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Assessing Assessments: 5 Points to Consider
Barbara Gottschalk
Are you preparing to begin a new academic year? For many teachers in the United States and other parts of the world, the answer is “yes.” Even if this isn’t the case for you, it’s safe to assume almost every … Continue reading
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Tagged as assessment, elementary ESL, ELT reading, primary education, reading, teaching reading
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Three Levels of Complexity in ESOL Placement
Rob Sheppard
Placement testing is tough. Doing it well can be time consuming and resource intensive, and doing it with insufficient rigor can lead to “slippery” leveling, where, say, a level 3 one year is different in ability from a level 3 … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, assessment, evergreen, placement, Robert Sheppard
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Critiquing Your Critiques: What to Ask Yourself Before Giving Written Feedback
Nathan Hall
I often joke that the difference between an ESL specialist and an English teacher is like the difference between an engineer and an artist: The ESL specialist is concerned with the mechanics of language to solve problems, while the English … Continue reading
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What You Need to Include in an ELL Needs Assessment
Nathan Hall
Congratulations! You made it through another school year. Enjoy your summer, but unless you’re retiring (in which case, congratulations again) it will be time to prepare for the new school year before you know it. There will be some familiar … Continue reading
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Directed Self‐Placement for Second Language Writers
Elena Shvidko
Crusan’s (2011) article “The Promise of Directed Self-Placement for Second Language Writers” underscores the advantages of directed self-placement (DSP) methods over so-called “classic” placement approaches, which, as Crusan rightly noted, assume financial expenses and political decisions, and which may not … Continue reading
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Tagged as academic writing, assessment, elena shvidko, ESL writing, evergreen, higher education, self-assessment
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4 Ways to Help ELLs Self-Assess Their Writing
Elena Shvidko
As part of my TESOL MA program, I had to take a language testing class. One of the hardest tasks of the course was—believe it or not—working in a group with other graduate students to create a writing test. Some … Continue reading
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Tagged as assessment, elena shvidko, ELL writing, evergreen, self-assessment, writing activities
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The Positive Effects of Pretesting
Rob Sheppard
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending an exceptional PD workshop in Boston put on by First Literacy. The presenter was Sarah Lynn, and her topic was Brain-Based ESOL Instructional Techniques. It was a fascinating talk, rich with practical, … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, assessment, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, test preparation
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ELT: Teach to the Test!
Rob Sheppard
Alright, so if you balked at the title, I admit that I’m not really going to suggest that you teach to the test. That can undermine your pedagogy and compromise your values. But in adult ed and other ESOL settings, we … Continue reading
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Tagged as adult education, adult ESL, assessment, evergreen, Robert Sheppard, standardized tests, test preparation
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