Manuel S.

Enverga University Foundation

Lucena City, Philippines
Granted Autonomous Status
CHED CEB Res. 076-2009

Recording Activity to Test Speaking Skills

TAPESCRIPT

DON’T WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS SHEET. Practice reading and study everything
under the line below very carefully before recording it.

This is _________________________ recording the Activity to test my

(your name)
Speaking Skills in English. I am enrolled in Doctor of Philosophy in English.

Test One. I’m going to read the words below making sure that I produce the
vowel and consonant sounds correctly.

1. afternoon 6. perfect 11. jeopardy

2. crochet 7. bleach 12. stewardess
3. courage 8. faction 13. reason
4. thrust 9. meringue 14. cabin
5. bruise 10. ultimate 15. bathed

Test Two. The following words are often mis-stressed by Filipinos. Listen
carefully and find out if I am applying the primary stress on the correct
syllable.

1. semester 11. characteristic

2. ceremony 12. distribute
3. appreciate 13. benefited
4. delicacy 14. testimony
5. inevitable 15. bamboo

6. preferable 16. enamel

7. organization 17. allergy
8. Arabic 18. irritable
9. pedestal 19. carbon dioxide
10. temperature 20. noticeable

Test Three. In this part of the test, I’m going to read some noun-noun or
adjective–noun combinations and try to put primary stress on the right part
of the compound.

1. cotton dress 6. night rate

2. green house 7. silk worm
3. personal data 8. leather shoes
4. college student 9. baking powder
5. rice field 10. smoke screen

Test Four. This time, I will read some phrases and sentences making sure
that I observe proper blending of words.

1. The all-star cast 6. Meet me there.

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Lucena City, Philippines
Granted Autonomous Status
CHED CEB Res. 076-2009

2. I have done it. 7. Hang up the phone.

3. Fell off the tree. 8. last but not the least
4. a scrupulous sculpture 9. What am I supposed to say?
5. Do you want to come with us? 10. I’m going to leave now.

11. I shouldn’t have told him so.

12. Who are you with?
13. Do you have to leave?
14. Sue’s shiny shoes
15. Find out the weather.

Test Five. Now, I will read the following tongue twister to test my English
speaking ability.

If you are a fine fellow and a friend of ours,/ you would refrain from being
tough or rough with our fine feelings/ by calling us “pine pillows” when you mean
“fine fellows,”/ “prince” when you mean “friends”/ or calling our jokes “punny”/
when they are really “funny.”/ Fellows like you are liable to peel our hands in
handclasp,/ instead of feel them./ We’d be afraid to feast with you in a restaurant/
for fear you would be putting the bill over us,/ instead of footing it yourself./ You
might wish to please us/ but we think you’d fleece us.//

So, dear fumbling, faltering, unphonetical pronouncing friend,/ face the fact
and don’t fake your phonetics./ Unless you fit your teeth between your lips, you’ll
have to lap this up,/ for you can never laugh it off.

Test Six. Finally, I will introduce myself.

(Nota Bene: You may organize your thoughts by writing on a piece

of paper your description and your duties
and responsibilities at home and school.)

This is the end of my oral examination.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

University Site, Red-V, Lucena City, Philippines; Tel No. (042)710-3171; arts_mseuf@yahoo.com