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Reading assessment
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pauguzman
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Hi!!!i was taught that when you are assessing reading you are evaluating comprehension. Pronunciation could be one part of assessing speaking. For reading, as one member says here you can make true and false exercises and correct the false ones, questions,charts, etc. May be you can ask them oral questions about the text and there correct their pronunciation, but I think it �s unfair, because they would concentrate in the way they speak and not in content. I have been a substitute teacher many times, and if the teacher doesn �t leave clear instructions of what and how to correct, I do what I think it �s correct and fair for the students. Is it a language school, primary, secondary school? |
24 Oct 2009
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monchis
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Hi nite,
If you want to be fair and be able to feedback students, using rubrics is a good method.
There�s a webpage which I have found quite useful when I don�t have time to create my own rubrics. www.rubristar.com You can choose what you need to asses and you can modify and adapt it to your needs.
And remember that assesment is just a guide for both students and teachers to be aware of what you need to improve.
Once that you�ve got their marks, what do you plan to do? Depending on your students age and the time you�ve got to work with them, you could record them and make them identify and correct their own mistakes, or simply teach them to peer feedback by eliciting correct pronunciation. ( for this you need to take notes of misspelled words).
Well, just a couple ideas that came to my mind and have helped my students to improve speaking skills including pronunciation.
Hope this helps you |
24 Oct 2009
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jeannesm
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I think reading assessment can be done a variety of ways. I like to have my students do a good bit of reading aloud to work on pronunciation while they read. Also, when someone reads aloud they are getting the language and information through reading, hearing, and speaking all at one time. This can be really helpful.
Another thing to take into account, as mentioned by others, is the level and age of your students. The assessments should be as appropriate to them as the reading material. It is good to do an assessment early on so you have something to compare to for improvement. I often think that informal assessments are just as critical to us as teachers as formal assessments are. Good luck with the teaching!
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8 Nov 2009
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