THE TEST AND THE NARRATIVE
Achievement test for 1st level
INTRODUCTION:
In this task we have constructed an achievement test for students of first level. This test is focused in the four skills (writing, listening, speaking, and listening) and we designed it in a way that looks easy (taking into consideration that it’s first level) not like those tests that when students look them they get stressed.
OBJECTIVES AND ANALYSIS FOR PURPOSES:
The purpose of this exam is to test students’ knowledge in the simple present and present continuous, in some activities they will be asked to use adjectives. We are going to see the progress that students have made concerning to this topic (simple present vs. present continuous) using the 4 skills.
For reading, the activity that we designed is a short text that uses the simple present and the present continuous, once they have read the text they will have to answer six true/false questions, here they will develop comprehension and skimming; this is useful to find the main ideas of the text and for help the students to comprehend the information without reading word-by-word
For writing, we made an exercise which have many sentences that are describing some people doing certain verbs (present continuous); students have to complete those sentences by using the correct adjective they believe that goes by using simple present tense. Students have the opportunity to practice all that they have learnt and also to find the relation between verbs, adjectives and emotions.
For listening we are going to play a short conversation, of course this conversation includes the topics that we are testing, we are going to play it twice in case that they missed something, when they have to do this activity teacher will ask them to turn down their tests because if they read the questions that they will have to answer they will just focus in that specific questions instead of the whole conversation, our purpose is that they can develop comprehension and become familiar with the sounds and the pronunciation of the words.
The activity for speaking will be the last one, speaking will be evaluated with a conversation, the teacher will ask each student about his/her family, hobbies, future plans and daily things that he does, the student will have to speak for two minutes without interruptions and of course applying what he has learned. We established the time of 2 minutes since the group has many students.
The activities in this test are simple and easy to follow; the limit time of the test is 120 minutes to complete it, this test can be done in less time but we are taking into consideration the speaking activity that takes more time because every student has to do it.
TEST SPECIFICATIONS:
READING
Objective: To look for specific information and comprehend it.
Format: Narrative.
Task: Comprehend the text and answer true or false sentences.
Estimated time: 15 minutes
WRITING
Objective: Practice the use of the simple present in sentences in present continuous.
Format: Sentences.
Task: Complete the sentences that are in present continuous with adjectives by using simple present.
Estimated time: 15 minutes
LISTENING
Objective: Listen to a conversation and identify what they are talking about.
Format: Conversation
Task: Answer the questions
Estimated time: 20 minutes.
SPEAKING
Objective: Talk about your family, your hobbies (interests), your future plans and daily activities that you do.
Format: Conversation
Task: Speak
Estimated time: 1 hour (total for all students).
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ITEMS
In reading students are going to read a small story called “A bad day at the office". Then they are going to identify which sentences are false or true.
The exercise we chose for the test in writing is to identify and write the missing adjective to complete each sentence. Also students are going to apply the reading skills skimming and finding the main idea.
In listening students are going to answer some questions according to the conversation of two friends who talk about going to a party. The objective in this exercise is to understand the information they have gotten and to answer some questions about the conversation.
Finally in speaking, students are going to have the opportunity to talk about some specific topics that the teacher will ask him, the purpose is to develop his speaking ability using what it has been learnt and seen in this unit.
ANSWER KEY AND SCORING
ESCUELA BILINGÜE BENITO JUÁREZ
READING SECTION
Read the next article and answer if the following sentences are true or false.
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. False
Score: 0.83 for each correct answer.
Total points for reading: 5
WRITING SECTION
Complete the following sentences by using the adjectives that corresponds to each one. Use the simple present tense.
1. She is tired
2. He is happy
3. She is hungry
4. She is cold
5. She is scared
6. She is embarrassed
7. He is thirsty
8. He is excited
9. He is sick
10. He is angry
Score: 1 point for each correct answer
Total points for writing: 10
LISTENING SECTION
Listen to the next conversation. Then underline YES if the sentence is correct, NO if it is wrong.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. No
4. Yes
5. Yes
Score: 2 points for each correct answer
Total points for listening: 10
FORMAT TO GRADE SPEAKING.
Total points: 10
Name: _______________________________________
Group: ______________________________________
Level: _______________________________________
Format to grade writing.
Name: ___________________________________
Group: ___________________________________
Level: ____________________________________
Total points: 10
COMMENTS BY MODERATORS
This test was made by Fabiola Esquivel, Josué Rocha and Leticia Valadez. We revised that the grammar didn’t have mistakes. This test is acceptable; the test is concentrated in testing students’ knowledge in the simple present and present continuous tense. It is acceptable according to the level of the students and the vocabulary is adequate. Also the exercises are acceptable and useful for each of the skills; they are simple for the students to solve which in the moment they will have to demonstrate their knowledge of this unit.
The instructions are clear and easy and to follow, even some exercises have examples to clear an exercise that they might have problems doing it. This test is acceptable and practical for the students and also for the teacher.
NARRATIVE OF THE PROCESS
The test is direct because we already know what we want to measure, it makes this test more specific, we are going to evaluate just simple present and present continuous trying to know the students’ progress and if they have performed the four skills according to their level. And this test is validity since measures knowledge of the domain content of which it was designed to measure knowledge.
Reliability of items scoring is really important because we need to have the same way to measure each student and to have a consistency of scores across different evaluators over different time period. It is used to substantiate elements of accuracy to the test administered on candidates and they really feel what they are able to do.
FEEDBACK
When we provide feedback in test we need to make the students notice what was wrong and we have to look for the best form to make them analyze the information that they already know. A good way to do it is after the test, the teacher and the students answer the test together in order to comprehend each item and to make them infer the answers or what they need to work on to overtake their learning objective of the course.
It is also important provide feed-back individually to rich the students’ knowledge.
EXERCISE FOR A TEST
ESCUELA BILINGÜE BENITO JUÁREZ
TEST UNIT 2 FIRST LEVEL
TEACHER: ________________________________________DATE:_________
NAME: ____________________________________________GRADE:________
READING
Instructions: Read the next article and answer if the following sentences are true or false. (5 POINTS)
A bad day at the office
Mr. Gonzalez is the president of the Sabritas Company in Tijuana. He has staff of energetic employees. Unfortunately, all of the employees are out today. Nobody is there. As a result, Mr. Gonzalez is doing everybody´s job, and he´s having a VERY bad day at the office.
He´s answering the telephone because the receptionist who usually answers it is at the dentist´s office. He´s typing letters because the secretary who usually types them is at home in bed with the flu. He´s sorting the mail because the office´s assistant who usually sorts it is on vacation. And he´s even cleaning the office because the janitorial who usually cleans it is on strike.
Poor Mr. Gonzalez, it´s a very busy day at Sabritas Company and nobody is there to help him. He´s having a VERY bad day at the office!
Questions
1. Mr. Gonzalez is the president of the Sabritas Company in Tijuana.
True False
2. Today all the employees are working.
True False
3. Mr. Gonzales is doing everybody´s job.
True False
4. The receptionist is on vacations.
True False
5. The secretary usually answers the telephone.
True False
6. Today Mr. Gonzales is having a very good day at the office.
True False
WRITING
Instructions: Complete the following sentences by using the adjectives that corresponds to each one. Use the simple present tense. (10 POINTS)
EXAMPLE: Peter is crying. He is sad.
1. Helen is yawning. ____________________________________________
2. John is singing. ______________________________________________
3. Marcela is eating. ____________________________________________
4. Irene is shivering. ____________________________________________
5. Diana is covering her eyes. ____________________________________
6. Erika is blushing. ____________________________________________
7. Andres is drinking water. ______________________________________
8. Antonio is clapping. __________________________________________
9. Frank is going to the hospital. __________________________________
10. Sergio is shouting. ___________________________________________
LISTENING
Instructions: Listen to the next conversation. Then underline YES if the sentence is correct, NO if it is wrong. (10 POINTS)
1. Maria was planning to go to a party. Yes No
2. Her friend Fabiola was going to visit her. Yes No
3. Maria was deciding to go to the party without Faby. Yes No
4. Maria´s parents were thinking to let her go. Yes No
5. Maria and Fabiola were having fun at the party. Yes No
SPEAKING
Instructions: Once you have finished the previous exercises you will pass to the teacher´s desk to take the last activity which is the speaking part of the test. Teacher will ask you some questions about:
• Your family
• Your hobbies (interests)
• Your future plans.
• Daily activities that you do.
You must speak for 2 minutes without interruptions. (10 POINTS)
Grammar | Vocabulary | Coherence |
The student uses the correct grammar. | The student uses the correct vocabulary. | The sentences are coherent. |
The student does some grammar mistakes writing. | The student needs to lean more vocabulary. | The student has some problems with coherence in simple sentences. |
The student does many grammar mistakes writing. O pts. | The student doesn´t have enough vocabulary to create simple sentences. | The student doesn´t write in a coherent way. |
Grammar | Vocabulary | Intonation | Fluency |
The student is able to use the language without any difficulty, and he doesn’t make grammar mistakes. | The student uses the correct vocabulary; he knows many words. | The student has the correct intonation in all the words. | The student is very fluent expressing his ideas. 2.5pts. |
The student makes some grammar mistakes. | The student repeats the same vocabulary; he needs to lean more words. | The student has some difficulty with the words´ intonation. | The student speaks slowly. |
The student makes a lot of grammar mistakes. | The student doesn´t have enough vocabulary. | The student is not able to apply the different intonations. | The student is not fluent at all. |
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