14/05/2023
How To Evaluate Students' English Level.
Test isn't the only method to evaluate ESL students' English level. There are other methods a teacher can use without resulting to test. These methods are:
1. Oral Assessment/Presentation:
This method of evaluation is good with students who struggles with reading and writing, but are good in conversation. To carryout this evaluation, you need to assign a task such as:
a. Role-play
b. Interview
c. Profiling.
Set the evaluation format in line with students level and take note of the following checklist:
- Time
- Body language
- Facts, etc.
These checklist will guide you on how to assign scores during or after the presentation.
2. Non-verbal Assessment:
Non-verbal is another method of assessment that benefits shy students who may be reluctant to speak.
With this method, students can either draw or act out a word/given vocabs to prove their understanding of the topic. Forexample, the teacher could use mime game and call out a vocab and the students inturn mime the action of the vocab. Again, sketching could be use with this test method by allowing students to sketch out a word. Students score points when they act or sketch out the correct vocab.
3. Written Assessment:
A teacher can use this method of evaluation by assigning written task to students. Perhaps, you can ask the students to create a profile of their idol. Or give out spelling challenge. Or give reading comprehension. Whatever the method of testing, students will end points at the end for their written work.
Test/exams are widely use as a method to evaluate students' English level. However, this style of assessment is limited in three ways: It causes anxiety (exam fever), which affects students' performance, it evaluates students' ability to memorize and not produce, and it causes time constrain as slow writers struggle to complete the exam on time which affects their performance. These three shortcomings of test hugely explains why every teacher must consider other methods (like the ones discussed above) to evaluate students without resulting to test.
