Assessing Listening

Here you have more information about another skill of the English Language which is Listening. I Hope will be useful to you! (:


My English teacher Esther: ESO: Listening Practice

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DESIGNING ASSESSMENT TASKS: INTENSIVE (CONTROLLED) WRITING

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Designing Assessment Tasks: Extensive Speaking

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DESIGNING ASSESSMENT TASKS: IMITATIVE WRITING

TASKS IN [HAND-] WRITING LETTERS, WORDS, AND PUNCTUATION  • COPYING, a test takers copy letters or words.  • LISTENING CLOZE SELECTION TASKS, combination of dictation with a written script that has relatively frequent deletion ratio.  • PICTURE-CUED TASKS, familiar pictures are displayed, and test-takers are told to write the word that the pictured represents.  • FORM COMPLETION TASKS, use a simple form (registration, application, etc.) that asks for name, address, phone number, and other data.  • CONVERTING NUMBERS AND ABBREVIATIONS TO WORDS, a section of numbers and abbreviations are written, and the test-takers are directed to write out the numbers or abbreviations SPELLING TASKS AND DETECTING PHONEME-GRAPHEME CORRESPONDENCES • SPELLING TESTS, the teacher dictates a simple list of words, one word at a time, followed by the word in a sentence, repeated again, with a pause for test-takers to write the word.  • PICTURE-CUED TASKS, pictured are displayed wit...
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