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Principles of Assessing Reading

Principles of Assessing Reading. Dr. Rima Al Zadjali & Aqil Al Ajmi 12 th ELT International Conference 18 th and 19 th of April, 2012. Workshop Structure. Survey of practices and beliefs Factors that influence reading test scores Test specifications

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Principles of Assessing Reading

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  1. Principles of Assessing Reading Dr. Rima Al Zadjali & Aqil Al Ajmi 12th ELT International Conference 18th and 19th of April, 2012

  2. Workshop Structure • Survey of practices and beliefs • Factors that influence reading test scores • Test specifications • Pros and cons of some item types • Critical Analysis of reading test tasks • Developing reading test items • Reflections on tasks and discussions

  3. Surveying Practices and Beliefs Get into groups and answer the survey. Appoint someone to be the spokesperson.

  4. What is reading ability? Discussion of group answers “the ability to decode and comprehend text at the same time – the ability to make sense of what is being read.” (Penner-Wigler, 2008: 1) “the interaction between a reader and a text” (Alderson, 2000:3) “Dynamic, variable, different for the same reader on the same text at a different time or with a different purpose in reading ”

  5. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? A complex psychological concept. Construct Intelligence The complete set of knowledge, skills, abilities, or traits an assessment is intended to measure (Lloyd, Davidson, & Coombe, 2005). An attribute, proficiency, or ability, or skill defined (Brown, 2005). Reading

  6. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Why is knowing text difficulty important? Construct How do I know text difficulty? Microsoft Office Word Vocabulary profiler Refer to page 17 of your handout. Text Difficulty A word of caution! These statistics are estimates of L1 reading difficulty.

  7. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Construct The use of the dictionary& test duration Text Difficulty Task Constraints

  8. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Refer to page 5 of your handout Text Selection

  9. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Task Familiarity Text Selection

  10. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Test Taker Ability Test Difficulty Test takers’ ability Task Familiarity Text Selection

  11. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Test Taker Ability Test Difficulty Test takers’ ability Task Familiarity Text Selection

  12. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Test Taker Ability Test Difficulty Test takers’ ability Task Familiarity Text Selection

  13. What factors influence the reading score received by a test taker? Construct Test Takers Ability Text Difficulty Task Familiarity Task Constraints Text Selection

  14. Test Specifications Refer to page 4 of your handout

  15. Item Types Discussion of group answers

  16. Critical Analysis of Reading Test Tasks Turn to page 8 of your handout.

  17. Hands on experience

  18. End of Workshop! Thank you! Dr. Rima Al-Zadjali Aqil Al-Ajmi rima@squ.edu.om aqil@squ.edu.om

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