Assessment Criteria in FLT

Duration: Two hours

Name: ______Shynar Sharapkhan____________________

Instructions

(i) Please answer the questions in your own words not the words in the book or other
sources. You need to paraphrase. You will be penalized for using wording directly
from the book or other sources.
(ii) You are not allowed to use laptop or mobile phone during the exam.
(iii) You may use the textbook and/or paper copies of Power point slides from class sessions
or other handouts
(iv) Please write clearly or type in the space provided under each question.
(v) You must answer all the questions.

1. Define the terms ‘testing’ and ‘assessment’ and compare them. 5 points

Testing is the process to examin people’s ability or knowledge. Assessment is the process of
gathering, interpreting, and sometimes recording and using information about students' responses
to an educational task in order to provide the next learning step.

2. Define five different types and purposes of language tests. Which ones do you apply in your class and
why? Give relevant examples. 10 points
There are diognostic, achievement, proficiency, aptitude, diagnostic. When I was in an internship I used
many assessment types. One of them is achievement test. This is popular in the study which cover only
passed material of each unit. Of course, after each unit we have test to conclude it, but I always did my
own test. Due to my diploma paper the results of students was very important for me. Students also like it
to know levels how increased. It is designed to evaluate what students have learned and the skills
students have acquired over time. An achievement test is not designed to evaluate what students can
achieve, it is focused on what students have gained in knowledge, and the skills that you have gained over
time. The good thing about the achievement test is that it gives the educator and the parents the
opportunity to assess how well their word is doing in a field or at school.

3. What are the principles of assessment? Explain why it is important to follow them. 10 points

Validity, Washback, Reliable, Authentic, Practicality are 5 principles of assessment. Any

assessment information may be used for formative purposes. Teachers’ knowledge of each
learner is vital to ensure assessment is fit for purpose (valid), dependable (reliable) and
appropriate (fair). Furthermore, a learning system relies on an absolute belief that every learner
can improve, and on teachers, learners and partners.

4. Define Summative and formative assessment and give your examples. Provide examples from your own
experience as a teacher or as a learner? 10 points
While FA is the evaluation of learning as it takes place (e.g. quizzes), summative assessments
are evaluations of what a student has learned at the end of given semester. There are many ways
teacher can formative assess in the class, using everything from mini whiteboards, plicker and
other voting systems, rag cards, hands up and verbal responses. As learner formative assessment
is the best one for me that keep learning goals top of mind. So, students have a clear target to
work towards. And it helps to take responsibility for goals that creates self-regulated learners.

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 5 What are test specifications and why do you need them? 5 points
Test specifications spell out what you are attempting to assess. Specifications are often thought
of as being important in large scale testing. However, test specifications are also relevant to
classroom assessment. It can be written ocument, a set of instructions, related to test objectives.

6. What are the stages of designing listening and reading tests. What kind of tasks do you use in each stage of
designing them? 5 points
Pre, while, post stages for listening and reading. Pre reading I gave new voca about new topic while I check
their pronunciation, post reading I can check their understanding by giving T/F statements and so on.
Pre listening students just discuss the theme of the script what will be expected like this. While listening note –
taking, dictation, detailes are considered thoroughly and post listening will be done as summarizing,
discussing.

7. Define holistic and analytic scales for assessing productive skills. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of
each scale. 5 points
Holistic scales single criteria rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants' overall
achievement on an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels;
Analytic two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as
rows. Allows you to assess participants' achievements based on multiple criteria using a single rubric.

8. Discuss types of feedback you learned in the classroom. Which ones do you use in your class? Give
relevant examples from your experience.
5 points
Feedback are divided into 4 types:
Motivational and Evaluative are summative
Descriptive and Effective are formative

Descriptive helps us student how to correct their reasoning. And using this type works as indicator what the
student to be improved.

9. The following writing task was given to year 1 business students at a university.

These days many people prefer to online dating to traditional face-to-face one. What’s your view?
Which one do you prefer?

Write an essay.

What do you think of the task? Explain your view drawing on your reading. Would you set this task as it is or
would you modify? Why?

I would like to change the theme of the task. Bacause student of business study have to something about their
sphere. For example, the theme will be like that” would you to make beneficial application that connects
people through online? It may help you to earn money or rate the level of your business”
20 points
10. A foreign translation company has entered the Kazakhstani market. They would like to hire 10 employees.
They have asked you, as a language expert, to help them with examining their candidates’ English languages
skills.

Explain what sort of assessment tasks (Type of test) you would set to assess candidates’ English language skills.
Provide examples of the tasks.

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Placement test is the best one to check their level of language. Because only this type identify which level you
should start from. The test is suitable for everyone who has ever studied English and has already forgotten it, as
well as those who are at the stage of active study.

25 points

Total 100 points