I suggest you look up the IELTS standards or the ALTE standards (
www.alte.org) and use these to help you.
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Since I assume that they are low Beginner students, they do not need to practice their speaking skills too much
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Ouch!!! They need to practice speaking as much as possible for many reasons. Even a low beginner, for example, can give a short presentation on his home:
"I live in a big house. My house has six rooms. It has a garden. The living room is very big..." etc
The other main thing is that to measure their progress, you need to give them a pre-course test and a post-course test to show the improvement. Ideally, these two tests would be the same.
Just off the top of my head, here's a format:
Part 1: Have a list of twenty basic questions (What is your favourite food?). Ask them 10 of these questions
Part 2: Ask them to speak for one minute or as long as they can on a simple topic (my home, my family, 3 things I like to do, etc)
Part 3: Roleplay a simple conversation with them (buying something in a store)