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Overviewofthetest TheIELTS(InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem)testprovides anevaluationofEnglishforthosewhowishtostudyortrainatthe tertiarylevelinEnglish.ItisverysimilartotheTOEFL(TestofEnglishas aForeignLanguage).IELTSisajointlymanagedtestbytheUniversityof CambridgeESOLExaminations,BritishCouncil and IDPEducation Australia.Thetestisacceptedby many professionalorganizationsin TheUK,Canada,Australia and NewZealand. B.WhattakingtheIELTStestislike Photocopy and takethefirstbaselinetestinthemanualthatyou purchased(seeHowtoSelectaStudyBookintheprevioussection). Takethetestunder standardized conditions,takingonlytheallotted amountoftimeforeachsection.Aftertakingthetest,computeyour score and thinkabouttheoveralltestingexperience and suggest strategiesforimprovingyouroverall and sectionalscores.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 17 Whenyouthinkaboutit,that'sjustcommonsense.Notthat many  peoplearegettingbyonasingleservingofkelp and rice.Oroneight mealsofsteak and milkshakes.Mostpeopleliesomewherein between,closertothemiddle. Ifyoulookedatnormallydistributeddataonagraph,itwouldlook somethinglikethechartontheleftofthispage. Thex‐axis(thehorizontalone)isthevalueinquestion ... Havestudentsdoacommunicativetaskonthetopic (communicativeoutput) Wheninstructorshavetheopportunitytodeveloppartorallofthe coursecurriculum,theycandevelopaseriesofcontextsbasedonthe realworldtasksthatstudentswillneedtoperformusingthelanguage, and thenteachgrammar and vocabularyinrelationtothosecontexts. Forexample,studentswhoplantotravelwillneedtounderstand publicaddressannouncementsinairports and trainstations. Instructorscanuseaudio‐tapedsimulationstoprovideinput;teach thegrammaticalformsthattypicallyoccurinsuchannouncements; and thenhavestudentspracticebyasking and answeringquestions aboutwhatwasannounced.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More    HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 50 AssessingGrammarProficiency  AuthenticAssessment Justasmechanicaldrillsdonotteachstudentsthelanguage, mechanicaltestquestionsdonotassesstheirabilitytouseitin authenticways.Inordertoprovideauthenticassessmentofstudents’ grammarproficiency,anevaluationmustreflectreal‐lifeusesof grammarincontext.Thismeansthattheactivitymusthaveapurpose otherthanassessment and requirestudentstodemonstratetheirlevel ofgrammarproficiencybycompletingsometask. Todevelopauthenticassessmentactivities,beginwiththetypesof tasksthatstudentswillactuallyneedtodousingthelanguage. Assessmentcanthentaketheformofcommunicativedrills and  communicativeactivitieslikethoseusedintheteachingprocess. Forexample,theactivitybasedonaudiotapesofpublicaddress announcementscanbeconvertedintoanassessmentbyhaving studentsrespondorallyorinwritingtoquestionsaboutasimilartape. Inthistypeofassessment,theinstructorusesachecklistorrubricto evaluatethestudent’sunderstanding and/ oruseofgrammarin context. Mechanicaltestsdoserveone purpose:Theymotivatestudentsto memorize.Theycanthereforeserveas promptstoencouragememorization ofirregularforms and vocabulary items.Becausetheytestonlymemory capacity,notlanguageability,theyare bestusedasquizzes and given relativelylittleweightinevaluating studentperformance and progress.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 24 C.Howtouseastudybook Onceyouhavechosenastudymanual,readthedirectionscarefully. Typically,thefirst10‐40pagesofamanualwillgiveverydetailed instructionsonhowtobeststudyforthetest,test‐takingtips, and  basicinformationaboutthetest.Asmartinstructor[you]willtakethe testatleastoncesotheyknowexactlywhatisentailed. Buildingagoodstudyplanisanessentialfirststepinhelpingyour students.But,first,youmustknowtheskilllevelofyourstudents and wheretheirskillsarestrong and weak.Thiswillrequiregivingyour studentsabaselinetesttodeterminetheircurrentskilllevels. Onceanestimatedbaselinescorehasbeenestablished,carefully reviewyourstudents’skilllevels and developastudyplanthatwill helpraiselowerscores and strengthenthehigherscores. Irregularityofskilllevels(strongverbalskills and veryweakwriting scores,forexample)arenotuncommon and workingonraisingthe lowerlevelskillswill,mostlikely,yieldthequickestresults(ETS researchsuggeststhisistrue). Studentswilloftenwanttostudyintensivelyforshortperiodsoftime, buttheywillgenerallybemoresuccessfulwithdistributedpractice overlongerperiodsoftime. Baseline,practice and  progresstestsshouldbe takenunderconditions ascloseaspossibleas thoseatatestingcenter.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 35 TheTOEICWritingTestFormat  ... Communicativedrillsencouragestudentstoconnectform, meaning, and usebecausemultiplecorrectresponsesare possible.Incommunicativedrills,studentsrespondtoaprompt usingthegrammarpointunderconsideration,butproviding theirowncontent.Forexample,topracticequestions and an‐ swersinthepasttenseinEnglish,teacher and studentscanask and answerquestionsaboutactivitiesthepreviousevening. Thedrilliscommunicativebecausenoneofthecontentissetin advance: Teacher:Didyougotothelibrarylastnight? Student1:No,Ididn’t.Iwenttothemovies.(toStudent2): Didyoureadchapter3? Student2:Yes,Ireadchapter3,butIdidn’tunderstandit. (toStudent3):Didyouunderstandchapter3? Student3:Ididn’treadchapter3.Iwenttothemovieswith Student1.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 3 I.Introduction‐page9 Reasonsfortakingthiscourse Goalsofthecourse  II. Standardized Testing‐page10 A.Whatisit? Whyisitdone? Whatdothetestspredict? B.BasicIntroductiontoTestDevelopment Validity‐Face,Content and more Reliability‐howmeasured Internalconsistencyoftests and items Howitems(questions)aredeveloped C.BasicStatisticalConcepts NormalCurve "Norming"ate st‐ and stat isticalcurvesmoothing StandardDeviation and StandardErrorofTests **Beforeyoubegin** Downloadyourcoursenotesat: www.TEFLeBooks.com/TOEFLnotes.doc   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 18 Whyisthisuseful?Here'sanexample:Ifyouarecomparingtestscores fordifferentschools,thestandarddeviationwilltellyouhowdiverse thetestscoresareforeachschool. Let'ssaySpringfieldElementaryhasahighermeantestscorethan ShelbyvilleElementary.Yourfirstreactionmightbetosaythatthekids atSpringfieldaresmarter. Butabiggerstandarddeviationforoneschooltellsyouthatthereare relativelymorekidsatthatschoolscoringtowardoneextremeorthe other.Byaskingafewfollow‐upquestionsyoumightfindthat,say, Springfield'smeanwasskewedupbecausetheschooldistrictsendsall ofthegiftededucationkidstoSpringfield.OrthatShelbyville'sscores weredraggeddownbecausestudentswhorecentlyhavebeen "mainstreamed"fromspecialeducationclasseshaveallbeensentto Shelbyville. Inthisway,lookingatthestandarddeviationcanhelppointyouinthe rightdirectionwhenaskingwhyinformationisthewayitis. Thestandarddeviationcanalsohelpyouevaluatetheworthofall thoseso‐called"studies"thatseemtobereleasedtothepress everyday.Alargestandarddeviationinastudythatclaimstoshowa relationshipbetweeneatingTwinkies and killingpoliticians,for example,mighttipyouoffthatthestudy'sclaimsaren'tallthat trustworthy. CredittoRobertNilesforhis excellentdescriptionofthese statisticalconcepts.   HowtoTeachTOEFLTOEICIELTS and More 31 V.TOEIC A....

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