Useful Ways of Testing
One of the most important qualities of a good English language exam is variation in the way of testing. Here are some different ways for examining grammar, vocabulary, comprehension and composition. So, not on any account should a teacher stick to just one or two ways of testing. The following is just exemplary of how things are expected to go on, but of course your exam must not go outside the framework of the structures and vocabulary that have been taught to your students.
A-Grammar:
1 - They (is, are, am, be) from Saudi Arabia.
Choose
(or Underline)
2- Ali (wrok) in an office
Correct
3- a/is doctor? he
Rearrange
to make a question.
4- He wrote a book about
Ask
using "What"
5- He is play ....
football now.
Complete
6- They make cars in Japan.
Change into passive, etc.
7- Ali likes apples.
Change
into negative, etc.
8- Fuad reads magazines.
Start with the underlined
word. Report
9- The teacher:
Do you like English?
Report
10- If I were a
bird, I ….
Complete
11-…doing/has/He/ been/for/this/ a year Put in order
12-
You didn't go there, …?
Add tag question.
B-Vocabulary:
1 -Match A with B:
_____A________________________________B_____________
a-
Demand
I- can
be used
b- un-usable
2- need
3- cannot be used
2-Write the correct words: -
[exits, melts, sun]
a-If
you heat ice, it...
b-The.............
rises in the east.
3-Use one of these words in a sentence of your own
[visible, visit]
4- Complete:
a-
The opposite of advantage is …
b-
Conser ... means protecting the environment.
5 -Odd word
out [or underline the odd word] book/ pen/ banana.
6- Re-write
the sentence using ‘equal’. Sami and Ali are of the same height.
7- Correct
the mistake: Saturday is the second
day of the week.
2- Complete:
1 one
2 …
3. Circle the
correct spelling. Aple/ apple/
able/ apble.
4.
Re-arrange: heavy/ big. Add
‘s’ fly/ wife. Ad ‘ing’ to
‘ride’ / ‘cut’
D- Comprehension
E-
Composition
2-POINTS
OF DISCUSSION
Language and self-development.
It is noticed
that after only a few years from graduation, a teacher's command of English
tends to become weaker and weaker.
What is
the reason?
Well, that
happens because English for most teachers is dealt within the confines of
schoolbooks. So the best way for teachers to improve their English or at least
keep up to a satisfactory level is to follow these suggestions.
a-
Set aside a few hours weekly for English.
b-
Study closely and thoroughly
at least one grammar book a year.
c-
Read one English magazine
and some English newspapers a month.
d-
Get yourself involved in a
casual or planned discussion in English with your colleagues or supervisor to
improve your spoken English and acquire a certain amount of fluency.
e-
Do some translation form
Arabic into English to activate your passive English words and to acquire some
more that you do not know.
f-
Write an essay every month
and get it checked by some of your colleagues whom you think are good for this.
Teaching
Aids [benefits, types, and requirements]
a- Their benefits:
1
- They attract students' attention and stimulate them.
2-
They simplify the lesson.
3-
They make the lesson vivid and lively.
4- They provide realistic situations.
5- They help
students speak providing prompts, cues, etc.
6- They save
time.
7-
Things learned from them are not easily forgotten.
b- Their types:
They can be either ready-made or self-made (teacher-produced). They comprise posters, flash cards, recordings, slides, transparencies (for the overhead projector) real objects (like an apple, a pen, a model, etc) and TV & video.
c- Their
requirements:
1-They
should be large enough to be seen by all students.
2-
They should be clear enough to be legible (read easily)
3-
They should be neat enough to be attractive and stimulating.
4-
They should be easy to hang and use.
WEAK STUDENTS
To help weak students improve their performance and overcome certain problems, a teacher has to study their points of weakness and try to solve them through what is called "remedial exercises" inside and outside the class. These exercises should go on and on until you achieve the desired result.
1 -Common points of weakness should be dealt with
collectively inside the class.
2-Students who are weak in reading should be given
short sentences, then a short paragraph, and then a longer one to be read with
the teacher's help inside the school and to be practised at home several times.
Later on they will be examined and encouraged by getting higher marks.
3-Students
who are weak in vocabulary can be assigned from 10 to 20 words to learn by heart
at home and be examined at school by the teacher. Getting higher marks should
encourage them.
4-Students
who are weak in handwriting can be given a certain paragraph to copy at horne
and are advised to take special care of the correct position; shape of each
letter and spacing.
(Supervisor of English Awad, AI-Shehri)