Assignment

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La Universidad Católica de Loja

Language Testing
6 créditos

Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación

Sección Lenguas Contemporáneas

Carrera Ciclo

§§ Ciencias de la Educación, mención:

•• Inglés VIII

Profesora autora:
Eva Ulehlova

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Assignment Language Testing
Assignment
First bimester

1. LEARNING ACTIVITY

Identify testing approaches and principles of language assessment, provide

definitions and examples. Put the knowledge into practice.

Find a language test (if you work as a teacher you might use your own one) and
evaluate it according to the knowledge obtained from this subject.

2. TOPIC:

Language assessment

3. COMPETENCES that support the activity:

Students will be able to:

●● Define language assessment and testing terms

●● Apply technical criteria on designing testing instruments

4. STRATEGIES:

●● Read and study the corresponding information in your textbook and

the didactic guide related to chapters 1 and 2. Apart from that, it is
recommended you watch some YouTube videos, read articles and use
Google in general to find the appropriate information and to reinforce your
knowledge.

●● Use a table to write the definitions and examples for each item, use the
table only as a sample, in your assignment you might use your own table.
Make sure you provide detailed and clear information that is worth of
obtaining enough points.

Topics Definitions Examples

Formative vs. Summative

assessment

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Topics Definitions Examples

Informal vs. Formal assessment

Diagnostic test

Achievement test

Placement test

Proficiency test

●● Select a language test, you must include/attach the test you have
selected to analyze. If you are a teacher you can use your own test you
have designed for your students, if you don´t have any test available,
you must find some on the Internet and analyze it according to the
criteria stated below.

●● Answer the following questions and support your responses.

(REFER TO THE TEST YOU HAVE CHOSEN AND ATTACHED)

●● What is the purpose of the test?

●● Demonstrate that the test you used for analysis is reliable, practical,
and valid. Make a short comment on each aspect based on your quiz.
To do this, study chapters 1 and 2 and any other source you consider
necessary.

●● You may also consult the necessary additional information on the Internet.
Do not copy it but paraphrase it. If you do so, remember to cite properly
the used sources.

●● Do NOT copy the ready-made exercises. The ready- made Internet or

textbook activities will NOT be graded and will be considered as plagiarism
and graded zero. Use your own knowledge, creativity and intelligence. If
you choose a test from the Internet, you must include the references.

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5. EVALUATION CRITERIA

Rubric to be considered for grading:

Excellent 6-5 Competent 4-3 Need work 2-1
Knowledge/ The knowledge The knowledge is The knowledge
understanding demonstrates generally accurate with is little relevant
a depth of only minor inaccuracies or accurate
understanding and that is generally information. Little
by using relevant relevant to the student´s or no research is
and accurate thesis. Research is apparent.
detail. Research is adequate but does not
thorough and goes go much beyond what
beyond what was was taught/learnt.
taught/learnt.
Thinking/inquiry The task is The task fulfils partially The task shows no
centred around the requirements but it required structure
the requirements, is not fully developed or and no central
which shows linked to the knowledge requirement.
highly developed required.
awareness of the
studied material
and a high level of
conceptual ability.
Analysis of the The test is correctly The test is appropriately The test is wrongly
test chosen and well chosen, however the chosen and does
analyzed including analysis misses the not include the
the necessary necessary explanations appropriate and
explanations and and definitions. relevant analysis.
definitions.

Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEÑOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
de estos materiales.

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 Assignment
Second bimester

1. LEARNING ACTIVITY

2. TOPIC:

Listening and Speaking Assessment

3. COMPETENCES that support the activity:

Students will be able to:

●● develop receptive and productive skills.

4. STRATEGIES:

●● For creating a new test of Listening and Speaking parts study chapters
7-8.

●● Search about the CEFR levels for languages.

●● Apply the theory into the requested sample test.

●● For listening section (Assessing listening): Create a listening test that

includes 5 DIFFERENT LISTENING TASKS (for each task 3 questions
of for instance multiple choice, true or false statements, filling in gaps,
matching, choosing an appropriate picture etc.). Consider level B2. Be
creative. Do not use exercise provided on the Internet, it is taken as a
plagiarism. (In total Listening test will include 15 items).

●● You might use any audio or video taken from the Internet, however the
exercises must be yours, not copied.

●● To do this preciously, study chapter 7 and use other source you consider
necessary.

●● Provide clear instructions, attach the audios or links where you have
taken the audio, pictures, video or other links from, and cite all sources
you have used in this activity.

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●● For speaking section (Assessing speaking): Create 5 different

speaking tasks-activities with different topics (NOT 5 QUESTIONS)
that can be applied for B2 level students of English (according to CEFR).

●● The speaking activities must include a specific topic to be developed,

not only the description or instructions how it will be developed. It must
include a concrete sample.

●● Explain clearly instructions, if necessary provide pictures, other material

or sources necessary to understand and accomplish clearly this task.
Study chapter 8.

●● Create a rubric for speaking test and be clear which aspects should be
considered to be included while grading and explain/describe the method
you selected to calculate grades.

●● Be original while creating the speaking test, do not copy anything from
the Internet, it is easy to be recognized as plagiarism.

5. EVALUATION CRITERIA

Please take this rubric into account while preparing your task.

Rubric

6–5 4–3 2-1

The test is well designed Part of the test is properly The test is not properly
according to the level designed according to designed according to the
proposed. the level proposed. level proposed.
The content of the test is Part of the content of the The content of the test is not
relevant, well configured test is well configured or configured and related to
and is related to the relates to the proposed the proposed activity.
proposed activity. activity.
The test is free of grammar, The test has a few The test has too many
punctuation and spelling grammar, punctuation grammar, punctuation and
errors. and spelling errors. spelling errors.
The sources are properly The sources are not The sources are not cited.
cited. properly cited.
Plagiarism will be graded
0. If sources are not cited it
will be considered plagiarism
and graded 0 (zero).

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Estimado(a) estudiante, una vez resuelta su tarea en el documento impreso

(borrador), acceda al Entorno Virtual de Aprendizaje (EVA) en www.utpl.edu.ec
e ingrese las respuestas respectivas.

SEÑOR ESTUDIANTE:
Le recordamos que para presentarse a rendir las evaluaciones presenciales no
está permitido el uso de ningún material auxiliar (calculadora, diccionario, libros,
Biblia, formularios, códigos, leyes, etc.)
Las pruebas presenciales están diseñadas para desarrollarlas sin la utilización
de estos materiales.

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