrong message.
- Your goal: Repeat a short heard sentence without changing its meaning.
Read the relationship
- The new level-three oral sample has fifteen items: eight sentence repetitions, five picture descriptions and two question responses. Repetition allows ten seconds per item and picture description fifteen seconds. Each final question has three minutes of preparation and one and a half minutes to speak; the sample totals about fifteen minutes including six minutes of preparation.
- Describe visible picture actions with complete sentences.
Source: 我明天去学校。 Which preserves time?
明天 remains tomorrow; the alternatives change time or polarity.
Use the defining rule
- For repetition, listen for the whole proposition: actor, time, action and polarity. Retain the source sentence rather than translating it into a different message. Practise in meaning groups, such as I / me我tomorrow明天 / want / will / need要to go去school学校 / 参加考试, while keeping the tone and rhythm intelligible. The teacher reads unseen original sentences; showing a transcript first changes the task.
- Give a developed spoken answer within the assigned preparation and response time.
Which detail can a kitchen picture support?
Only the visible action has direct support.
Check the conditions
- For a picture, use the brief response window to identify the person, action and setting. A complete simple sentence such as 一个男孩at / in在kitchen厨房to prepare a meal做饭 is better than an unsupported biography. Add a visible detail if time allows, then stop naturally. Teachers present an original drawing, not a printed description to be read aloud.
- Give a developed spoken answer within the assigned preparation and response time.
Original question: you你to like喜欢to be at home在家to learn学习or / still还是at / in在library图书馆to learn学习？why?为什么？ Model beginning: I / me我more更to like喜欢at / in在library图书馆to learn学习，because因为there那里fairly / rather比较quiet安静。I / me我preparation准备to take an exam考试(of / 's)的time时候，会先to try to find找一个by the window (referring to…靠窗(of / 's)的seat座位，then / after然后(把: marks the object)把cell phone手机to put into放进schoolbag书包。 It answers the choice, gives a reason and adds a relevant routine. A different preference is equally valid when explained.
Complete the reason link: 我喜欢这里，____很安静。
因为 introduces the reason.
Apply the task format
- For a question response, note a main answer and two supporting details during preparation. Respond personally and coherently: preference, reason and example can develop a short answer. Do not read a full prewritten essay. Observe pronunciation, completeness, flow and task response separately; exact string matching cannot assess this oral performance.
- Give a developed spoken answer within the assigned preparation and response time.
A written answer or visible-script reading is preparation, not evidence that the learner can repeat or respond after listening.
Which answer fits this case?
Repeat a short heard sentence without changing its meaning
A preference different from the model is automatically wrong.
The task accepts a coherent personal answer supported by reasons.
Keep the distinctions
- sentence repetition sentence句子variant of 复述复述 — Orally reproducing a heard sentence with its information intact.
- intelligibility used in 可汗可to comprehend理解to estimate度 — How readily a listener understands the spoken message.
- Repeat a short heard sentence without changing its meaning.
- Describe visible picture actions with complete sentences.
- Give a developed spoken answer within the assigned preparation and response time.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.