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Activity 32
• It is important to insist on not How did it go?
skipping this assessment,
even if the practice had 32. Read each line carefully. Tick the circle that best describes your work
difficulties during its in this practice.
execution. The fact that Individual • I can locate words in English and in my
grading or promotion is assessment native language in a bilingual dictionary.
not involved should give
everyone incentive to focus Assessing the product and the process • I can read definitions of words in English
and in my native language.
on what is really important:
building trust and fostering • I can identify word types from
good communication their abbreviations
(e.g. adj. = adjective, v. = verb).
between class members.
When someone is in the • I understand instructions on how to use
middle ground, it is important a bilingual dictionary.
to distinguish those who are session 12
closer to the target of this • I can write a list of graphic and textual
components.
practice, from those who are
further from it. That is the • I can compose sentences in a logical
intention of having two icons sequence.
for those who have not
achieved the descriptor. Product
33. How do we assess the following aspects of our set of instructions?
Activity 33 Writing a set • Did our set of instructions have enough
of instructions steps to be understood?
• For assessment to be useful,
it has to be both valid and • Was our set of instructions understood
reliable. Valid means it really by the addressee we chose?
assesses what it has set out
• How helpful were our comments
to assess, reliable means about the sets of instructions written
that it can give a consistent by other teams?
measurement. Thus, it is
important that the criteria 60 Studentʼs Book / Practice 3
established is applied
coherently and consistently
to everyone; otherwise, your students may become ill-disposed towards assessment.
• Remember to have a look at the syllabus for the year descriptor, and to check how well you are
progressing towards achieving what it is established therein.
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