University of Mustapha Stambouli Module: Evaluation in ELT

Faculty of Letters and Languages Academic Year: 2019-2020

Department of English 1st year/ Master Didactics
First Semester Exam Correction

“I will always remember the horror of receiving my chemistry result when I was thirteen years old. I
knew it wasn't going to be high, but to come bottom of the class was very upsetting. It was all made
worse by the fact  that the chemistry teacher read the results to the whole class, from first to last
place. My humiliation was complete. Students can have very negative reactions towards tests and it's
no surprise when they too may have had experiences like this. So, why testing doesn't usually work?”
Richard Frost

In a coherent essay, answer Richard Frost’s question in the above quotation by exposing the
most significant criteria of an effective assessing test.

The essay

In a brief introduction, the student may state that the field of foreign
language teaching in general and language assessment in particular,
has been and will continue to be the history of controversies, debates
Introduction
and researches.
The student may also shed a slight light on the significance of the
assessment practice to boost the teaching learning process as a whole.

A general description of each criteria of an effective assessing test

Body namely reliability, validity, objectivity, practicality, wash back effect,
authenticity, and interpretability.
N.B. A single paragraph is to be assigned for each main idea.

To reconfirm the thesis (The field language assessment has been and
Conclusion will continue to be the history of controversies, debates and researches),
and to sum up the main headings of the essay.

The following scheme reflects approximately the teacher’s scoring procedure:

 The scoring scheme 20/20

1. Relevance 08/08
a. knowledgeable  : 08/08
b. Minimally answer the question. 04/08
c. Some knowledge of the subject.03/08
d. Limited knowledge of the subject 02/08
e. Off-topic .01/20
2. Paragraphing : 03 /03
a. The number of paragraphs signals the ideas expressed. The essay has a discernible
beginning middle and end. 03/03
b. Somewhat loosely paragraphed. 02/03
(The number of paragraphs does not signals the ideas expressed.)
c. The essay lacks an overall plan with beginning, middle and end. 01/03.

3. Organization /Coherence :( 03 /03)

a. Ideas cogently organised and logically connected with clear transitions 03/03
b. Somewhat loosely organised but main ideas stand out. 01/03
c. Ideas disconnected .Some difficulties to understand the meaning of the answer.0,5/03

4. Grammar (03 / 03)

a. Accurate sentences (03 / 03)

b. Frequent grammar mistakes. (0.5/03)

5. Mechanics:03 /03
a. Effective use the graphic Convention: spelling , punctuation ,capitalisation (03 / 03)
c. Frequent mechanics mistakes.(0.5/3)