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Application of an On-Line

Diagnostic English Language Test

The 11th334 Symposium

Advancing Teaching and Learning: Evidence, Outcomes and E-learning

Lingnan niversity

4 !arch "#11


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Overview of presentation

Background

The DELTA system Applications of DELTA


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Background


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DELTA Context Opportunity provided by planning for 4-year curriculum

for English language centres to revie their curricula andprovision of learning! teaching and assessment

Tertiary educations focus on outcomes-based learning!teaching and assessment

"ncreased emphasis on learner autonomy and theindependent learner

Bachman report to #$% on language enhancement


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&hile there may be a number of specific! research anddevelopment '()D* pro+ects involving inter-institutional collaboration among language center staff

at different universities! one that is of particularimportance! in my vie! is the collaborative ()Dpro+ect involving ,"Ed! .oly#! and L#! on thedevelopment of a system for assessing English languageproficiency /// there is a need for much greatercollaboration in this area/

The Bachman Report (1)

Language Enhancement in Hong Kong Universities: Some Observationsand Recommendations (Annex A, p!"Lyle 0/ Bachman! 1uly 233


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The Bachman Report (2)2/ An overall plan for the development of language assessments could includethe folloing5

Different tests developed for complementary purposes! some could be %(!ob+ectives-based! and some could be 6(! and independent of any

particular learning ob+ectives/ Tests ith some components to be delivered face-to-face and some on-

line/

"ntegration ith a language 7learning8 management system that couldinclude E-portfolios for tracking students9 LE activities and progress in

language proficiency/ A delivery platform that is fle:ible enough to be used for formative and

summative course-based assessmentsby all eight institutions/ Thisfle:ibility ould make it usable for use in general foundational languagecourses! language for academic purpose courses! and discipline-specificlanguage courses! as ell as for certification/ 'Anne: A! p/;*


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Relevance an !i"nificance of DELTAThe DELTA pro+ect is relevant to the partner institutions andthis symposium for several reasons5

"t is a genuinely collaborative! inter-university pro+ect in hich

language centres share knoledge! e:perience and resources/

"t provides additional data about students9 language proficiency/

.artner universities ill be able to use DELTA resultsfor variouspurposes/

"t ill feed into the teaching and learning processith forardperspective to 232/

"t ill create the opportunity to engage in collaborative research/


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PolyU assessment outline for 4-year curriculum

Entr# Exit


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#hat is DELTA$

diagnosestudents9 strengths and eaknesses

track and report on students9 language gains

help students to plan their language learning informcurriculum development

An English language proficiency assessment systemdesigned specifically for the ,ong ong academic conte:thich can


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Assessment %ormat 0our components - Listening! (eading! $rammar and


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DELTA Trac&


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DELTA Trac& an Component !&ills 'rofile

$O!%O&E&T S'(LLS %)O*(LE


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Component Dia"nostic Report
http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/grammar.htm


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The DELTA system


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The DELTA !stem

ENROLMENT /

REGISTRATION

TEST DELIVERY

REPORTING

student-specific test selection

automated scoring & test analysis

Learning Management System (Moode! and/or e"Port#oio

report generation & transmission

tracking


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DELTA sstem (amin)

%ustomi>able set up Test setup 'venue! sessions! enrolment period!

etc/*

"tem database 'active ? inactive items* Test difficulty level for groups of students

@tudent report content

=anagement Enrolment and attendance

"tem database

(esults 'E:port to &insteps for analysis*


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ew st*ent (1stattempt of DELTA)

Re$ei%es

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reminder to

register

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test

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Sets DELTA

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ang)age

tea$er!


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2near st*ent (2n attempt of DELTA)

Re$ei%es

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reminder to

register

&om'etes

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test

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'ro#i$ien$ye%e!

Re$ei%es an emai tat

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(Re!sets

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tea$er!

See,s ang)age s)''ort

to a$ie%e target


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Applications of DELTA !"T#U


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Relevance to En"lish Lan"*a"e

Teachin" an Learnin" at Cit+Students

-Language support 'individualised*-Tracking information

$roviders o%&anguage courses

-.lacement 'students ith no,D@E?euivalent*

-0ormative information

$arentdepartments 'seniormanagement

-6eeds report-Tracking information-Overall-.er college?school


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DELTA , En"lish s*pport for Cit+

st*ents from 2-12

ear)SE Eng Leve&

!*+ at entr#)SE Eng Leve&

at entr#

4

English

2 English English

English English

)EL-A

)EL-A

)EL-A

)EL-A


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$redicted number o% test ta.ers

23 appro: 33 'selected Cear students*

232

23

approx .2-- (all /ear 1 st*ents) 0

approx .2-- (from 2-12) 0

approx 2-- (all /ear 1 st*ents) 0

approx 1-- (from 2-11)

approx 1-- (from 2-11)


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Applications of DELTA

Lingnan


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Application of DELTA at Lin"nanThe DELTA system at Lingnan #niversity is informing and

interacting ith the teaching-learning process by5

.roviding additional information to help in curricu&um

p&anning and decision ma.ing

.romoting learner autonomy and guiding students inindependent &earning

.roviding valuable input to both students and faculty foracademic advising


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C*rric*l*m 'lannin" an Decision 3a&in"

.lanning and developing the 232 curriculum

All ne courses in 232 ill contain significant/ndependent

Learning (/L" component in hich students ill plan ande:ecute their individua&ised &earning path0a#sith helpfrom DELTA student reports

%EAL illtrac. &anguage pro%icienc# deve&opment of all

students by making the DELTA test mandator#once per year

%EAL currently anticipating pro%icienc# targets and ho toork ith parent departments


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Promoting Learner Autonomy and "ndependent Learning

DELTA student reports enable students and %EAL staff to identify5speci%ic &anguage subs.i&&s for "L orkresourcesthat need to be developed

$O!%O&E&T S'(LLS %)O*(LE


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4np*t to provie information an help in Acaemic

Avisin"

Lingnan currently using )egree 1or.sas a tool foradvisors and students in academic advising

@tudents and staff able to discuss English languageproficiency! development and targets

%EAL hopes to ork ith academic advisors to enablebetter understanding and more effective use of DELTA

student reports


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!ample st*ent report in De"ree#or&s


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The DELTA Team

2entre %or Language in Education (HK/Ed"

=ichelle (auel! $endoline $uan

2entre %or Eng&ish and Additiona& Languages (LU"

%hristine @hirley! 1erry $ray

Eng&ish Language 2entre ($oU"

Alan #rmston! %arrie Tsang! 0elicia 0ang! %herry 6g

Eng&ish Language 2entre (2it#U"

1ane Lockood! Eva Lui

Externa& 2onsu&tant

.rofessor Trevor Bond! 1ames %ook #niversity! Australia


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