Oral Skills Assessment
It consists of two parts, including personal presentation and group discussion, both of them are allocated 7.5% each of the total subject mark.
In the first part, personal presentation, 10 minutes preparation time is given and candidate should make a 3-minute speech based on a certain topic. Sometimes, candidate is asked for describing a picture in 3 minutes.
After the personal presentation, group discussion takes place. Group discussion normally consists of 5 candidates in a group, they have 5-minute preparation time, after preparation, each candidate has 1 minute for the first round speech, when all candidates have done their first round speech, 10 minutes time will be given and they can discuss a topic freely.
In personal presentation, some personal topics are asked and in group discussion, topics are related to major events or common issues.
Read more about this topic: Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination, The Chinese Language and Culture Examination, Paper 4
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