The document discusses testing strategies for young learners aged 5 to 12, emphasizing the integration of testing within the teaching program and the importance of immediate feedback and self-assessment. It outlines particular demands for tests, such as a relaxed setting and the use of varied, engaging tasks like stories and games. Recommended techniques for testing different skills include interactive and visually appealing tasks tailored to the learners' comprehension levels.
Overview of testing approaches for ages 5-12, highlighting integration of testing with teaching.
Various techniques recommended for assessing listening, reading, writing, oral skills, and interaction.Testing oral skills through description tasks, image association, and interaction activities.
General approach
Young learners:from 5 to 12
Not everyone does it.
Why?
Benefices of the program.
Common yardstick (For comparing results).
Positive attitudes towards language
learning.
4.
General approach
Recommendations:
1. Integratetesting in assessing and
assessing in the teaching programme.
2. Immediate and positive feedback.
3. Student self assessment (monitoring their
own progress)
4. Conditions to perform at their best.
5.
Particular demands fortests
Relaxed setting.
Valid and reliable.
Special features:
Brief and varied tasks.
Tasks with stories and games.
Pictures attractive typography
and color.
Tasks they can handle
in their L1.
Involve interaction tasks.
Integrated-skills task.
Recommended techniques:
Testing OralAbility
Questions about him and family.
Pointing on and describing images on a
card.
Placing small cards on bigger ones.
Differences between two pictures.
Completing the story.
Identifying the odd picture.
13.
Recommended techniques:
Testing OralInteraction
Guessing who I am describing.
Discovering common pictures.
Finding common objects in two
pictures.
Completing information.