Sabohat Rahmatova ASSESSING GRAMMAR.pptx

grammar

1. HOW TO ASSESS GRAMMAR Rahmatova Sabohat

2. WHAT IS GRAMMAR? Grammar is about the form of the language, ... but it is also used to make meaning and make sense.

3. Skilled users of grammar not only express themselves accurately and meaningfully but also use their knowledge of grammar to present themselves to others in the way that they wish to be seen.

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5. Grammar plays a key role in our ability to communicate precisely and effectively.

6. I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I was hoping you could help me with my homework. Do you have the time? What time is it? Please tell me the time. Tom gave Jenny flowers. Tom gave flowers to Jenny. It was decided that he would be fired. He was fired. We fired him.

7. Grammar plays a key role in our ability to communicate precisely and effectively. But we also need to understand how the context affects what we say, how we say things, and how others understand and perceive what we said .

8. Grammar tests must include tasks that challenge students to understand particular situations and decide which grammar form is the best within the given context pushing them to go beyond the memorized rules. ASSESSING GRAMMAR

9. What aspects of grammar should we assess? Grammatical knowledge (grammatical form and grammatical meaning ) Grammatical ability (to use the language)

10. Designing grammar tests Include a variety of tasks . Selected response x constructed response A mix of personal and meaningful, contextualized tasks  Start with easier tasks  Have clear directions Write the final total points for the test and for each task Take your own test before administering it to students Have an answer key but be prepared to add/edit responses!

11. Multiple Choice Error Recognition and editing G ap filling Cloze test  Sentence Completion Sentence building Sentence transformation Split sentences Rearrange Writing in response to an image, or sequence of images Q&A Short paragraphs TASK TYPES

12. LET’S DO THE TASKS TOGETHER!

13. MULTIPLE-CHOICE TASKS Carson: Did you see the movie Titanic last week? Ethan: Yes, Mary loved it, and………  A) I loved too B) I do C) do did I D) so do I 01

14.  Error Recognition and editing Read the pairs of sentences below. Check the sentence in each pair that is ungrammatical.  A) She has been working on her PhD for way too many years. It's time to graduate! ( )  B) She had been working on her PhD for way too many years. It's time to graduate! ( )   1 ) I have been looking for my keys for ten minutes when I finally found them . ( )  2) I had been looking for my keys for ten minutes when I finally found them . ()

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16. CLOZE TEST 04

17. Sentence Completion 05

18. Sentence building 06

19. Sentence transformation 07

20. Split sentences 08

21. Rearrange 09

22. Writing in response to an image, or sequence of images 10

23. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!