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

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