An ELT Glossary : Diagnostic Test

A diagnostic test is designed which focuses on language items and subskills commonly needed in negotiations, and including a negotiations simulation which is ... Pages FeaturedArticles CompleteListofContents AnELTGlossary DoingtheDelta? LanguageMatters AnELTGlossary:DiagnosticTest Definition:Adiagnostictestisatestgivenatthebeginningofacoursewhichaimstodiscoverexactlywhatthelearnersknowordon'tknowalreadyandwheretheirstrengthsandweaknesseslie.Thisinformationisthenusedtodecidethecoursecontent.Diagnostictestsarethereforeformativeinfunction. Example1: Ateacherinaprivatelanguageschoolhasanewgroupoflearners.Intheschoolplacementtest,theyalltestedoutatCEFRB1level.However,theyhaveallstudiedindifferentcontextspreviously,andtheteacherdoesnotthereforeknowexactlywhattheyhavecovered.Shethereforedesignsadiagnostictestwhichcovers:  a)thelanguageitemsandsubskillsusuallyencounteredatA2level.Theirperformanceonthispartofthetestwilltellherwhichitemstheyhavefullyassimilatedandwhichwillneedtobefocusedonbeforemovingon. b)arangeofitemsandsubskillsusuallyencounteredintheearlystagesofaB1courseandcoveredinthetextbookthatsheintendstouse.Theirperformanceontheseitemswilltellherwhethertheyinfactdoknowsomeoftheitemsthatshewouldexpecttohavetoteachfromscratch,butwhichinfactwillonlyneedtoberecycledandconsolidated. Example2: ACEFRC1levellearnerisattendingaone-to-onetailormadeBusinessEnglishcoursetoimprovehisabilitytonegotiateinEnglish.Adiagnostictestisdesignedwhichfocusesonlanguageitemsandsubskillscommonlyneededinnegotiations,andincludinganegotiationssimulationwhichisfilmedandanalysedbytheteacher.Fromthis,theteachercanidentifythelearner'sweakareas,anddesignacoursetomeethisneeds. Furtherreading  Baxter,A. EvaluatingYourStudents,RichmondPublishing (RememberthatAmazonwilloftenhavebothnewandusedcopiesofthebookyouwantbelowthepriceshownhere.It'salwaysworthcheckingout.) NewerPost OlderPost Home AboutMe SueSwift Viewmycompleteprofile Copyright Thearticlesandillustrationsfoundonthisblogarecopyrighttotheirauthors,andhavebeenacquiredlegally.AllarticlesarecopyrightSueSwiftunlessanotherauthorisspecificallystated.WherephotosaremadeavailableunderCreativeCommonsLicense,thisandthephotographer'snameisstated.Youarewelcometouseanyoftheactivitieswhichwedescribewithyourclasses-butpleasesendusacommenttosayhowitwent.Youmayalsorefertousinanythingyouwrite-forexampleinanotherblogoranassignmentonateachertrainingcourse.Butpleaseacknowledgeus-don'tstealourideas.Theopinionsexpressedinthearticlesandcommentsarethoseoftheindividualauthors,andmaynotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsofotherELTNotebookwriters. AmazonLinks WeareanAmazonAffiliateandyouwillfindrecommendedreadinglinkstoAmazoninmanysectionsintheNotebook.Pleasenotethatweearnonlyifyouordergoodsafterclicking,notfromtheclicksthemselves.Sofeelfreetoclickonasmanylinksasyouwish-oftenyoucan"Lookinside"thebooksandseethetableofcontentsaswellasreadingarestrictednumberofpages.It'salwaysworthcheckingthemout. Labels Acronyms Activities Aids AlternativeMethodologies AnotherDayintheLife... Bilingualism BusinessEnglish CambridgeEnglishDelta CareerDevelopment ClassroomCulture ClassroomManagementandAffectiveVariables CLIL ConversationClasses CourseDesign CulturalDifferences DealingwithDifficultSituations Delta Discourse EFLExamsandExamPreparation ErrorandFeedback ESP Genre Grammar IATEFL IntensiveCourses LanguageSnippets Learnerneeds LearningandAcquisition LearningDisabilities LessonPlanning Lexis MethodologiesandApproaches MixedAbilityClasses Motivation On-LineCourses Phonology Pragmatics Punctuation Research ResourcesforLearning Semantics SkillsandSubskills StagesoftheLesson Strategies SyllabusTypes TeacherDevelopment Teacherroles TeachingBusinessEnglish TeachingCommunicationSkills TeachingElementaryLearners TeachingGrammar TeachingIntermediateLearners TeachingLexis TeachingListening TeachingOne-to-One TeachingPronunciation TeachingReading TeachingSpeaking TeachingTechniques TeachingTeenagers TeachingWriting Technology Testing UsingSongsandMusic UsingTechnology UsingtheInternet VisualAids Vocabulary YoungerLearners Followers SitesWeLike... DemandHighELT #ELTchat MarisaCostantinides-TEFLMatters SandyMillin EnglishRaven Nik´sLearningTechnologyBlog CarolReadśABCofTeachingChildren ESLhq:Freeworksheets,Forums,andlotsmore KenWilson´sBlog HeadsUpEnglish:MaterialsandLessonPlansforUpperIntermediateandAdvancedClasses eslbase:TrainingandCareerAdvice,JobOffersandteachingResources EnglishLanguageLearningandTeaching:Excellentmethodologysite KoreanSchool:Freeflashcardsforteachersofyoungerlearners-notjustinKorea! TeachingEnglish:Articles,Activities,LessonPlans-asiterunjointlybytheBritishCouncilandtheBBC TheUniversityofCambridge:ExamsforTeachersandStudents Aboutesl:ActivitiesforstudentsandArticlesandLessonPlansforTeachers. eslkidstuff:Resourcesforteachersofyoungerlearners onestopenglish:Articles,activitiesandmaterialsfromMacmillan.