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Follow the steps in Section A before conducting the tests. Once the tests are complete, follow the steps in Section B before you submit your marks and sample to Cambridge International for external moderation.  \nIdeally, the examiner conducting the speaking test should be a teacher at your school. Where this isnot possible and it is necessary to look for someone outside the school, select someone who is fluent in the target language, preferably with recent and relevant teaching experience and with experience of conducting other speaking tests. The person appointed must be given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the requirements of the speaking tests before conducting any tests.  \nWe recommend that one examiner conducts and assesses the speaking tests at your centre for up to 30 candidates. If you are entering more than 30 candidates and need to use more than one examiner, please follow the instructions below. If there is only one examiner in the school there is no need for internal moderation.  \nSection A: Before the speaking tests  \n• Appoint a lead examiner at your centre.  \n• The lead examiner should arrange and lead a meeting with all examiners to confirm understanding of the administration and assessment of the tests.  \n• Before the meeting, all examiners should read the syllabus document, the speaking test handbook (for IGCSE only) and a past or specimen speaking test booklet, if there is one available for the syllabus. Examiners could also listen to examples of the speaking test if they are available on the School Support Hub or take a Cambridge International online training course, with details on availability provided here.  \n• The meeting of all examiners should focus on:  \n– administering the speaking test:  \no timings in each section of the speaking test  \no candidate introductions and introductions to each section of the test  \no the type and style of questions and expected responses used in any conversation sections  \n– assessing the speaking test:  \no discuss the marking criteria to establish common understanding  \no listen to a range of sample or past speaking tests and mark them together to set the common marking standard.  \nSection B: Internal moderation after the speaking tests  \n• Each examiner should list their candidates in descending order of marks (this is called a ‘rank order’) . The candidate with the highest mark should be at the top of the list, and the candidate with the lowest mark should be at the bottom of the list.  \n• The lead examiner should then review the marking by each examiner. To do this, the lead examiner should listen to a selection of recordings marked by each examiner. The selection from each examiner should include recordings at the top, middle and bottom of the mark range at the centre.  \n• When reviewing the marking, the lead examiner should identify if there are points on the mark range where an individual examiner is not in line with the standard of the lead examiner. In such cases, the lead examiner should then expand the range of marks that they check by looking at other candidates’ work marked by that examiner.  \n– If an examiner’s marking is in line with the lead examiner’s standard, then no adjustments are required and the original examiner’s marks are the ones that the lead examiner should submit to Cambridge International.  \n– If an adjustment to an examiner’s marks is required, the lead examiner should make this adjustment to all of the marks given by that examiner in the range of marks affected. The adjusted marks are the ones that the lead examiner should submit to Cambridge International.  \nExample:  \no The examiner has marked harshly in the range 0–30 bu","cbCaidfTzioarJsW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidfTzioarJsW","pdf",203275,"English","# Section A: Before the speaking tests\n## Appoint a lead examiner and hold an examiner meeting\n## Align on administering the speaking test\n## Align on assessing and marking criteria\n# Section B: Internal moderation after the speaking tests\n## Rank order and lead examiner review\n## Adjust marks based on consistent standards\n## Record, submit marks, and upload candidate recordings","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of internal moderation for speaking tests at a centre?\",\"answer\":\"To ensure all examiners use a consistent approach when administering and assessing speaking tests, supported by clear briefing before the tests and coordinated review after the tests.\"},{\"question\":\"What should the lead examiner do before the speaking tests?\",\"answer\":\"Appoint a lead examiner and arrange a meeting with all examiners to confirm shared understanding of administration and assessment. 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