Classroom Language Assessment Course

Professor: Nora Lucia Marulanda Ángel Ph. D.

Listening and Reading test design

1. Listening test 5%
2. Reading test 5%

File Name: Listening/Reading_Assessment_CLAC_Lastname_Name

Due date: Sunday, March 29th until 6PM

1. The first information you need to specify in your file is:

● Context: you have to specify the grade, whether the school is public or not, and the
English proficiency level.
● Purpose: you have to specify the aim of your assessment (achievement, progress,
etc.)
● Construct(s)

2. Now, you have to fill this information in the following table (each decision you make
MUST be supported according to the theory we have studied).

Both listening and reading

Length: Why?
Topic or field: Why?
Topical specificity: Why?
Vocabulary (variety, Why?
frequency/familiarity, density):
Syntax: Why?
Reading Listening
Genre: Type of speech act:
Why? Why?
Rhetorical mode: Register:
Why?
Communicative functions:
Why?
Speed of speech:
Why?
Use of suprasegmental:
Why?
Accent of speaker(s):
Why?
Aspect of authentic discourse:
Why?
 3. You must write instructions for each type of questions since the dynamic of multiple
choice, true and false, and deletion and/or fill in the gaps items is totally different. Below
each instruction, you should include the two items respectively. Make sure you include
the number of possible points for each question.
● Example for multiple choice questions:
Read the following questions and select the correct answer a, b, c or d.
1. Question
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Question
a.
b.
c.
d.

4. In a separate page, you should include the answer key for each question and the input you
chose to design the assessment; text for reading assessment or transcription of audio for
listening assessment.

Assessment Criteria for this Task

Points Explanations

15 Your reading/listening test follows item writing guidelines studied in the course.
points

15 Your test includes all the required information: See instructions above.
points

10 Your test has a great degree of the five principles of quality assessment.
points

10 Your writing displays no errors in syntax, grammar and spelling.

points
*Remember to paste this rubric at the bottom of your task.