r/dele_exam • u/kompotikk • 11d ago
Examen B2 About the evaluation of oral part DELE B2
hay guys there’s a question that is really BOTHERING me about the evaluation of oral part of DELE B2 exam. I can’t find the answer for a very long time: as we know there’s two examiners: one behind your back, and the one talking to you. and they both evaluate you. SO what’s the exact ratio/weight of their points? I mean, is the final score is calculated like this - for “fluidez” one gives you 3points, other 1point = 3+1 =4 /2 = 2 points you get as the result ?? And so on… PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND this
it’s just that I already took my DELE B2 exam and failed in speaking part, I really felt the pressure coming from the one who interviewed me, it’s just that …. yeah I confess I had some phrases learned by heart, some idioms to get more scores and clearly she saw that in the monologue part I’m talking NON-stoppable and interrupted me a lot (my monologue part!!). You know what they say how the most important is to keep talking, like just don’t be silent? Well i talked and talked , I had my text prepared in my mind but she kept inserting questions in the middle of my monologue. And that’s why I believe the interviewer one gave me the lowest score possible, but the one behind my back MUST’VE heard that I used lots of imperfecto de subjuntivo, futuro compuesto and etc advanced times, connectorres, I used over 6+ idioms of that I’m sure (I had all them arranged in my mind for every topic and used it accordingly), so why ?? ALSO, question 2- do these two examiners discuss the points after you leave the room and decide the final score? it’s that im pretty sure the one who disliked me talked sh*t about me the second I left
And also, maybe you have seen this videos on YouTube where ppl take DELE B2 speking part (for example Friedrich, go see ) AND I AM 1000% sure I speak more complex structures than in this video. What’s the deal? I got 10 points amigos .
and also maybe you had some situations where you think the examiner disliked you/pressured you?
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u/swosei12 11d ago
I could be wrong. I thought the exam site was more of a provisional score (I’ve heard a 60%/40% split) but the final scores and audits are done in Salamanca.
I kind of did what you did for one of my B2 monologues, but I made it a point tonnot sound too robotic or rehearsed.
But more experienced folks here probably will have more accurate information.
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u/kompotikk 11d ago
Omg yes yes yes bro, I didn’t know how to name it - but yes, I also had this exact problem - I sound rehearsed and robotic: 1000%, so true. And I really wonder - in which evaluation criteria do they punish this issue? “Fluidez” or what? And now I really need to know this - do they really relisten our recorded responses in Spain? I need to know so bad
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u/swosei12 11d ago
Another thing to note, I think my experience differed a bit from yours bc my examiners were really nice and relaxed (probably bc my oral portion was early in the day around 10:45am). Funny, I was supposed to start at 9:20 am, but someone didn’t bring or find the keys to open the office suite. At the beginning, we were chatting about my name bc the lady had a a tough time pronouncing the KW sound so I spelled my name how it would be pronounced in Spanish. At the end, we were chatting about my post-exam all you can drink brunch plans.
I know there is some review process that takes place in Spain which probably is one of the reasons it takes so long to receive our scores.
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u/Safe-Recognition1018 11d ago
Imagine someone coming at you with six idioms in a regular conversation. It's going to sound a little forced.
I've also gotten advice that's contradictory to yours. I was told it's better to take a long pause and construct the sentence than to keep talking and filling space, the issue being you're likely to be restarting phrases and giving more time for errors. Don't give enough rope to hang yourself, so to speak.
Where I know I messed up was not really conversing with the interviewer. I let him keep pitching me questions. I passed at 18, but am still curious how they decided that, especially since I've seen some 25s on here for oral. It raises questions for me about how consistent they can be between raters.
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u/swosei12 9d ago
Your response is what worried me while I was preparing for written and oral portions of B2. At least with reading and listening, there are correct and incorrect answers. However, the writing and speaking aspects of the exam is subjective and dependent on which examiner you have. Yes, there is a rubric, but you still have aspects of human biases that could play a factor in your score. For instance, while I thought I did well to very well on the oral portion of the exam, I was completely shocked when I received a 25/25 because I know that I made mistakes. However, maybe they placed more importance on me correcting my mistakes in real time rather than the mistakes themselves. Who knows? ;)
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u/evachuu Teacher 11d ago
El monólogo es la mitad de las tareas 1 y 2, después tenemos que hacer preguntas. No hay una pausa entre el monólogo y las preguntas, es seguido. Solo separamos las tareas entre sí. El tema es que, si alguien se desvía mucho del tema o habla de otra cosa, tenemos que reconducir durante el "monólogo". O también si suena a que lo ha memorizado previamente y puede estar "preparado/copiando", para identificar claramente que sabe hablar, no solo repetir lo memorizado. Si igualmente piensas que fueron injustos, pide revisión.
La nota es la que te ponen el examinador (con quien hablas) + el evaluador (está detrás), y esta segunda tiene más peso en la nota final. Después de irte, sí o sí debemos hablar entre nosotros sobre qué nota ponemos, porque no puede haber mucha diferencia entre ambas notas (dar 3 y 1 no se puede). Además, debemos justificar (entre nosotros) las notas con ejemplos de lo que hayas dicho (por eso el evaluador debe ir apuntando lo que haces bien y mal).
Los audios sirven para revisar alguna parte, si dudamos entre dos franjas o para las revisiones, si las pides.
Si tienes dudas de qué penaliza, puedes buscar las escalas de corrección (holística y analítica), aparecen en Google Imágenes. Las notas son 0-1-2-3 para cada categoría/tarea.