I would really appreciate hearing from any teachers who like me are having problems with the results of  Speaking exams particullarly the PET one.

I have been preparing 16-17 year-olds for over 10 years so I think I can safely say that I have a pretty good idea how they will get on in this exam. Obviously nerves play an important role. however,up to now this has not been a significant problem.

The reults from the last few sessions have all been in the 'Weak-Borderline' band. This is very strange as I know my students are ahead of this level (some of them were children of mother tongue teachers)

It appears that if you want to complain, it is a very expensive procedure and the local centre (mine in particular) seem unable to do anything as the examiners are all external.

I'd love to know what happens to these results. Are they given the final mark on site or is it Cambridge that decide from the examiners assessment. Whatever the case, we teachers have absolutely no way of knowing what happens to our students and exactly how they perform inside the examining room. This is very unfair and as there is very little feedback (something written after a year!) we have no way of  adjusting our methods.

I have heard from one or two teachers who are having the same problem (in Italy) but I would like to hear some comments (even from examiners!).

I watched the video on the Cambridge site ('What we do') and the level of the PET examinees did not appear to be so difficult)

I'd appreciate any help