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ASSESSMENT AND TESTING SYSTEM (Teaching General English to English non-major university students). GROUP MEMBERS: NGUYEN TUAN ANH BUI T. THU HIEN NGUYEN T. MOC LAN NGUYEN TUYET NHUNG DUONG T. HONG AN. THINGS TO CONSIDER. Standardised tests Examiners. Standardised tests.
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ASSESSMENT AND TESTING SYSTEM(Teaching General English to English non-major university students) GROUP MEMBERS: NGUYEN TUAN ANH BUI T. THU HIEN NGUYEN T. MOC LAN NGUYEN TUYET NHUNG DUONG T. HONG AN
THINGS TO CONSIDER • Standardised tests • Examiners
Standardised tests • The final tests course objectives: • Teach: 4 skills • Assess: mostly 2-3 skills • Test design & development: • Copy • Compile • Finalise
Examiners Examiner training is ignored: • Speaking - PET - FCE - IELTS, etc. • Writing - no sample marking - 1 round marking subjectiveness
A suggested procedure for Writing Examiner Training (using Google Docs) 20 teachers 1. Divide teachers into groups of 5 (4 groups A, B, C, D) 2. A set of 5 pieces of sample writing by learners are shared among 4 groups. 3. Each group work together on marking discussions to make the final decisions. 4. Groups compare their own final marks. 5. Final marks with comments on the writings given by well-trained examiners are shown to all groups. 6. Practice with another set of writings.