Handout 2, Activity 1, Presentation on assessing young learners Teaching different age groups Assessing young learners Handout 3, Activity 2
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Teaching different age groups Assessing young learners Handout 4A, Activity 2
1. Assessing Listening “Clothes” Level: beginners
Age: 7-10 and above
Time: 15 min
Description: The children listen and colour the clothing items according to a script.
Language: Clothes: pyjamas, hat, sandals, dress, shorts; colours
Skills: Listening for specific information
Assessment criteria: The children should be able to recognize basic clothing items and colours in a spoken text.
Materials: Photocopy Worksheet of clothing items for each pupil, coloured pencils/markers
In class Explain to the children that they are going to hear a story about clothes. They have to colour the clothes according to what they hear.
Give out theWorksheet and tell the story below or one of your own making
John and Mary are watching television. Suddenly, their dog Bruno runs in front of them. He looks very funny. Bruno is wearing Mary’s pink hat, blue pyjamas, and John’s brown sandals. Mary and John run into the bedroom. Their clothes are everywhere! Mary’s green dress is on the flour and John’s red shorts are on the bed. What a mess!
Tell the story again to the pupils to check or complete their work.
Feedback: Go round checking that children have coloured the clothes correctly.
Assessment of outcome: Award one point for each correctly coloured clothing item. Also give them half points if they identify the correct clothing item but colour it the wrong colour.
