Unit 19

In Unit 19, you will learn about Assessment & feedback. Please work your way through the video and reading before tackling the unit quiz. You may progress once you have completed all parts.

Review

We are phasing out our old system of quizzes and have introduced a fully automated, tracked system, as shown immediately below. Our new-style ‘login course’ assessments are now standard for new students.

Unit 19 Quiz

Student Information *

Please provide your first and family names

Question 1: __________ allow students' weak areas to be found so that the course can be tailored to their needs without repeating what is already known well. *

Needs-analysis tests
Diagnostic tests
Formative tests

Question 2: When trying to measure students' speaking ability, the best kind of test from these below choices is ________. *

An essay on a teacher-selected topic
An informal group discussion
A prepared presentation

Question 3: __________ assessment measures a student's progress throughout a course and can be used to diagnose problems before the end of the course. It is generally less formal than other assessment methods. *

Diagnostic
Formative
Summative

Question 4: Summative assessment is often criticized because _________. *

It is usually only capable of measuring whether students have met very specific goals
it is not useful for comparing students in terms of meeting learning goals
they take up too much time to administer throughout the course

Question 5: Placement tests should be ________. *

easy so that students don’t become demotivated early in the course
mixed in difficulty level so that the teacher has a wide rage of language skills and levels to draw from
mixed in difficulty because the purpose is to give students a review of all previous topics

Question 6: Most placement tests include __________. *

multiple-choice questions and closed questions because these draw more information from the students than other question types and are easier for them to understand
multiple-choice questions and a few other question-types that help measure writing skills
Advanced learners

Question 7: A frequent complaint about _______ testing in the EFL classroom is that students often just memorize specific information rather than how to use the language effectively and naturally. *

formal
placement
level

Question 8: __________ tests are almost identical to placement tests. *

Diagnostic
Formative
Summative

Question 9: Anonymous course questionnaire evaluations completed by students after units or semesters have been completed help teachers ____________. *

help teachers measure grammar attainment from their answers
allow teachers to learn what worked in their classes and how students feel about the teaching methods
allow teachers to place students at the correct level in the next semester, course, or school year

Question 10: Which of the following could be used to help assess the productive skill of speaking? *

Individual prepared speeches
Multiple-choice with some open-answer questions
Group discussion

Question 11: In a culture that doesn't value public praise, which of the following examples would likely be better? *

Telling your student in front of the class that they pronounced a word well.
Pulling your student to the side and telling them what they did wrong.
Telling your student in front of the class they used the vocabulary words well.

Question 12: Briefly describe the differences between formative and summative assessments. *

Question 13: Describe in some detail the different types of feedback available to teachers in the ESL/EFL classroom. *

Question 14: In your own words, explain why peer assessment may not be the best type of assessment for young or beginner learners. *

Question 15: Explain some advantages and disadvantages of peer assessment given verbally in a 1:1 (student:student) scenario, where the students are both fairly fluent in English. *

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