SPEAKING

Baseline: ES Level 4

ES: GLOBAL DESCRIPTION CLB: GLOBAL DESCRIPTION ES: ORAL COMMUNICATION TASKS CLB: SPEAKING TASKS
  • Communicates one-on-one on very detailed and complex matters.
  • Leads or facilitates group discussions, negotiations, mediation, instruction.
  • Presents to diverse groups.
  • Expresses opinions, recommendations, evaluations, demands or appeals in public.
  • Selects and adapts or creatively uses a wide range of formats and styles of presentation to suit purpose and audience.
  • The situation and setting may be new and unfamiliar.
  • The audience can be unfamiliar, uncooperative, challenging or hostile to the speaker.
  • Exchange is of extended duration (1 hour or more).
  • Physical conditions may seriously impede oral communication.

RISK

  • Critical resulting in: loss of life or serious injury.
  • Very significant or serious personal consequences or consequences to the speaker’s organization.
  • Language is complex; accurate (free from non-native-like errors in grammar), flexible in the manipulation of structure of information in clauses to express emphasis, comment, attitude, and in the use of “productive features” of English for creative, personal expression. (12)
  • The audience is large and unfamiliar. (11)
  • The audience exhibits various characteristics (familiar/unfamiliar, large/small, supportive/hostile, etc.). (12)
  • Uses fluent discourse with complex language in all situations. (12)
  • Creates and co-creates oral discourse, formal and informal, general or technical in own field of study or work, in a broad range of complex situations in demanding contexts of language use. (12)

LIMITATIONS

  • Satisfies most academic and work-related expectations for competent communication. (12)
  • Discourse is fluent with native-like idiomatic usage. (12)
  • Presents information to large industry groups to promote business.
  • Mediates disputes between managers of operational units, building consensus and negotiating.
  • Finds solutions to problems in such areas as staffing, compensation, job analysis or employment equity.
  • Gives a presentation that analyzes, compares and evaluates other people’s discourse.
  • Opens formal proceedings, a conference, workshop, symposium, or open house.
  • Welcomes guests/participants, establishes a climate of motivation, respect and friendly collaboration