Content Examination

Examination part speaking skills

The examination part speaking skills consists of two parts:

• You will hear an open question and formulate your own answer. This part consists of 10 questions.
• You will hear and see a short sentence, followed by the first part of a sentence that you must complete. This part consists of 12 sentences.

Content ExaminationExplanation ScoreCivic Integration examinationMVV informationMarry in Thailand Examination part Knowledge of the Dutch Society (KNS). You will get to see 30 pictures, which is a selection of 100 pictures from the book “Naar Nederland”. You will get 30 minutes to for this examination part “Knowledge of the Dutch Society” will be administered through the computer. You will not speak during the KNS-part. The only thing you have to do is select the correct answer out of two answer alternatives. The questions are about:

You will have 30 minutes to complete the examination speaking skills.

The first part of the examination speaking skills consists of 10 open questions. The questions are at A1-level, have a unitary structure and are addressing familiar topics concerning your immediate living environment.

You will see a video fragment of a person who asks you one question, for example: “What kind of sport do you like?” You will then record your answer through the headphones. The recorded answer is registered and later assessed by two evaluators. You may repeat the question as often as you like and also correct the response by recording the answer again.

The second part of the examination speaking skills consists of completing 12 sentences. You will see a sentence on your screen and you will also be able to hear this sentence through your headphones. It concerns a short sentence followed by the first part of a sentence that you must complete. Together with the sentence an image will appear on your screen related to the situation represented in the sentence. An example of such a sentence is “Naima goes to the market and she buys….” you record your answer. The recorded answer is registered and later assessed by two evaluators. You may repeat the question as often as you like and also correct the response by recording the answer again.

As for the examination part reading skills you must complete both elements of the examination part speaking skills with a satisfactory result in order to be able to pass the examination. Should you fail this part you must therefore take both parts again.