Using Hotpotatoes ™ to create Various Classroom-based Language Tests/Exercises By: Dedy Kurniawan Email: deku@lc.unja.ac.id Dedy Kurniawan (deku@lc.unja.ac.id)

Language Assessment: Some concepts Assessment is inseparable from teaching (e.g. Brown & Abeywickrama, 2010; Djiwandono, 2008) Learning Objectives Learning Activities Evaluation

Assessment vs. Testing Assessment Testing “appraising or estimating the level or magnitude of some attribute of a person” (Mousavi, as cited in Brown & Abeywickrama, 2010, p. 3) It is: Ongoing process Wide range of methodological techniques Never ending a subset of assessment, a genre of assessment technique, which is “prepared administrative procedures that occur at identifiable times in a curriculum when learners uster all their faculties to offer peak performance, knowing that their responses are being measured and evaluated.” (Briwn & Aeywickrama, 2010, p. 3) It is: A method  instrument, technique, procedures or items Measurement  score Measure of an individual ability A measure of performance, implies competence Measure a domain

Assessment & Learning Teaching Assessment Measurement Tests Evaluation

Some dichotomies Informal vs. Formal Assessment Formative vs. Summative Assessment Traditional vs. Alternative Assessment Classroom-based test vs. Standardized tests

What this workshop is all about? By the end of this workshop, the participants are expected to be able to make use of Hotpotatoes™ in order to create various fun and interactive language tests, exercises, or quizzes that they can use in their real classrooms.

Kinds of Test/Exercises In this workshop, the participants will learn to use Hotpotatoes™ to create the following types of language tests/quizzes/exercises: Multiple choice & Multiple Select Short answer Matching Mix/Scramble Cloze Crossword puzzle

Hotpotatoes™ Freely downloadable from http://hotpot.uvic.ca. Select the most suitable version for your computer/laptop system Before we continue with the demonstration, make sure you have already installed the software

What is Hotpotatoes™? A suite of six authoring tools enabling us to create various interactive web-based exercises/quizzes/tests Hotpotatoes™ is created by the Research and Development team at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre Hotpotatoes™ is a freeware

Why Hotpotatoes ™ Free Legal Easy to Use Fun Interactive

What can Hotpotatoes™ do? JQuiz Create MC, Short answer, Multiselect, or Hybrid quizzes JMatch Create Matching quizzes Jcloze Create Cloze quizzes JMix Create mix/scrambled items quizzes Jcross Create crossword puzzle JMash Mash up all the above quizzes into one

How to use Hotpotatoes™ Stage 1: Data Input Select type of quiz Input the material Add illustration, etc. Save the Hotpotatoes file Stage 2: Create Configure the output Export the file into HTML, Zip, or Printed Form Stage 3: Distribute Online HTML File Zip File Printed

Now, Let’s do it !!! Get your laptop ready

Bibliography Brown, H.D, & Abeywickrama, P. (2010). Language assessment: Principles and classroom practices. (2nd ed.) White Plains, NY: Pearson Education, Ltd. Djiwandono, S. (2008). Tes bahasa: Pegangan bagi pengajar bahasa. Jakarta: PT. Indeks

Thank You Dedy Kurniawan (deku@lc.unja.ac.id)