Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j1L3jGC25113; Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:45:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 22:45:16 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000801c517c7$5c349d90$e85efea9@brad> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Brad Mjolsness" <info@phonemenon.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10759] Re: quality assessments for adult ESL learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1915 Lines: 70 Hello; Most speaking/pronunciation assessments seem either expensively sophisticated or highly subjective. I evaluate my pronunciation trainees with brief video recordings. The trainees are given specific sentences or passages to read aloud. They are not allowed to see or study the passages between evaluations. Then I edit the video to juxtapose the before with the after videos. Improvements, or lack thereof are quite clear. You can view my example at: www.phonemenon.net. Go directly to "Trainee Videos." Good luck. Brad Mjolsness ----- Original Message ----- From: "Flannery Quinn" <flanneryq@yahoo.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 8:25 AM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10758] Re: quality assessments for adult ESL learners > Our school uses the University of Michigan exam for > assessment of adults at different levels. > Check them out. > > --- MEGHAN Paulien <megst@msn.com> wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > > > > I am a private ESL tutor of adults and children. Does > anyone know of relatively inexpensive, yet quality > assessments to use with adults? I am looking for > something I can use prior to tutoring individuals and > then to use halfway through the program and possibly > at the end. I'm looking for tests that measure > speaking, listening, reading, writing, and > pronunciation? Or does anyone know of good websites > that offer ideas for assessments? I guess I can just > devise my own test if there aren't any good options > for a reasonable price. > > > > Thanks, > > Meghan S. Paulien > > ESL teacher > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Find just what you're after with the new, more > precise MSN Search - try it now! > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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