Assessing Vocab

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FAIZAL BIN SHARI


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Teacher Sectiony The Teacher s section allows you to input material to create

customized vocabulary practice materials for your Ss.y

Text-to-Speech (TTS) builder , y three types of cloze builders , y a Hy pertext Builder , y M ulti-Concordance with Exercise Builder , y G roup Lex (a collaborative vocabulary exercise builder) , y Dictator


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Developing a vocabulary

assessment

y The first step is deciding whether you want to testvocabulary discretely or assess it via writing orspeaking samples.


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Discrete vocabulary tests

y If you want to test vocabulary explicitly , the first thing youneed to determine is whether you want to assess

recognition or production.y Common formats for assessing vocabulary recognition

y multiple-choice questions (MCQs)y matching


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M ultiple-choice Question Formats

y MCQs are one of the most common formats in professionally-developed language tests.

y They are widely used to assess learning at the recall and

comprehension levels (Coombe Folse & Hubley , 2007)y There are many advantages associated with the MCQ.

y they are very reliable because if written well , there is only one correctanswer.

y they are quick and easy to mark and thereby deemed very practical from aT s perspective.

y They can be used to assess knowledge at various levels from beginning toadvanced.

y Ss from most parts of the world are familiar with the format.


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MCQsy The disadvantages associated with MCQs center around

the knowledge they assess.y

MCQs do not lend themselves to the testing of productivelanguage skills or language as communication.

y The ability to test primarily recognition knowledge restrictswhat can be tested with this format (Coombe , Folse &Hubley , 2007).


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Types of MCQsy Synonym Recognition (word in isolation or with context):y

Choose the word that is closest in meaning to shimmer:y assembley shiney outrageousy hygienic


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Types of MCQsy If something is vague it means it is _____________.

y u ncleary abnormaly precisey specific


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Combination Matching & MCQ

1. My cousin is very _____________.He has both a B.A. and a M.A.

2. Mary is a/an _____________ person.

She is never angry or upset and she iseasy to get along with.3. Ahmed has a lot of money, and his

family is also very rich. Everybody inDubai knows he is a very

_____________ person.

A. good-naturedB. appropriateC. affluent

D. widespreadE. well-educated


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M atching Item Writing Tips

y Include more options than premisesy Number the options and letter the premises and have

students write the letter of the correct answer in theblank provided

y Make options shorter than premisesy Relate options and premises to one central theme


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R ecommendations for Classroom VocabularyAssessment

y Match vocabulary assessment procedures with

instructional objectivesy Employ multiple measuresy Make your assessments meaningfuly Be Transparent


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Conclusiony Although once viewed as an enabling skill of secondary importance to

the four main language skills , vocabulary instruction has now come intoits own.

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As such , it is crucial that this important language development skill isassessed validly and reliably.y To accomplish this , several important issues need to be taken into

account and decisions need to be made about how best to assessvocabulary in the classroom.

y Whatever decision is made , however , Ts must strive to make theirvocabulary assessment varied and meaningful.

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