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This paper is our attempt to determine the oral construct of the exit test through a study involving graduating students and workplace professionals. Information regarding oral tasks, minimum standards and quality expected from new graduate employees were gathered through interviews and discussions with the human resource personnel from various industries. Based on the information gathered, a pilot test of group oral interaction was designed and administered to a group of four graduating students. The interactions ofthe group were video-recorded and were then assessed by professionals from various specialisations based on their respective criteria of assessment. The professionals’responses, comments and suggestions to interview questions posed were noted. The results were analysed to establish the different categories of criteria being applied by the professionals in their assessment of the new graduates’performances. Findings show that thinking ability, interactive ability and professional image, which go beyond language skills, were other equally important criteria of assessment, besides language accuracy. From the analysis, the construct of oral communication ability for the exit test was determined, followed by the development of a six-band oral rating scale.\u003Cbr>Keywords: Oral Contruct, Exit Test, Minimum Standard Expected, Workplace Assessment Criteria, Oral Communication Ability\u003Cbr>JEL Classifications: M000 |  |  |\n\n| Research Question 1 | What criteria do employers adopt when |\n| --- | --- |\n| Research Question 2 | evaluating the quality of oral output? What is the minimum level expected for acceptance of completed oral tasks in the workplace? |\n\n\n| Student | Gender | MUET band | Faculty |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| A | Male | Band 2 | Engineering |\n| B | Male | Band 2 | Engineering |\n| C | Female | Band 4 | Management |\n| D | Male | Band 5 | Education |\n\n\n| Criteria | Description |\n| --- | --- |\n| Contribution to task | Able to analyse |\n| Interactive ability | Shows creativity of ideas Shows maturity of ideas Able to express opinion\u003Cbr>Able to convince |\n| Language | Accuracy\u003Cbr>Fluency |\n| Personality | Vocabulary Sentence variety Professional image Confidence Enthusiasm |","cbCaitvQpehu10xo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitvQpehu10xo","pdf",244323,"English","# Abstract\n## Study aim and rationale\n## Data collection and pilot test\n## Assessment criteria and rating scale","[{\"question\":\"Why does the study focus on the oral construct of an exit test?\",\"answer\":\"Exit tests to measure and inform new graduates’ communicative abilities were reported as non-existent, so the study aims to define the oral construct for such a test.\"},{\"question\":\"How were workplace expectations and minimum standards collected?\",\"answer\":\"Information on oral tasks, minimum standards, and expected quality was gathered through interviews and discussions with human resource personnel from various industries.\"},{\"question\":\"What criteria did professionals use when assessing graduates’ oral performance?\",\"answer\":\"Professionals applied categories including thinking ability, interactive ability, and professional image, in addition to language-focused criteria such as accuracy and fluency.\"}]","Determining the Oral Construct of the Test of English Communication Skills | PDF",1788347217,13]