Task: Assessment activity.

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Task: Assessment activity

Objectives: in this activity you will have the opportunity to:

• Design an activity to assess your students’ progress using informal assessment.
• Put into practice what you have read on assessment.
• Reflect on the influence assessment can have on children

Methodology: read carefully unit 6 and design an activity to assess your students’ speaking skills informally

Activity: include the following steps:  

• A description of the target group (number of students, age, level, special needs, nationality, mother tongue …).
• Length of time for the activity.
• Focus of assessment: what to assess, who is going to be assessed
• Materials used
• Classroom arrangement (rows, circles, horseshoes, how the class is organized, whether the teacher is the focus of attention or not, etc.).
• Lessons procedure: explain in detail the steps you will follow, include examples of the students’ expected outcomes, etc.
• Explain if your activity takes into account the characteristics of a good test/assessment activity we have studied in this unit: validity, reliability, discrimination, transparency and feasibility.

Please, be original! No ideas taken ready-made material from the internet will be accepted.

Length: minimum 1-maximum 4 pages, Georgia body font size 11,5 , inter-line spacing 1.5, justified.

A description of the target group:

A group of 20 seven years old students with an average level for the age and no special needs. They are Spanish speakers from Spain and South America.

Length of time for the activity:

The activity last 15 minutes.

Focus of assessment: what to assess, who is going to be assessed:

The focus of assessment is listening comprehension. We will find out if the new  vocabulary was understood. At the same time, we will get feedback of any lack of information or misunderstanding.

Materials used:

Students will need a piece of paper and pen/pencil.

Classroom arrangement:

They will be sitting on the floor forming a big circle.

Lessons procedure:

First, the teacher will explain the instructions of the activity. Then, they will be sitting on the floor to start the “game”.

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