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Taking the tears out of testing
Shaun Wilden - Bulgaria 2011shaunwilden@gmail.com
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Exams!
Everyone hates them yet, at the same time, we all recognise their importance for measuring our achievement against our personal goals, for proving our worth in the academic stakes, for improving our career prospects. Alan Maley
Introductions
– Talk about what you do
– Talk about where you live
– Talk about your family
– Talk about which is better, the city or the country
Introduce yourself and…
Open the coursebook at random
Do not tell your partner what page you have chosen
Using questions you and your partner need to find 3 similarities in the pictures.
Find the similarities
Line up with pictures
Choose a new picture and a new partner Study your picture and listen for the teacher’s
instructions
– Say something factual about your picture
– Say something you like/don’t like about it and why
– Say something it reminds you of
– Talk about something in your picture which is related to something in your partner’s picture
– Each of you say one way in which the two pictures are different
With a partner:
a)consider how relevant these activities are for exam training
b)decide which part(s) of they exam they practice
Reflection
Reflection
1. Introduce yourself2. Similarities3. Line up with pictures4. Reflection
Part 1Part 2
Part 2Parts 3 /4
1. Do they have a fourth of July in England?
2. How many birth days does the average person have?
3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28?
4. In baseball, how many outs are there in an inning?
5. Can a California man legally marry his widow's sister?
6. Divide 30 by 1/2 and add 10. What is the answer?
7. If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
8. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour. How many minutes would the pills last?
9. How many members of each animal did Moses take on the ark?
10. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?Taken from www.pressanykey.com
You have 5 minutes - No talking please! Yes
One
All
Six
No
70
2
60 minutes
None
- it was Noah
12
1. How did feel about the test?
2. Was it a fair test?
3. Were you well-prepared for the test?
4. Did this test improve your English?
Testing Teaching… is product-orientated … is process-orientated
… is failure–orientated … is success-orientated
… is stressful … is relaxing
… is individualistic … is group-orientated
… is competitive … is collaborative
… is monotonous … is varied
… is teacher-controlled … allows learner control
… is judgemental … raises self-esteem
… measures success in marks … measures success in many ways
... withdraws support … provides support
Testing here refers to the approach taken in classrooms rather than the actual test.
Taken from Dealing with difficulties by Prodromou / Clandfield
ACCURACY
AUTHORITY
CLASSIFICATION
COMPETITION
FORMALITY
MONOTONYNO COMMUNICATION
PUNISHMENTS
REWARDS Students’ tears
with exam classes
BALANCE
RESOURCES
TRAINING
MONOTONY
OVERLOADED AND OVERWORKED
RESULTS
UNSURE OF HOW TO
IMPLEMENT ASSESSMENT CRITIERIA IN
CLASS Teachers’ tears
with exam classes
“If a test is regarded as important then preparation for
it can come to dominate all teaching and activities.”
Hughes 1989:1
But they also need….• to see their studies in a broader context• to be able to assess themselves• to develop their study skills• to build/sustain motivation levels
How can we remove the tears?
In order to be successful students need…
•to know exactly what is in the exam•to be able to analyse what each task entails•to apply important strategies studied in class to the actual exam
Look at the next paragraph of the above article. Decide on 5 words to take out at regular intervals. Remember what kinds of words are usually omitted. Make a note of the words you choose.
There are other cases of people forwarding emails on purpose. Lawyer Richard Phillips emailed his secretary telling her that she had split tomato ketchup on his trousers at lunch and asking her to pay the dry-cleaning bill for the sum of £4 pounds. This email, which was passed around the law firms, was answered by a stinging reply by his secretary, which also went round the legal world and made it into the national news. With the resulting publicity, Mr. Philips was so embarrassed at what people considered to be his meanness that he left his job.
There are other cases of people forwarding emails onpurpose. Lawyer Richard Phillips emailed his secretary telling her that she had split tomato ketchup on his trousers at lunch and asking her to pay the dry-cleaning bill for the sum of £4 pounds. This email, which was passed around the law firms, was answered by a stinging reply by his secretary, which also went round the legal world and made it into the national news. With the resulting publicity, Mr. Philips was so embarrassed at what people considered to be his meanness that he left his job.
telling
on
sum
made
what
How many collocations can you remember?
There are other cases of people forwarding emails on purpose. Lawyer Richard Phillips emailed his secretary telling her that she had split tomato ketchup on his trousers at lunch and asking her to pay the dry-cleaning bill for the sum of £4 pounds. This email, which was passed around the law firms, was answered by a stinging reply by his secretary, which also went round the legal world and made it into the national news. With the resulting publicity, Mr. Philips was so embarrassed at what people considered to be his meanness that he left his job.
How many relative clauses are there?
wordle.net
The director of your language school has put forward an idea to remove the only food and rinks machine. You have been asked to find out the views of your fellow students and write a report with your recommendationsFCE Result page 103
letter email article essay report story review
What we write in the FCE exam
• To encourage students to breakdown the task and ensure they fulfill all the task requirements make sure they always ask themselves the key orientation questions
• Who• What• Why
Task Analysis
Sure 100 % Not 100 %
Shaun
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2010/09/100902_6min_new_words_page.shtml
BaggravationBlogrollquantitative easingSlugfesttombstoningupcyclervuvuzela
Authentic English (written sources)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Anson_(1781)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/content/articles/2007/12/24/aboutcornwall_hmsanson_feature.shtml
Authentic language - listening
http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?14507
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Two hun____ are out in the woo____ whe__ one of the____ col____. He doe____ see____ to be bre____ and his eye____ are gl____. The oth__ guy whI____ out his pho___ and cal____ the eme____ ser____. He gas____, “My fri____ is dea____! Wha____ can I do?”The ope____ say____ “Cal____ dow____. I can hel____. Fir____, let’____ mak____ sur____ he’s dea___.”The____ is a sil____, the____ a sho___ is hea____. Bac____ on the____ pho____, the____ guy say____ “OK, now wha____ ?”
Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, "My friend is dead! What can I do?". The operator says "Calm down. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says "OK, now what?
FCE Result page 35
Based on an idea from Jeremy Harmer & page 54 Intercultural activities