Background and Goals - part 9
Results
The ease of tests to apply and how well they were received by the students -
see tables 1, 2 and 3
Teachers were asked to reply to the easiness of giving each test to their students on a scale of 1 - 4: 1 being difficult to administrate and 4 being very easy.
Tests 1 - 6 are tests from unit 1 of English For All Children
Test 1 was a pen and pencil test of understanding aural instructions, asking the children to draw specific lexical items learnt. Although in general the children seemed to like this activity, it took just a handful of children in the class to say that they don't like drawing and to complain about having to draw to make the test more difficult to apply. Thus the drawing test received an average assessment of 2.5 for both giving and also for how the children reacted to it.
Test 2 was a repeat of the same pen and pencil test of understanding aural instructions, asking the children to draw specific lexical items learn, except this time with different objects to be drawn. This was said to be easier to give and received an average assessment of 2.8 for both giving and also for how the children reacted to it.
Test 3 was a test of circling the right picture according to instructions given. This was the easiest test to apply with an average assessment of 3.8 for ease of giving the test, and 3.5 for how the children liked it and received it well. Test 4 involved oral production in a team game in which the children have to say what they see on a flash card. Many teachers found it hard to write down the results and give the test at the same time, feeling that it often caused a lot of noise and commotion; some teachers felt they were losing control. The teachers' reactions to this test showed great diversity, probably because of the different personalities of the teachers. However, the children loved the activity and cooperated well in general. The test received an assessment of 2.6 for giving it and 3.1 for how the children received it.
Test 5 involved each child being asked a few questions privately by the teacher. It was hard to find the time to do this as the rest of the class had to be occupied at the same time. Teachers reported that although some of the younger classes found this speech production harder, in general the children were very happy for this kind of attention and some of the results were surprisingly good. The test received an assessment of 2.4 for ease of giving it and 3.1 for how the children enjoyed it..
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 1
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 2
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 3
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 4
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 5
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 6
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 7
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 8
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 9
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 10
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 11
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 12
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 13
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 14
- English for Children - Background and Goals - Part 15