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A
STUDY OF THE TESTING ITEMS DETERMINING THE COURSE TYPE PROVIDED BY THE
COURSEBOOK “PROJECT
1”
INTRODUCTION
We are willing to reveal the teaching and learning objectives of this
coursebook by going through a deeper study into the coursebook testing items.
Firstly the different testing items have been determined during the”
Ingilizce Sýnav Hazýrlama ve Deðerlendirme” courses held in the “Istanbul
University” English Language Teaching
Department in the first semester of
the 2000/2001.
Secondly examplifying the different test items it has been given
references to the other pages on which the same testing items have been used
with the same aims. Determining the aims has also been realized.
Lastly the results of the study have been stated in the conclusion part
of this study.
THE SURVEY
The
first test item which has been spotted is a listening and speaking skills
integrated item.
Its
aim is to present the students with an input of the target language by a
listening activity , thus they can turn this input into an output by a speaking
activity.
1)
Testing comprehension through visual materials
Listen
and Say
The
istruction :
Say
which city the people are from.
Cues
: Jane Hill/Mr. Taylor/Chery/Stuart
References
: pp; 3,7,9,15,19,25,35,53,55,60,63,68,82,83,91,94.
The
second item is writing skill and grammar integrated avtivity
Its
aim is to enable students gain consciousness about grammar items in an intensive
written context
2)
Directed Sentences
The
instruction :
Copy
and complete this table with :
............./
‘s / in the kitchen.
............/
is / in the garden.
from
London.
References:
pp; 3,6,9,11,19,21,23,29,32,40,43,44,47,53,55,67,68,71,72,75,77,80,90.
The
third item is a listening skill item
Its
aim is to enable students make discrimination between the phonemes closer to
each other by listening.
3)
Phoneme Discrimination
Pronunciation
Practise
The
instruciton :
Listen
and repeat
[
i : ] [ i ]
he’s
she’s is
in
Is
Mnady in ?
Yes
, she’s in the kitchen
References
: pp; 3,5,6,7,9,11,19,21,24,25,29,31,33,35,39,41
The
fourth testing item is a writing skill item
Its
aim is giving learners a writing practise and awareness of english structures
4)
Writing Sentences
The
instruction :
Copy
this :
Is he from Australia ?
No.
He’s from Britain.
Ben’s
from London.
Is
Ben from London?
References:
pp ; 3,4,5
The
fifth testing item is speaking skill item
Its
aim to encourage and test the students production the newly learnt language
items
5)
Short Talk
The
instruction :
Make
dialogues
Cues
: Mrs. Taylor/Jane/Mandy
Use:
1. Mrs. Taylor/Ben/Tony
2.
Mrs. Hill/Jane/Tony
3.
Mr. Taylor/Mandy/Tony
References
: pp ; 4,7,17,21,35,75,76,80,93
The
sixth item is a listening comprehension and writing skills integrated item.
Its
aim is understanding the talks and writing the missing item
6)
Listening Comprehension ( understanding talks )
The
instruction :
Listen
and complete the conversation
Brrrrrrrrr
brrrrrrrrrr
Ben
: Hello, 4709658.
Jane
: Hello .................
Ben
: Oh ........ Jane. I .................
Jane
: ...........Mandy. here , plese
References
: pp ; 4,11,16,39,41,45,56,76,77,79,88,
The
seventh items is a vocabulary item
Its
aim is recognizing the vocabulary and being able to make distinctions between
different words.
7)
A quiz
The
instruction :
Make
columns and put these words in the correct columns.
Camera,orange,telephone,apple,egg,hamburger,watch,exercise,gareden.
References
: pp ; 5,32,35,65,67,83.
The
eighthtesting item is a listening and speaking skills integrated item
Its
aim is comprehending and expressing the language items
8)
Comprehension and speaking
The
instruction :
Listen
and reply ( look at the pictures)
What’s
number five ?
Is
it a book ?
Sam
: no, it isn’t.
Cues
: number 2 / watch
number
7 / exercise book
number
1 / pencil
References
:pp; 6,9,11,23,28,30,32,40,67,90,93.
The
nineth item is a grammar completion item
Its
aim is filling the blanks with the grammar items
9)
Fill in the blanks
The
instruction :
Complete
in “ is” or “are”
-
How old.......... you ?
-
........... your sister here ?
-
How old ............. your brother ?
-
Where .......... you from ?
-
......... your siþter thirteen, too ?
References
: pp ; 7,55,86,93
In
the workbook : 12,26.
The
tenth item is a writing skill item of complete the conversation type.
Its
aim is completin the conversations with the appropriate vocabulary using the
given data from the book.
10)
Completion item
The
instruction :
Complete
the conversation looking at this card (or picture)
Name
: Andrew King
Age
: 13
Record
for : Ann King , 15
DJ
: Hello . What’s ........... name
?
Andrew
: Andrew .........
DJ
: How ..... are you.......... ?
Andrew
: I’m.............
DJ
: Who’s you............... for _
Andrew
: It’s for......... sister ....... It’s her ............ today. She’s
............
References
: 8,9,51,57,58,59,76
In
the workbook : 1,3,7,8,14,16,18,19,20,21,23,25,27,33,35,37,38,39,45
The eleventh item is a completion item, however it doesn’t require any extra material for completing as in the last item which required a card or a picture to be used as a referance when completing.
Its
aim is completing the dialogues in the meaningful way.
11)
Completion item
The
instruction :
Complete
the conversation :
What’s
your..........................................?
Cheryl
Mason.
How
old ................................................?
Thirteen
.
Who
.......................................................?
It’s
for my birthday.
...............................................................?
Jack
................................................................?
New
York.
References
: pp ; 17,60,95
In
the workbook : 1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,13,14,22,23,28,30,31,32,41.
The
twelveth testing item is a listening and speaking skills item.
Its
aim is comprehending the language items so that make oral drills through guided
instruction.
12)
Oral drills
The
instruction :
Listen
and ask the questions :
Chery/Jane
and Tony/Stuart
References : pp ; 9,20,42,47,57,59,64,67,70,75,80.
he
thirteenth item is the oral games
Its
aim is enabling learning through playing and competing using the necessary
vocabulary and grammar items.
13)
Game
The
istruction :
Form
a group of four and play “ Who am I ?”
Remember
you can only answer” Yes” or “No”
References
: pp ; 12,16,20,23,29,33,36,39,47,51,53,56,57,60,67,71,81,86,88,96
The
fourteenth type is also a game but grammar games which are to be written not
spoken.Its aim is competing while making correct sentences.
14)
Grammar game
The
instruction :
Choose
a word and make a sentence .
Is
/ What/not
She /your/his
This/are/am
References
: pp ; 11,25,36,63,72,94
The
fifteenth item is a oral interview
Its
aim is testing the students communicative scills
15) Oral interview .
The
instruction :
Ask
and answer with a partner .
A:
Where are these letters from ?
B:
They’re from America.
A:
Where is this car from ?
References:pp;15,20,21,23,24,25,28,29,30,33,38,40,41,42,43,51,55,60,63,71,75,
83,88.
The next item is a Puzzle Its aim is testing the writing skills and vocabulary usage through sets of associated words.
16) A Puzzle
The instruction :
Here are four cats : Tom,Tiddles,Pussy and Marmaduke. Which is which ?
Pussy hasn’t got long legs.
Tiddles hasn’t got large ears.
Marmaduke and Tom have got short tails.
The cat with a short body isn’t Tiddles.
Tom isn’t standing next to Pussy.
References : pp ; 19,63,87,90.
In the workbook : 3,12,19,40,41,46.
The
seventeenth item is a writing skill
item
Its
aim is writing practise through certain data given in the book.
17)
Controlled writing
The
instruction :
Write down looking at the pictures (or sentences)
He/She
can’t draw a dog.
References :pp ; 24,28,31,36,41,45,48,60,67,77,94.
In the workbook : 9,10,11,14,28,30,32,41,42,43.