Assessment And Evaluation Of Listening And Speaking For Primary/ Secondary And Form Six Levels

Principles of testing listening and speaking

Tests are administered for various reasons: a. to evaluate individuals performance for the purpose of selection, or enabling teacher to increase his own effectiveness; b. to locate the precise areas of difficulty encountered by the class or by individual stud c. to make sure the parts of language programme that have been found difficult by the class d. to motivate stud e. as a valuable teaching device

Assessment procedures A classroom assessment normally follow the following sequence: a. placement assessment determine stud performance at the beginning of the programme b. formative test monitor stud progress during instruction c. diagnostic assessment to diagnose learning difficulties d. summative assessment to assess achievement at the end of instruction

 Norm-referenced assessment and criterionreferenced assessment refers to how stud performance are interpreted; Norm describes the performance in terms of relative position held in the group while criterion describes the specific performance demonstrated by stud;

Types of Assessment
Formative test
To monitor learning progress during instruction. It is to provide continuous feedback to both teacher and stud Eg. Students look at a stimulus and talk on it, teacher asks questions about a certain event and stud responds

Diagnostic test
To identify area of weaknesses or difficulties during the instruction so that a remedial programme E.g. focussed listening to single words, short phrases or sentences

 Progress test
Assess studs progress in mastering the material taught in the classroom E.g. monthly test, topic test

Summative test
To determine the extent to which the instructional goals have been achieved E.g. listening to recorded stories and listening to comprehension questions

 Placement test
Concerned with the studs entry performance which focus on their knowledge and skills before beginning a new instruction

Achievement test
Refer to formal tests which are designed to show the mastery of a particular syllabus The results of the test are used to measure individual performance (grading and certification) E.g. interview, responding to stimulus

 A Table Of Specification, or also known as a Test Blueprint, is a two-way chart that provides guidelines to prepare and construct test items; It may contain the following information: a. instructional outcome b. course content/ syllabus to be tested c. number of items d. level of items e. time allocated for the test f. item types 8

 A teacher may need to keep scores and feedbacks in order to keep track of stud performance and progress; Scoring criteria in the forms of scoring formats or banding should be employed to ensure the validity and reliability of the scores; Tests scores need to be: a. immediately make known to stud as it has a deep impact on the future b. the scores provide a lot of useful input in order for stud to remedied their areas of weaknesses c. it also serves as remediation and enrichment steps for the teacher for future lesson planning; 9