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Background and Goals - part 14
Summary
- Certain tests seem to be suitable for certain age groups. For example, test 6 seems to be more suited to grades 1 and 2 than to grades 3 and 4. On the other hand, test 12 seems more suitable to grades 3 and 4 than to grade 1. The tests of drawing may be eliminated altogether because of anxiety created by drawing.
- The battery of tests for first year spoken English seems to have been effective in showing a) the progress of the child, b) the teacher's success in teaching specific material and c) the suitability of the material being taught.
- In the case of the child's progress, teachers were often surprised how quiet children did well in both tests of aural comprehension and those of oral production, when they had presumed that these children really were not following what was going on. Sometimes they were unpleasantly surprised to see how more dominant children really knew the material insufficiently.
- Teachers often discovered that they had taught certain subjects badly. This would become apparent when, for example, whole classes knew practically no action words so could not circle the right picture in test 3. The testing system allowed them to remedy holes in the knowledge.
- The material being taught seems to be suitable as many of the children received high marks in the tests. However, this question needs further investigation to see how different schools averaged in the marks. This is often a function of school or area discipline.
- As mentioned on the first page of this study, the discussion of at what age to start EFL is not the goal of this paper. However, the evidence supports the idea that not only can children learn and enjoy learning spoken English from 1st grade, but the English learnt is also assessable.
Further Research
- Comparing the results and pace of progress of students learning with the same program English For All Children by Helen Doron in afternoon classes and in schools. In afternoon classes the classes have 4 - 8 children, whereas in the schools the classes vary between 15 - 40 students.
- Comparing the results and pace of progress of students learning with the same program English For All Children by Helen Doron who hear the proscribed audio cassettes daily, as opposed to those who listen irregularly.
- Examining the motivation of children who learnt English by this program in school in their subsequent English studies.
- Examining the progress and success of children who learnt English by this program in school in their subsequent English studies.
- Examining the reliability of this study and an in-depth analysis of the same data. This can be done by cross-analysis of the data between teachers, schools and classes seeing how different teachers grade parallel classes in the same school / area and also how the same teachers grade in different schools.
English for Children
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