What happens if the child has no answers during the speaking test? Does the teacher transcribe what the student says for the speaking sub-test?
The teacher should first prompt the student to try to elicit a response. If a student does not answer a Speaking question at all (even after prompting), the student would receive a rubric score of “0”:”the student gives no response”. The teacher should proceed to ask the remaining questions in the Speaking tests. All five questions must be asked. The teacher scores the test “on the spot” using the Speaking Score sheet, but does not need to transcribe what the student says.
