Assessment
CLEAR & UNAMBIGUOUS
What is the purpose of your assessment?***************************************To evaluate of overall proficiency?
For placement of Ss?
To measure achievement within a course?
2. What are the Objectives?forms, functions, language abilities?
3. How will the test specification reflect the purpose & objectives?
How will each objective be weighted?
Points 1, 2, & 3 = ‘VALIDITY’
4. How will test tasks be selected & arranged?
• Practical• Mirror tasks practiced previously (Content
VALIDITY)• Should be able to be evaluated reliably(by T or
scorer)• Tasks authentic• Task arrangement biased for best
performance
5. What kind of scoring, feedback is expected?
• Letter grade• Holistic score• T provided Substantive washback
TYPES OF TESTS
• Aptitude• Proficiency-measure performance against a
norm(TOEFL) gate-keeping• Diagnostic-aware of errors & encourage
adoption of compensatory strategies• Placement • Achievement
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
Specifications Determined by• Objectives of Lesson, Unit, Course• Importance assigned to each objective• Tasks employed in lessons of unit/course• Extent to which assessment lends itself to
formative washback• Practicality
Midterm Exam Outline for High-IntSection A VOCABMatch word to definition(5 items)Use words in a sentence(5 items)
Section B GRAMMARError detection-underline/circle error(10 items)
Section C READING COMPREHENSION2 one-paragraph passages(4 short answer items each)
Section D WRITINGRespond to 2 paragraph article about Native Americans
Weddings
PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT
What do you want you Ss:
to be able to do?
to know?
CLASS CONTEXT:
• Intermediate Integrated Skills Class • Emphasis on Social Conversation
OBJECTIVES:1.Performance Elicited (Ss will distinguish
btw /nk/ & /ng/)2.Targeted Linguistic Domain (listening)
Form Focused Objectives(Listening and Speaking)
Ss will1.Recognize and produce tag questions, with
correct grammatical form and final intonation pattern, in simple social conversations.
2.Recognize and produce wh-information questions with correct final intonation pattern.
Communication Skills (Speaking)
Ss will3. State completed actions and events in a social
conversation4. Ask for confirmation in a social conversation5. Give opinions in an event in a social
conversation6. Produce language with contextually
appropriate intonation, stress, and rhythm
Reading Skills (simple essay or short story)Ss will7. Recognize irregular past tense of selected
verbs in an essay or short story
Writing Skills (simple essay or short story)Ss will8. Write a one-paragraph story about a simple
event in the past9. Use conjunctions so and because in a
statement of opinion
TEST SPECIFICATIONS
a. outline of test b. what skills will be testedc. what items will look like
You have: -30 minutes -12 students to assess-an integrated curriculum(all 4 skills)
Elicitation Method
ORAL(Ss listens) WRITTEN(Ss reads)
Word, pair of wordsSentence(s), questionDirectionMonologue, speechPre-recorded conversationInteractive(live) dialogue
Word, pair of wordsSentence(s), questionDirectionParagraphEssay, excerptShort story, book
Response Mode
ORAL WRITTEN
RepeatRead aloudYes/noShort responseDescribe Role-playMonologue (speech)Interactive dialogue
mark fill in the blank optionFill-in-the-blankSpell a wordDefine a term(with a phrase)Short answer (2-3 sentences)Essay
Objectives--Ss will:1. Recognize and produce tag questions, with correct
grammatical form and final intonation pattern, in simple social conversations .
2. Recognize and produce wh-information questions with correct final intonation pattern.
3. State completed actions and events in a social conversation4. Ask for confirmation in a social conversation5. Give opinions in an event in a social conversation6. Produce language with contextually appropriate intonation,
stress, and rhythm 7. Recognize irregular past tense of selected verbs in an essay
or short story8. Write a one-paragraph story about a simple event in the
past9. Use conjunctions so and because in a statement of opinion
TEST SPECIFICATIONSSpeaking(5 minutes per S on previous day)Format: Oral interview, T and STask: T asks questions of S (Objectives 3, 5 emphasis 6)Listening (10 minutes)Format: T makes audio recording in advance w/1 other voice on
it Task: 5 minimal pair items, multiple choice (Objective 1)
5 interpretation items, multiple choice (Objective 2)Reading (10 minutes)Format: cloze test items (10 total) in a story lineTask: fill-in-the-blank (Objective 7)Writing (10 minutes)Format: prompt for a topic: why I liked/didn’t like a recent TV
seriesTask: writing a short opinion paragraph (Objective 9)
Oral Interview FormatA. Warm up: questions & CommentsB. Level Check Question(OBJECTIVES: 3,5,6)1.Tell me what you did last weekend.2.Tell me about an interesting trip you took last
year.3. How did you like the TV show we saw last week?C. Probe (OBJECTIVES: 5,6)1.What is your opinion about______?(news event)2.How do you feel about______?(other news
event)D. Wind down: comments & reassurance
• Listening Part A--Listen to the recording and choosethe sentence on your test that is closest in meaningto the sentence you heard.VOICE: They sure made a mess at that party, didn’t they?S reads: a. They didn’t make a mess, did they?
b. They did make a mess, didn’t they?
• Listening Part B--Listen to the recording and choosethe sentence on your test that is closest in meaningto the sentence you heard.Voice: Where did Suleyman go after the party?S reads: a. Yes, he did.
b. Because he was tired. c. To Pelcim’s house for another party. d. He went home around eleven o’clock.
To capture only the OBJECTIVES you’ve focused on:
• Interview & Writing—Need a RUBRIC to score (holistic & a simple analytic scale)
• Listening section B—Creating/Using Audio isv logistically difficult. Read ‘VOICE’ instead.
d. Around eleven o’clock.• Interview-follow-up questions for one word or
very short answers.• Writing prompt--Name one of the characters at
the party in the sitcom we saw. Use the word so at least once and the word because at least once to tell why you did/didn’t like that person.
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