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how can i assess my students speaking skill
Glamorous
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how can i assess my students speaking skill
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hello everybody
i hope that you are all fine
i want to assess my students speaking skill ( they are young learners between 8-10 years old)
i want to use two tools to assess their speaking
and the two tools must be something that can be documented
i don�t know what kind of tools should i use
if i use paper and pencil test it doesn�t assess the speaking skill
unless if someone know how to use it to assess the speaking skill
so please could you give me any ideas i need them
and if you have any paper that i can you use
please send it to me
thanks in advanced |
17 Oct 2008
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JewellS
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Dear Glamorous
You could use a tape recorder to tape them giving a short speach or answering questions.
Hope that helps.
Jewell |
17 Oct 2008
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manonski (f)
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You have to take notes and observe since speaking does not leave traces like a written text. I don�t know what grade you teach but with my students, when I catch them speaking English, I put stickers on a sheet that they put on their desk. The more stickers I put, the more I�ve caught them speaking English. When a parent come to my class, the student explains why he or she has that much or very few stickers for specific activities.
Also, I regularly ask my students to assess themselves at the end of a speaking activity. Usually when they do a speaking activity, they also have a sheet where they can find resources to do the task. When they�re done, I ask them to color a circle on the sheet as a self evaluation: a green circle means they�ve only spoken English, a yellow one means they have spoken both English and the mother tongue and red means they�ve not tried at all. I go around the desk and if I strongly disagree with a self evaluation, I write a note beside the circle. My students know I�ll do that so they are pretty honest with their self evaluation.
Another way to observe is to have a class plan and take notes and observation on your plan when you see speaking happening from students.
Hope this helps you! |
18 Oct 2008
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