Hi, looking for info for preparing my Grade 6 students for their Thai MOE national test, Foreign Language (English) section. I understand they have 50 minutes to complete the test. What is the breakdown? 10 minutes for conversation, 20 minutes for Grammar and Vocab, etc.?

5 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Hi, looking for info for preparing my Grade 6 students for their Thai MOE national test. I understand they have 60-90 minutes to complete the test. What is the breakdown? 10 minutes for conversation, 20 minutes for Grammar and Vocab, etc.?

How can you prepare them if you don't know what they are supposed to know?

1 minute ago, Photoguy21 said:

How can you prepare them if you don't know what they are supposed to know?

There are PLENTY of practice tests available. I just want to know what sections to place the most emphasis.

 

For example, (and these are all word problems), there are questions about map reading, graph reading, conversation, everyday situations, etc.

1 minute ago, HappyExpat57 said:

There are PLENTY of practice tests available. I just want to know what sections to place the most emphasis.

 

For example, (and these are all word problems), there are questions about map reading, graph reading, conversation, everyday situations, etc.

I think it would be prudent to get the students comfortable with all of the tests. Normally you will not have indication what they will test on, just that it will be on parts that have been covered in the overall requirements.

On 5/13/2025 at 2:40 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

There are PLENTY of practice tests available. I just want to know what sections to place the most emphasis.

 

For example, (and these are all word problems), there are questions about map reading, graph reading, conversation, everyday situations, etc.

Maybe a bit late with my reply, but this site has the "real" P6 ONET exam from 2566 (2 years ago).

This should give you a good idea on the breakdown (No listening, all multi-guess).

One of the interesting questions in it, which we wouldn't usually teach was:



I mentioned something in passing to my P5 students about this last week (prior to seeing the above question), but I think I'll have to go into more detail about it at some point (I didn't realize it was only for yes/no questions & question tags).

6 hours ago, SlyAnimal said:

Maybe a bit late with my reply, but this site has the "real" P6 ONET exam from 2566 (2 years ago).

This should give you a good idea on the breakdown (No listening, all multi-guess).

One of the interesting questions in it, which we wouldn't usually teach was:



I mentioned something in passing to my P5 students about this last week (prior to seeing the above question), but I think I'll have to go into more detail about it at some point (I didn't realize it was only for yes/no questions & question tags).

Thanks. After more digging, I'm finding the answer to my question is the test questions are evenly distributed between topics. The American schools are getting ready for summer break, and when they get back I will ask a teacher or two I know there to give their students a 20-question quiz sampled from these tests. I suspect native speakers won't do much better, these questions are often ambiguous with no clear correct answer. I spoke with the director of the school who was trained at a University in London, and she understands my frustration. She admitted it's a general flaw in the overall Thai educational system. Multi-guess is the perfect description!