Abstract :
The educational system in India heavily relies on summative examinations to determine learners’
overall success in an academic year. These are conducted on two occasions – half yearly and
year-end examination. The test administration is done through paper and pencil mode which has
no scope for speaking skills. To address this issue, the government of Maharashtra (India)
introduced the internal assessment of speaking skills as a part of year-end exam. However, the
decision was revoked after 10 years of the implementation. Therefore, in this paper we present a
critical appraisal of the L2 oral assessment practices in the regional medium schools.
Keyword :
Assessment of Oral Skills, Five Principles of Assessment, Maharashtra (India)