The importance of different typologies of exercises and indicators for assessing speaking in the English language students´ linguistic formation in Cuba. (Original)
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assessing, speaking, skills, indicators, typologyResumo
The current conditions of the Cuban Education demand the formation of professionals able to master their future career in order to give a solution to the most frequent problems they face when beginning working. This presumes a permanent searching of updated information, either in their mother tongue or in foreign languages, especially in English; as well as a constant training and professional experience exchange at the national and international levels. It is an ambition their dynamic, independent and creative participation in the socio-economic development of the country. Therefore, once they finish university studies they should demonstrate a certain level of proficiency in the English language. This is part of a new policy carried out in Cuba. For this reason, it is necessary to assess the four aspects of verbal activity, particularly speaking, and change what it had been doing up to this moment. In this article, the authors discuss the current state of assessing the process of speaking in the Cuban schools and make a proposal of different typologies of exercises and indicators for objectively assessing English language students´ oral communication in the Cuban context.
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