session 6 1. facilitated discussion 2. online tools for testing/activities 3. quiz 4. break 5....
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Session 6
1. Facilitated Discussion2. Online tools for testing/activities3. Quiz4. Break5. Reading and Listening Overview6. Task Writing Workshop
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computer-based = computer assisted
computer-adaptive = computer adapts tasks to level of test-taker (based on answers given)
internet based = web-based
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know and understand TOEFL iBTuse online software to create fun and
authentic activities/tests for studentsuse online resources for authentic
materials
DISCUSSION: how does one distinguish what is “authentic” online?
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free to educators working in publicly funded, non-profit institutions
great for teaching and testinghttp://hotpot.uvic.ca/can create Cloze, Crossword Puzzles,
Matching tasks, etc.
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Other sites: http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/
create.html
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In order to become efficient readers, learners need to master: Bottom-up strategies for processing
separate letters, words, and phrases AND Top-down, conceptually driven strategies
for comprehension▪ PLUS▪ Develop appropriate content and formal
schemata (background information and cultural experience) to carry out interpretations
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1. Academic Reading, e.g. technical reports textbooks
2. Job-related Reading, e.g. interoffice memos job evaluations
3. Personal Reading, e.g. magazines novels
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1. Perceptive – focusing on the components – letters, words, punctuation. Bottom-up processing is implied
2. Selective – to check recognition of lexical, grammatical, or discourse features, within very short stretches of language.
3. Interactive – longer stretches of language where reader must interact (psycholinguistically) with text. Top-down processing required.
4. Extensive – more than 1 page
NOTE: you’ll find varying descriptions of extensive reading
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Reading aloud (caution: since task is to test reading – any recognizable oral approximation of target should be considered correct)
Multiple-choice
EXAMPLE:Circle “S” for same or “D” for Different1.led let S D2.bit bit S D
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Grapheme recognition task
Circle the “odd” item, the one that doesn’t “belong.”
1.piece peace piece2.book book boot
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Picture-cued word ID
In the picture, point to the word you read here:
Lamp Chair PictureTable
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Picture-cued sentence identification
Point to the part of the picture that you read about in the sentence.
1.The woman is holding a cat.
2.It is snowing outside.
3.The man is reading the newspaper.
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Testing for reading knowledge of vocabulary and grammar
Everyone’s favorite: Multiple-choice!
WORKSHOP :Working in pairs:On the following slides, you will see a stem.For each one, decide what you think the Key should be.Then write 2-3 distractors. Make your distractors
effective!After all are done, compare your product with another
pair.
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Standard M-C:1. He’s not married. He’s
_________________.
2. If there’s no doorbell, please _________ on the door.
Contextualized M-C:1. Oscar: Do you like champagne?
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Multiple-Choice Cloze
I’ve lived in the United States (1) _____ three years. I (2) ______ live in Costa Rica. I (3) _____ speak any English. I used to (4) __________ homesick, but now I enjoy (5) __________ here. I have never (6) _________ back home (7) ______ I came to the United States, but I might (8) _______ visit my family soon.
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Matching
WORKSHOP :The test task is for Ss to match words with
definitionsLook at the words being tested – then
think of the definition word(s) you would use for the match. Then compare your ideas with another pair.
1.Exhausted2.Disappointed3.Enthusiastic4.Empathetic
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Editing
Model:The abrasively action of the wind wears
away A
B softer layers of rock. C D
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WORKSHOP:Look at the sentences below (they are
100% correct).Decide which word(s) you will make
“incorrect” (you’ll need to change it.) What grammar point are you testing with this “error”?
Then choose 3 other word(s) as your distractors.
Label the key and distractors as A B C D.Show your ideas to another pair.
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1. There are two ways of making a gas condense: cooling it or putting it under pressure.
2. Researchers have discovered that the application of bright light can sometimes be used to overcome jet lag.
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Cloze tasks – several types:1. fixed-ratio deletion (e.g. every 7th word)2. rational deletion (e.g. prepositions and
conjunctions)3. C-test procedure (2nd half of every word
is erased The recognition th__ one’s feel____ of
happin____...4. Cloze-elide (inserts words that don’t belong;
test-taker must identify interfering words)
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Cloze-elide – EXAMPLE:The recognition that one’s now
feelings of happiness and unhappiness can under coexist much like love and hate…
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Reading plus comprehension multiple-choice questions (typical on proficiency tests)
Reading plus short-answer tasks Editing (like earlier sample, but longer
passage) should be authentic should simulate real proofreading content and domain tasks should reflect
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Scanning
stimuli could be: news article; essay; chapter in a textbook; menu; etc.
objectives could be: date, name, place; setting for a story; principal research in an report; cost of an item; etc.
Ordering tasks (aka sequencing)EXAMPLE: Put the following sentences in orderA it was called “The Last Waltz”B the street was in total darkness C because it was one he and Richard had learnt at schoolD Peter looked outsideE he recognized the tuneF and it seemed desertedG he thought he heard someone whistling
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Ordering tasks (aka sequencing)EXAMPLE: Put the following sentences in
orderAit was called “The Last Waltz”B the street was in total darkness C because it was one he and Richard
had learnt at schoolDPeter looked outsideEhe recognized the tuneF and it seemed desertedGhe thought he heard someone whistling
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Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs and Diagrams answer simple, direct info questions describe or elaborate on information infer/predict information choose the correct graphic for a written
passage interpret both graphic and passage
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Of course, many of the previously mentioned tasks work with longer reading passages
Additionally, you can test: Skimming (for main idea; purpose;
recognition of genre; recognition of style; etc.)
Summarizing and Responding Note-taking and Outlining
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A quick overview: Predictably, we can test for 4 types of
listening performance:▪ Intensive – for perception of components▪ Responsive – listening to short stretch to
make equally short response▪ Selective – short monologues, scanning for
info, testing ability to comprehend designated info▪ Extensive – listening to develop top-down,
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Intensive recognizing phonological and
morphological elements paraphrase recognition
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Responsive Question-and-Answer (multiple-choice
and open-ended)
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Selective Listening Listening cloze Information transfer (matching to
listened-to information to picture, graphic, other text)
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Extensive Listening Dictation Communicative Stimulus-Response Tasks Authentic Listening Tasks▪ note-taking▪ editing (noting difference between written and
spoken versions of text)▪ interpretive tasks (responding to songs,
poetry, etc.)▪ retelling
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http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish
http://www.eslpod.com/http://www.breakingnewsenglish.co
m/other?
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