A test of spoken English will be included as an optional component of the college English test. They have all taken, and are thus familiar with, English test of many kinds, but so far most of them are written ones. Have you any idea of what a spoken English test be like, and is it necessary to go to all the trouble to hold or take such a test? People differ in their answers.

Many people think it necessary. They know that although they have taken dozens, even hundreds, of English test ever since they started learning it and many have received surprisingly high marks, few of them can express themselves fluently in spoken English. And if people can’t speak it well, what’s the sense of learning it and what do those high marks mean?

As we all know many of students can speak fluency English, you cannot image such a good English speech on the stage from a middle school student, even some kindergarten kids could tell us a few fruits or animals words and some simple sentence in English.

There are, however, also people who think differently. Besides the pains in preparation for such a new kind of test, there is also the uncertainty about the reliability and objectivity of the marking system, which may depend mainly on human assessment instead of on machine scoring, as in the case of CET4 and CET6.

YLYK is on machine scoring of your reading, the teacher told us if you get 85 marks that would be great.

At the prospect of this optional test, I feel encouraged and regard it as a welcome challenge and another opportunity to improve the language ability and career opportunities, I am determined to practice my oral English more often, and if I am qualified for such test, I will not hesitate for a moment to be proud.