Module TSL3112 language Assessment Peter Wickham and Wan Zainudin Bin Wan Hassan
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Version: August 26 2013
Contents
About the Authors ................................................................................................................................... 3 About the Course TSL3112 Language Assessment .................................................................................... 3 About this Module................................................................................................................................... 4 Something to Add? .............................................................................................................................. 4 Activities in This Module ...................................................................................................................... 5 TSL3112 Language Assessment Course Pro Forma 2013 .......................................................................... 6 TSL3112 Language Assessment Topics 1-4 ............................................................................................. 10 First Steps
An Example of a Leading Student-centred Educational Learning and Assessment System .. 11 Checklists and Student Portfolios........................................................................................................... 15 Journals ................................................................................................................................................. 16 An Overview: Strengths and Weaknesses of Assessment Techniques..................................................... 20 Constructing Tests ................................................................................................................................. 26 Assessing Listening and Speaking ........................................................................................................... 27 Assessing Listening ............................................................................................................................ 27 Micro-skills of Listening.................................................................................................................. 28 Micro- and Macroskills of Listening: Richards ................................................................................. 30 Assessing Speaking ............................................................................................................................ 32 IELTS Speaking: an example of an assessment for Speaking............................................................ 35 An example Speaking assessment rubric for primary school pupils ................................................. 38 Assessing Reading ................................................................................................................................. 39 Assessing Writing .................................................................................................................................. 42 Assessing Language Arts ........................................................................................................................ 49 Types of Assessments in Language Arts ............................................................................................. 50 Practical Ideas on Alternative Assessment for ESL Students ............................................................... 51 Nonverbal Assessment Strategies .................................................................................................. 51 Oral Performances or Presentations .............................................................................................. 54 Oral and Written Products ............................................................................................................. 54 Portfolios ....................................................................................................................................... 55 Questions for Practical Ideas on Alternative Assessments .............................................................. 56
Module TSL3112 language Assessment Peter Wickham and Wan Zainudin Bin Wan Hassan
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Version: August 26 2013
Assessment of Primary School Students in Performing Arts - an informal paper ............................. 59 Article by Farr (1991) ......................................................................................................................... 63 Portfolios: Assessment in Language Arts ............................................................................................ 63 Portfolios Serve Multiple Purposes ................................................................................................ 63 Portfolios Address Language Arts Goals ......................................................................................... 64 Portfolios as Authentic Assessments .............................................................................................. 65 References for Portfolios: Assessment in Language Arts................................................................. 66
................................................................ 67 Assessment through storytelling (or writing) ..................................................................................... 69 Assessing Children as Storytellers .................................................................................................. 69 Exercise 1: ..................................................................................................................................... 74 Exercise 2: ..................................................................................................................................... 74 How and where to create portfolios .................................................................................................. 75 OpenSchool ePortfolio ................................................................................................................... 75 Internet Exercise: ........................................................................................................................... 76 Portfolio assessments ........................................................................................................................ 76 Tasks ............................................................................................................................................. 76
................................................................................................................................ 78 SOLO Taxonomy .................................................................................................................................... 80 Mean, median, Mode and Range ........................................................................................................... 82 How to Use Excel to Find the Mean, Median & Mode Ranges ............................................................ 86 Bibliography .......................................................................................................................................... 89
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