SPEAKING SKILL ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Abstract. This paper describes the idea of developing an instrument for assessing speaking skills in German speaking skill courses for beginners (Sprechfertigkeit für Anfänger). The speaking skill assessment instrument used in the German Language Study Program, Language and Arts Faculty, Medan State University still refers to the speaking skill assessment instrument issued by the European Goethe Institut-GER. The instrument only assesses aspects of speaking skill, but has not assessed aspects of student character values. In accordance with the prevailing assessment rules at the State University of Medan which must include character assessment, it is necessary to develop a speaking skill assessment instrument by incorporating an attitude assessment prepared in the assessment rubric. The presentation in this paper contains: 1) background of the development of speaking skill assessment instruments, 2) instruments of assessment of speaking skills, 3) integration of attitude assessment into instruments of assessment of speaking skills.