Assessing reading
- 1. Assessing Reading Group 3 Elfira 14018093 Maureen 14018100 Tesha Fersty Fadhilah 14018043
- 2. Types of Reading Perceptive Reading Selective Reading Interactive Reading Extensive Reading
- 3. Perceptive Reading Reading Aloud Written Response Multiple Choice Picture-cued items
- 4. Perceptive Reading Test-takers read aloud one-by-one the separate letters, words, or short sentences to get reading comprehension. Reading Aloud The test-taker reproduce the probe in writing . If the test-taker made a mistake in writing, its probably there is a mistake in reading. Written Response
- 5. Test-takers are shown a picture, and they write down the points from the picture. Picture-cued items The multiple choice is useful at the low levels of reading, include same/different, circle the answer, true/false, choose the letter and matching. Multiple-choice
- 6. Selective Reading Multiple choice Matching tasks Editing tasks Picture-cued tasks Gap-filling tasks
- 7. The multiple choice format is easy to administer and can be scored quickly. Multiple choice Matching tasks are used to get a simply respond from an appropriate format, usually in the form of vocabulary. Matching tasks Editing tasks is widely used test method for assessing linguistic competence in reading. For example, in TOEFL test. Editing tasks
- 8. Pictures and photograph are used for examining ability at the selective level. There are two types: test-takers read a sentence and choose one of four pictures that is being described; test-takers read a series of sentences or definition, each describing a labeled part of a picture or diagram. Picture-cued tasks Test-takers fill the missing word or phrase in the sentences. Gap filling tasks
- 9. Interactive Reading Cloze tasks Scanning Information transfer: charts, maps, graphs, diagram Ordering tasks Impromptu reading plus comprehension question Short-answer tasks Editing (longer texts)
- 10. Test-taker fills in gaps in an incomplete image and supply omitted details. Cloze tasks Test-takers are given a passage and questions according to the passage. Impromptu Reading Plus Comprehension Questions A reading passage is presented and the test-taker reads questions tha must be answered in a sentence or two. Short-Answer Tasks The errors of the longer passage are detected by the test-takers. Editing (Longer Texts)
- 11. Assessment of scanning is carried out by presenitng test-takers with a text (prose or something in a chart or graph format) and requiring rapid identification of relevant bits of information. Scanning Test-takers are given little strips of paper, each with a sentence on it, and assembling them into a story. Ordering Tasks It requires the test-takers to read the charts, maps, graphs, or diagrams. It needs an understadinf of the graphic and verbal conventions and also a lingustic ability to interpret the information to someone else. Information Transfer: Reading Charts, Maps, Graphs, Diagrams
- 12. Interactive Reading Skimming Tasks Summarizing and Responding Note-Taking Outlining
- 13. Process of rapid coverage of readng matter to determine its main idea. Skimming Tasks It askes the test-takers to write a summary of the text. Summarizing and Responding Test-takers highlight key information or create an organizational outlines to see the presence or absence of effective reading strategies. Note-Taking Outlining