How Long to Read Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom

How Long Does it Take to Read Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom?

It takes the average reader and 52 minutes to read Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom by Eric Herman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

"I put the development of new kinds of tests at the top of the list because of the importance of tests in shaping all that we do and think in the classroom. . . If we teach for communicative competence, we have to test for communicative competence." (Communicative Approach Expert, Sandra J. Savignon, 1976, p. 5). With this guide*, proficiency testing can finally become a common practice in the classroom, which can have widespread effects on how we teach, namely, enabling more communicative language teaching. New approaches require new testing methods. This is the book teachers need (and long overdue in the language teaching field) with potential to be a game-changer. The proficiency tests are - Meaning-based - Comprehension-based - Bias for the students' best - Quick to administer and easy to score I have personally field-tested the stories and procedures and adopted them for my own action research. I used them as pre and post tests, the results of which helped me earn "Exemplary" ratings on my teacher evaluation. The tests also gave me diagnostic data when starting at a new school and served as final exams based on growth. The book reviews the constructs and terminology of communicative language teaching, proficiency, and testing. The Proficiency Guidelines from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) are explained, critiqued, and common misinterpretations reviewed. Improved testing methods are discussed, namely Savignon's 1972 study that started the communicative movement in testing and tests I designed in the same spirit. Finally, recommended are 8, practical tasks with practical evaluation criteria. Teachers with a story-based curriculum can test how they teach and everyone can use stories as the starting point for different communicative tasks. * This guide is the first part of the books, Assessing Spanish Proficiency with Stories and Assessing French Proficiency with Stories. Those 2 books also include 30 high-frequency stories and quizzes. For teachers of other languages, I thought I'd make the guide available separately. Then, teachers can choose their own content to which they can apply these testing methods.

How long is Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom?

Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom by Eric Herman is 52 pages long, and a total of 13,104 words.

This makes it 18% the length of the average book. It also has 16% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 11 minutes to read Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom aloud.

What Reading Level is Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom?

Assessing Proficiency in the Classroom is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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