1. Welcome to my presentation

2. Test design

4. LEARNING
ASSESMENT
STUDENT RESPONSE
MARKING
FEEDBACK

5. Assessment Learning Objectives Fulfilled by Skills Applied to Content
linguistic
subject
Assessment

6. Assessment format Test rubric materials marking feedback
Explained by
realised in
Test
rubric
materials
Student response
marking
feedback

7. Skills coding for specification:
Code
language
skill
receptive
productive
psycho-logical
content L S R W
1= native language
2= target language
listen
speak
read
write √ v
interpret visuals
(pictures diagrams) e
apply expectancy grammar c
show knowledge of grammar t
mark answer
mechanically (by tick or letter code) a
act d
draw s
summarise

8. Placement Tests
A specification

9. Objectives:
To assess the level of student’s general language ability, if possible in terms of the course he is going to take
To place the student on a scale in relation to other students so that he can be given appropriate teaching

10. Skills: Test A: L2/R2/t scripted test Test B: R2/t narrative test
Test C:
R2/W2/t structured writing
Test D:
R2/W2/e cloze
Test E:
L2/W2/e dictation
Test F:
L2/S2/ conversation

11. Formats:
Test A:
Listening text, 400 words (3 minutes) + 15 items, T/F (15 minutes)
Test B:
Reading text 250 words + 20 items, T/F (30 minutes)
Test C:
Short stimulus, write about own experience (15 minutes)
Test D:
Cloze text, 400 words gaps every 9th, 40 items (30 minutes)
Test E:
dictation, 150 words (15 minutes)
Test F:
conversation, 15 items from list of 25 (5 minutes)
total test time: 60 or 75 minutes + 5 minutes each student (test F)

12. Materials student: teacher: Stenciled sheets/ booklet; answer sheet
Tape of scripted speech and playback equipment; text of dictation; list of questions for conversation; key and marking schemes; scoring sheets (1 per student for conversation)

13. Skills coding for specification:
Code
language
skill
receptive
productive
psycho-logical
content L S R W
1= native language
2= target language
listen
speak
read
write √ v
interpret visuals
(pictures diagrams) e
apply expectancy grammar c
show knowledge of grammar t
mark answer
mechanically (by tick or letter code) a
act d
draw s
summaries

14. The End