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TRIPLE T ! TEACHING, TRAINING, TRANSLATION
for Effective Strategies of Sustainable Language Learning!
Session: Testing
Tests arouse fear and anxiety
Helpful
Overwhelming
Necessary evils
Have you ever asked if:*Your teaching has been effective in class * You have made good planning to reach your target* Your students have advanced in communicating the new language far enough?
• What is testing?• Tests means to check results • A wide variety of assessments • evaluating skills • achievement
TESTING should:
reflect the curriculaenhance learning promote equity be an open process promote valid inference be coherent
General division
Artificial assessments◦Scholastic Aptitude Test◦Any standardized test ◦Any publisher’s test ◦Any teacher made test.
Authentic assessments reckon with :◦The “doing” of a long-term learning experience
SAMPLE
The Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA) is a tool to measure the progress of English Language Learners (ELLs) proficiency in English; thus, ensuring the skills needed in school to achieve at high levels, academically
Why to TEST?
Purposes to:
Determine appropriate placementDiagnose problemsCheck on achievement and progress
Steps to follow in Authentic TESTING
Prepare fair testsMake them validDesign them clearMake them easy to mark/gradeForm them reliable
Types of tests
Placement testsDiagnostic testsAchievement testsProficiency tests
How to TEST?Give Ss a feel of whether
they are making progressDesign the test Suitable number of pagesWay to testTotal grading points divided equitably Material to purposeTime for answering
TimingWhat is the right time for testing?
In listening
For speaking
For reading
And writing
Different ways to test
Multiple- choiceTrue/falseMatching pictures with words/phrasesScrambled sentencesFill in the blankCloze proceduresStatement and responseUsing given wordsDictation
Multiple- choice
The multiple-choice test is a set of exercises that examines learners' ability to recognize and select the correct item in a context.
True/false
The main reason of this test is to check students' understanding after they have listened to or read a passage.
Matching pictures with words/phrases
When matching certain words or phrases with their pictures, the teacher has a suitable test of vocabulary comprehension at a very practical way.
Scrambled sentences
This is a simple exercise that can test students’ comprehension of grammar use and sentence order
Fill in the blank
A common resource of testing is to require the student to fill-in -blanks, usually with a single word
Cloze procedures
The cloze test deletes a number of words from a passage so that the student has to fill the blanks. His work has to make actual sense in the story
Statement and response
Whenever the teacher uses a statement and response way of testing, instruct students to fill-in blank places in dialogues
Using given words
You should check that learners know how to place the missing words appropriately in a passage
Dictation
It is a form of exercise in which students write something that is said by you, another student, or someone
Current Tests
TOEFL
The test of English as a Foreign Language
Used as a criterion for admission to U.S. universities. Tests
listening, reading and grammar. No test of extended writing skills
Current Tests
IELTS (British Council and Australian
Universities
International English Language Testing System
Test for non- native speakers who wish to study at a British or Australian university.
Current TestsCambridge University
Exams Syndicate
Preliminary English Test (P. E. T.) First Certificate in English (F. C. E.)
Cambridge Advanced Exam (C. A. E.) Cambridge Proficiency Exam (C. P. E.)
Teaching Knowledge Test (TKT)
Emphasis on communicative skills. Test all four skills as well as vocabulary and grammar.
Emphasis on authentic use of language. More emphasis on formal English.
The core teaching knowledge needed by teachers of any age learners.
Current Tests
Oxford University EFL Exams = Preliminary and Higher
Focus on reading and writing skills
ARELS Oral Exams = Preliminary, Higher and Diploma
Test listening and speaking