Dynamic Assessment of EFL text Comprehension Alex Kozulin & Erica Garb  Selection or construction of the text amenable to the use of cognitive strategies and hierarchical.  Pre-test (with sample mediation)  Information page (revision of knowledge required)  Mediation including analysis of mistakes made by students during the pre-test and introducing metacognitive strategies  Post-test using a parallel version of pre-test items

Pre-test (1)  TEXT 1 - PRE-TEST 4 Where are you going? 4 a) I am not at home. 4 b) You are going to the post office. 4 c) I am going home. 4 d) She is going home.

Pre-test (2) 4 Subject Verb Complement 4 You live in Israel פועל עזר Subject Verb Complement 4 Do you live in Israel ? 4 ? פועל עזר Subject Verb Complement 4 Why do you live in Israel ?

Questions –pre-test 2 4 in school books we many read. 4 __________________________________ 4 crying why she is ? ___________________________________ 4 study last year you did ?

Example of mediation 4 Knowledge required: 4 Auxiliary verbs, question words, personal pronouns, subject, verb, complement. 4 Strategies for mediation 4 Looking for clues 4 Comparison 4 Using a model 4 New learning: question forms

Pre- test (3) 4 David and I were tourists in Europe last summer. 4 The story 4 happened in the past 4 is happening now 4 happens every summer

Results of testing N=23; Age: Pre-test score:50 Post-test score: 66.5 Effect size: 1.2 Correlation of pre-test and post-test scores: strong positive Correlation of pre-test and gain scores: negative Individual cases: T, H, L, A.

Bibliography Kozulin, A.& Garb, E. (2002). Dynamic assessment of EFL text comprehension. School Psychology International, 23, Kozulin, A.& Garb, E. (2004). Dynamic assessment of literacy: English as a third language. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 19,