Universitas Muhammadiyah Kendari

ASSESSING
READING
Group 3
La Ode Alfandi
Noran Candrani (21913057)
Nurfadila Remas
Astrid Febriana Karim
Erpina (
 Reading involves making meaning from a text and
HOW TO ASSESS employing cueing systems when they read.

READING ? The text has no meaning other than that which the reader
has given it (Selly, 1999).
 Difficulties in Assessing Reading
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 Types of Reading

B Q
Perspective Reading Selective
Reading

C O
Interactive Extensive
Reading Reading
 Perceptive Reading
Perceptive reading tasks involve attending to the components of larger stretches
of discourse implying bottom-up processing

Items include

Reading aloud Written response Multiple-choice

Grapheme recognition task
Test takers read: circle the “odd” item, the one that does’nt belong
1. Light Might Light
2. Door Door Poor
3. Mall Ball Ball
Selective Reading
Ascertain one’s reading recognition of lexical,
grammatical, or discourse features of language.

A combination of bottom-up and top-down.

 Items include

Multiple-choice (form Matching Tasks

focused criteria)
Write in the letter of the definition on the right that matches the
e.g. He’s not married. He’s …. word on the left.
a. Young .... 1. exhausted a. unhappy
b. Single ….. 2. disappointed b. understanding of others
c. First ….. 3. enthusiastic c. tired
d. A husband ….. 4. empathetic d. excited
 Items include

Editing Tasks
Gap-Filling Tasks
Choose the letter of the underlined word that is not correct. Sentence completion task
The abrasively action of the wind wears away Oscar : Doctor, what should I do if I get sick?
A B Doctor : it is best to stay at home and ……..
If you have a fever, ……………………….
softer layers of rock
……………..
C D
You should drink as much
………………………
The worst thing you san do is ………………
You should also
…………………………………………….
Picture-cued tasks
Interactive Reading
Reading Is a process of negotiating the meaning; Typically using top-
down processing

The focus of an interactive task is to identify relevant features (lexical,

symbolic, grammatical, and discourse)

Similar to selective reading but with more emphasis on meaning.

Tasks include

Cloze tasks Ordering tasks

Multiple choices for reading comprehension Non-verbal tasks for information transfer

Short-answer questions

Editing tasks

scanning
Cloze tasks
To check the focus on semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic cues.
The recognition that one’s feelings of (1) …… and unhappiness can coexist much
like (2)…… and etc.

Short-Answer Task
1. What do you think is the main idea of this passage?
2. what would you infer from the passage about the future of air travel?

Editing Task (longer text)

Choose the letter of the underlined word that is not correct.

The abrasively action of the wind wears away
A B softer layers of rock
C D
 scanning
Scanning is a strategy to find information in a text

Requiring rapid identification of relevant bits of information

Ordering Tasks
Sentence-ordering task
Put the following sentences in the correct order
a. It was called “The Last Waltz”
b. The street was in total darkness
c. Because it was one he and Richard had learnt at school
d. Peter looked outside
e. He recognized the tune
f. And it seemed deserted
g. He thought he heard someone whistling

Non-verbal tasks for information transfer

Extensive Reading

Applies on texts of more than one page

Top-down processing
Items include:

Skimming task, to get the main ideas

Summarizing ; a synopsis or interview of the text

Responding ; personal opinion on the text as a whole

Note-taking and outlining ; high-order learning

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