This document discusses methods for designing effective test preparation classes that go beyond merely teaching test-taking strategies and tricks. It advocates focusing on developing students' underlying language skills like listening, reading, writing and speaking. Sample class activities are provided that expose students to test item types while practicing these skills, such as identifying topics in short talks, matching illustrations to processes, and composing written arguments. Higher-order activities that require analysis, synthesis and evaluation are also recommended to better prepare students for university-level work. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of teaching skills that will benefit students in the long run, beyond just the test, to reduce anxiety and ensure real proficiency gains.
Tets types
Language Aptitude Test
Proficiency Tests
Placement Tests
Diagnostic Tests
Achievement Tests
Language Aptitude Test
Is designed to measure capacity or general ability to learn a foreign language and ultimate success in that undertaking. Language aptitude tests are ostensibly designed to apply to the classroom learning of any language. Two standardized aptitude tests have been used in the USA: the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) (Carroll and Sapon, 1958) and the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery (PLAB) (Pimsleur, 1966). Both are English language tests and require students to perform a number of Language-related tasks.
Tets types
Language Aptitude Test
Proficiency Tests
Placement Tests
Diagnostic Tests
Achievement Tests
Language Aptitude Test
Is designed to measure capacity or general ability to learn a foreign language and ultimate success in that undertaking. Language aptitude tests are ostensibly designed to apply to the classroom learning of any language. Two standardized aptitude tests have been used in the USA: the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) (Carroll and Sapon, 1958) and the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery (PLAB) (Pimsleur, 1966). Both are English language tests and require students to perform a number of Language-related tasks.
Types of tests: proficiency, achievement, diagnostic, placement
Types of testing: direct vs indirect tests, discrete point vs integrative tests, criterion-referenced vs norm-referenced tests, objective vs subjective tests
Language Assessment - Standards-Based Assessment by EFL LearnersEFL Learning
ELD (English Language Development) Standard involves dozens of curiculum and assessment specialist, teachers, and researchers.Number of domains; Categories of language, Student’s need , Number and scope of standards, Set of standards for teachers, Means available.
It is an important part in English Language Teaching. It helps the teachers to make an effective test as well as to take the testing system to new height.
Types of tests: proficiency, achievement, diagnostic, placement
Types of testing: direct vs indirect tests, discrete point vs integrative tests, criterion-referenced vs norm-referenced tests, objective vs subjective tests
Language Assessment - Standards-Based Assessment by EFL LearnersEFL Learning
ELD (English Language Development) Standard involves dozens of curiculum and assessment specialist, teachers, and researchers.Number of domains; Categories of language, Student’s need , Number and scope of standards, Set of standards for teachers, Means available.
It is an important part in English Language Teaching. It helps the teachers to make an effective test as well as to take the testing system to new height.
TEST AND TYPES OF TEST
Merits and Demerits & Rules
Lecture of the day
Date 04-10-2014
Class ADE 4th semester
Course Facilitator Zulfiqar Behan
Goverment College of Education Lyari Karachi
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2. Some teachers feel frustrated when
they have to teach test-preparation
classes for high-stakes standardized
assessments of academic English
such as the Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the
International English Language Testing
System (IELTS). They feel these
classes do not truly improve their
students’ ability to communicate in
English, yet both students and
teachers accept that spending time
learning strategies or “tricks” that will
lead to higher scores is a necessary
evil in an environment that relies so
heavily on testing
3. For some traditional exams, grammar-
based exams, and exams that are
poorly written, there are certainly any
number of workable tricks that we can
pass on to students. But assessment
research has resulted in English
exams that are more authentic, more
valid, more task-based—and less
“coachable.” Gone are the days of
“drill-and kill” rote memorization and
attempts to outsmart a multiple-choice
grammar test. Many exams now
assess language proficiency as
consisting of a set of skills rather than
as knowledge of grammar and
vocabulary
4. Teaching beyond the test: A
skills-based focus
As the quality of exams improves, the quality
and content of test-prep classes likewise
improve and develop students’ English
proficiency through a more skills-based focus
5. Another advantage of teaching
beyond the test is that by de-
emphasizing the test and focusing on
skills, we help our students gain
perspective about the role of tests in
their lives; that is, while tests play an
important role, they are not the real
reason students are studying. This
realization, along with familiarity with
the test itself, helps reduce test taking
anxiety by reminding students that the
test is merely a stepping stone on
their path to success.
6. Assessments: An
overview
It is important to understand how largescale
standardized tests fit within the larger category of
assessment. Tests are tools used to assess
knowledge, skills, and abilities, and different tests
have different purposes, as indicated below
7. 1. Classroom tests allow teachers to
assess students’ knowledge or
abilities, usually in relation to content
covered in the class, and to assign
grades to students. Tests and test
items (questions on a test) can take
many forms: multiple choice, fill in the
blanks, cloze exercises, and short
answers and essays, to name a few.
Other types of alternative classroom
assessment include portfolios,
interviews, and surveys.
8. 2. Program or institutional tests are
generally given for admission to
special programs, for placement
within programs, for monitoring
students within a program, or for
exiting students from a program.
These tests extend beyond the
boundaries of the individual
classroom but rarely have any
significance or recognition beyond the
program itself.
9. 3. there are the large-scale,
standardized tests, such as the
TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, PTE, and
the Cambridge exams (KET, PET,
FCE, etc.; These tests are
considered to be high stakes in
that the results are often used to
make decisions that can
significantly impact a test-taker’s
education, career, or life.
10. All are criterion-referenced exams,
which means that the test-takers are
compared against common criteria or a
set of standards rather than against one
another, as in norm-referenced exams.
Scores from these tests are generally
recognized by several institutions or
universities. The tests themselves are all
based on research that is available to
the public and are informed by advances
in the field of second language
acquisition, by input from applied
linguistics experts, and by cutting-edge
methods of test development.
11. Test preparation:
Building a better class
How can we design a more effective test-prep
class for a standardized assessment of
academic English, such as the TOEFL, IELTS
Academic, or PTE Academic?
12. As with all classes, a test-prep class should begin with clearly stated
goals, and three such goals immediately suggest themselves:
1. The class should familiarize students with the test and
test-item types.
2. The class should help students develop the skills
(listening, reading, writing, speaking) that they will have
to demonstrate on the test.
3. The class should teach students the essential
knowledge (grammar, vocabulary, etc.) that will support
their performance. Other goals can be added depending
on circumstances and needs.
13. The PTE Academic:
Listening section
The PTE has speaking, writing,
reading, and listening sections. These
sections contain item types that seek
to measure skills that test developers
have determined to be necessary for
students in an academic setting.
14. Activities for PTE’s Highlight Correct Summary
listening item
the following activities include practice of skills
that students will need for several types of
listening items, for general listening in English,
and for listening in academic settings.
15. Low-level and close-ended
activities
These activities are effective for
introducing the test item, but they
are also appropriate for lower-
level students who need to focus
on the basic skills required for
global and local listening. The
activities focus on two adjectives:
identifying the main idea and
points of a short academic talk
after one listening.
16. • Activity 1: Identifying the topic
To help students practice global listening skills, the teacher plays a short
listening text and students identify the topic.
• Activity 2: Matching illustrations
Another way to practice global listening skills is to present students with a
series of drawings or photos that illustrate different procedures, from baking
cakes to changing tires to performing a science experiment.
• Activity 3: Matching subtopics
To practice local listening or listening for details, the teacher tells students
that they will listen to a short lecture on a particular topic (e.g., pollution,
minimum wage) and gives them a list of related subtopics.
17. Higher-order skills: Making judgments and
supporting opinions
These higher-order skills include
the ability to analyze, synthesize,
and evaluate information (King,
Goodson, and Rohani 1998). By
using test items as springboards,
teachers help students develop a
greater sense of control over their
performance in addition to
preparing them for university
classes.
18. • Activity 1: Selecting and defending option
Students must pay attention to language, make judgments, and present and
support an opinion
• Activity 2: Composing written arguments and staging debates
Students can also respond to the topics in the talks by composing written
responses or counterarguments or by staging debates. These types of
activities are best organized as part of a unit rather than a response to an
individual item.
19. Additional test-preparation activity: Self-
assessment
Students discuss or write about their
strengths and weaknesses, which aspects of
an item tend to give them problems, and what
they can do to address their problems and
improve their performance. This type of self-
assessment helps students see the value in
developing their language skills by linking
their skills and abilities to their performance.
20. Conclusion
Like it or not, we must acknowledge the role
and presence of tests in our lives and our
students’ lives. Well-written tests measure
skills that students will need, and we as
teachers play a crucial role in ensuring that
our students have the skills they need to
travel beyond the test. By teaching beyond
the test, we develop our students’ skills, help
them make real and meaningful gains in
proficiency, prepare them for life after the
exam, and reduce their anxiety ,all while
helping them prepare to take their test.
21. References
• Watanabe, T. (July 11,2011) Los Angeles times.
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jul/11/local/la-me-test-prep-20110711
• Derrick, D. (2013) Teaching beyond the Test: A Method for Designing
Test-Preparation Classes. United States.