Using the Web 2.0 for Alternative

Assessment in ELT

Cecilia Lemos - August 2011

Defining...

• What is Assessment?

• How is it different from testing?

• What do you understand by “Alternative Assessment”?

Comparing...

1. Focus on language 1. Focus on communication

2. Teacher-centered 2. Learner-centered

3. Isolated skills 3. Integrated skills

4. Emphasis on product 4. Emphasis on process

5. One-way correctness 5. Multiple solutions

6. Tests that test 6. Tests that teach

Traditional Alternative

(Richards & Renandya, 2002)

Concluding...

We are not supposed to evaluate how much information students retain but rather how

they use that information

And how can Web 2.0 toolshelp you with that?

Speaking...

• Tell your students to read a piece of news from a newspaper or news site.

• The students should choose one piece of news (or the teacher can tell them what news to read about).

• Students record their opinion about it or possible solutions (if applicable)

• Variations: film/book/restaurant reviews,

Fotobabble, Audioboo, Voicethread

Reading...

• Choose a book, short story or any text for the whole class to read

• Create a board for that reading• Students have to write favorite quotes/passages,

ask questions that come to mind while reading the text, new vocabulary they have learned

• Each type of post can have a specific color• Students have to reply to questions and posts

Linoit, Wallwisher, Pindax

Pindax (www.pindax.com)

Pindax (www.pindax.com)

Pindax (www.pindax.com)

One more for Reading...

• Choose a book, short story or any text for the whole class to read

• Create a word cloud with key words from the text• Students have to take turns choosing a word

from the cloud and saying how it’s related to the story

• Variation: Students write or record na audio file using the keywords to discuss/comment on the reading

Wordle, Tagxedo, Worditout

Listening...

• Choose na audio book or podcast of a story (or record one)

• Students have to read the story and create a comic strip retelling the story

• Variation: Give them the audio/podcast without the end of the story. Have students create the comic strip with na ending for it.

Zimmer Twins, Strip Generator

All Skills...

• After a week, month, unit or semester do some reflection in class about what they have learned

• Have students create a digital poster using Glogster about their learning during that period of time

• They can include: favorite activity, what I struggled with, a vocabulary log (with images), na audio reflection

Glogster

Any Questions?

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