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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

Level 1 Beginners

Name _____________________________ Group __________ Date __________

Speaking test 12.5%

Instructions:

• Choose a picture
• Tell me what do you see in this picture?
• What color is ti?
• What shape is it?
• Is he/she tall,short, fat, thin, old, young, strong, happy, sad ? Etc.

Example:

What do you see in this picture?

Answer: I can see a circle

What color is it?

It is a blue circle. It's blue.

Grammar 12.5%

Instructions: Make the next adjectives to comparatives and superlatives adjectives.

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Pretty
fast
bad
good
intelligent
important
tall

Vocabulary 12.5%

Instructions:Fill in the blank the following sentences with the words from the table.

Tall ü

Thin

Fat

Pretty

Smart

Old

Example: The boy in that is wearing a blue jeans is really thin,

• My brother is to _____ for his age.
• Maria is ___________.
• The _________ women walks slow.
• The big __________ cat is lazy.
• I am ________ .

Listening test 12.5%

Instructions: Listen to two conversations about people appearance . Put a T if it is true or a f if it is false.

Example:

1. tall T short _____

.

Conversation 1

1. ___young 4 ___ old

2. ___pretty 5 ___ ugly

3. ___thin 6 ___ fat

Conversation 2

1. ___ strong 4 ___ weak

2. ___ tall 5 ___ short

3. ___blue eyes 6 ___ brown eyes

Reading Test 25%

Instructions: Read the following paragraph, place in order the descriptive adjectives and correct them under the sentence. You can use a dictionary.

A Friendly Clown

¹On one corner of my dresser sits a smiling toy clown on a unicycle tiny. A gift I

Tiny unicycle

received last Christmas from a close friend. ²The clown's hair short yellow, made of yarn,

covers its ears but is parted above the eyes. ³The eyes blue are outlined in black with thin,

dark lashes flowing from the brows. ⁴It has cherry-red cheeks, nose, and lips, and its broad

grin disappears into the wide, white ruffle around its neck. ⁵The clown wears a nylon, two

tone fluffy costume. ⁶The left side of the outfit is light blue, and the right side is red. ⁷The two

colors merge in a dark line that runs down the center of the small outfit. ⁸Surrounding its

ankles and disguising its black long shoes are big pink bows. ⁹The white spokes on the

wheels of the unicycle gather in the center and expand to the black tire so that the wheel

somewhat resembles the inner half of a grapefruit. ¹⁰The clown and unicycle together stand

about a foot high. ¹¹As a cherished gift from my good friend Oscar, this colorful figure greets

me with a smile every time I enter my room.

Writing Test 25%

Instructions: Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks in the correct order the descriptive adjectives, remembering that opinion adjectives come first, then the descriptive.

Example:

• Maria is wearing a blue shirt, white skirt and black shoes.
• White, black, blue.

1 - Claudia has ______ ________ _________ ________ hair. 5%

• thick, false, black, beautiful

2 - He saw the _______ ________ ________ chair this morning. 5%

• square, wooden, most ugly

3 - She looks so elegant in her ________ _______ ________ coat. 5%

• wool, French, long

4 -That is the _________ ________ _________ sculpture in this museum. 5%

• metal, most unusual, modern

5 - They bought a lot of ________ ________ ________ furniture on the trip. 5%

• antique, Italian, interesting.

Answer key

Speaking

Answer key

1)What color is it? It is blue 2)What shape is it? It is a circle	9)What does he/she looks like? He is an old man 10)What is he wearing? He is wearing a blue pair of pyjamas.
3)What color is it? It is red 4)What shape is it? It is a rectangle	13)What does he/she looks like? She is thin and pretty 14)What is she wearing? She is wearing a pink dress.
5)What color is it? It is yellow 6)What shape is it? It is a square	15)What does he/she looks like? He is a fat boy. 16)What is he wearing? He is wearing a blue and white shirt and blue pants.
7)What color is it? It is green 8)What shape is it? It is a diamond

Grammar

Adjectives	Comparatives	Superlatives
Pretty	prettier	prettiest
fast	faster	fastest
bad	worse	worst
good	better	best
intelligent	More intelligent	Most intelligent
important	More important	Most important
tall	Taller	tallest

Vocabulary

• My brother is to tall for his age.
• Maria is pretty.
• The old women walks slow.
• The big fat cat is lazy.
• I am smart.

Reading

Answers

¹tiny unicycle, ²short yellow hair, ³blue eyes, ⁵fluffy, two-tone nylon, ⁸long black.

Writing

This is the correct order of these categories of descriptive adjectives: size, age, shape, color, nationality, material.

Answers

• beautiful, thick, black, false; 2. most ugly square wooden; 3, long French wool; 4. most unusual modern metal; 5. interesting antique Italian.

Listening

Conversation 1

1. T young 4 F old

2. T pretty 5 F ugly

3. F thin 6 F fat

Conversation 2

1. T strong 4 T weak

2. T tall 5 F short

3. T blue eyes 6 T brown eyes

Grading

Speaking

Each card (set of 4 cards) will be compose of these questions: What color is it? And What shape is it? and What does he/she look like? & and What is he/she wearing?

• 14 -13 correct answers 12.5%
• 12-11 correct answers 10.7%
• 10-9 correct answers 8.9%
• 8-7 correct answers 7.1%
• 6-5 correct answers 5.4%
• 4-3 correct answers 3.6%
• 2-0 correct answers 1.8%

Grammar

• 14 -13 correct answers 12.5%
• 12-11 correct answers 10.7%
• 10-9 correct answers 8.9%
• 8-7 correct answers 7.1%
• 6-5 correct answers 5.4%
• 4-3 correct answers 3.6%
• 2-0 correct answers 1.8%

Writing

· 5 correct answers 25%

· 4 correct answers 20%

· 3 correct answers 15%

· 2 correct answers 10%

· 1 correct answers 5%

· 0 correct answers 0%

Vocabulary

· 5 correct answers 12.5%

· 4 correct answers 10.0%

· 3 correct answers 7.5%

· 2 correct answers 5.0%

· 1 correct answers 2.5%

· 0 correct answers 0.0%

Listening

6 correct answers 12.5%

5 correct answers 10.4%

4 correct answers 8.3%

3 correct answers 6.3%

2 correct answers 4.2%

1 correct answers 2.1%

0 correct answers 0.0%

Reading

8-7 correct answers 25%

6-5 correct answers 15%

4-3 correct answers 7%

2-0 correct answers 3%

Introduction

This test was created with the intention of proving that the beginners students had acquired the knowledge for the descriptive adjectives unit.

Content:

Descriptive adjectives

• color
• shapes
• physical appearance

Vocabulary: Colors, shapes,and physical appearance.

Writing: Well structure sentences, questions with wh words.

Speaking: Describe people and shapes, ask information about someone using the wh questions.

Unit Objective:

The student will be able to understand and apply the grammatical rules, in a oral and written form the descriptive adjectives using the target language as much as possible.

Test Specifications

Reading

Speaking Objective : Students will be able to describe the pictures in a proper form using the descriptive adjectives and apply the grammatical rules of the well structure sentences during speaking.

Time: 5 to 7 minutes (1 exercise)

Format: individual oral interview

Task: The students will describe a set of pictures using the descriptive adjectives. They must include colors, shapes and physical appearance. These answers can be short answers.

Listening

Listening Objective: Students must be able to understand with accuracy and relevance the tapes play; and be able to identify the correct dialogs.

Time: 10 minutes (1 exercise)

Format: individual oral interview

Task: The students will describe a set of pictures using the descriptive adjectives. They must include colors, shapes and physical appearance. These answers can be short answers.

Reading

Reading Objective: The student must show a comprehending level of a lecture in order to identify the adjectives.

Time:20 min.(1 exercise)

Format: individual items correction.

Task: Write the correct order of the adjectives under the sentence.

Writing

Writing objective: Students must be able to identify the descriptive adjectives while writing well structure sentences.

Time: 15 minutes (1 exercise)

Format: Fill in the blank

Task: choose the best order of the words.

Grammar

Grammar Objective: Identify the comparatives and superlatives.

Time: 10 minutes (1exercise)

Format: Complete the box

Task: Complete the box with the correct comparative and superlative.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary objective: to identify the adjectives.

Time: 5 – 7 minutes (1 exercise)

Format: fill in the blank

Task: Choose the best word to fill in the blank.

Description of Test Items

To test listening, we decided to use a set of 2 conversations and 6 items to look for specific information. We decided to use 6 items where students would show how much they had learned and how are they doing in the comprehending level. These items will be scored objectively using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 12.5% of a 100%

To test speaking, we decided to use a conversation that lasts 5 – 7 minutes. This activity must be done individually to check how well the student is ale to perform in L2. Each student would have the instructions and the situation they would be assessed on. These items will be scored objectively using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 12.5% of a 100%

To test reading we decided to use a narrative text with 197 words. This activity will intent to give the student a opportunity to find out the adjectives. These items will be scored using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 25% of a 100%

To test vocabulary, we chose a fill in the bank exercise, where students have to select the correct word given in a table. Students would prove adequate use and understanding of these types of words in written form. These items will be scored using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 12.5% of a 100%

To test writing, we decided on a fill in the bank where students are being ask to put in order the adjectives. This activity we show if the students understood the correct order of the adjectives. These items will be scored using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 25% of a 100%

To test grammar, we decided to use a complete the box exercise to be able to observe the memorization of the comparatives and superlatives. These items will be scored using an answer key provided to the teacher where each item scores 12.5%of a 100%

The evaluation of the test

We think students will consider a fear test because we are assessing only the most relevant skills and knowledge they should have acquired during this unit. We center our attention on the most frequent and relevant skills and knowledge seen in the classroom especially the new things and the things that were practiced for couple of weeks. We covered only the material previously taught and there is not anything else tested. We want the test to be adequate for our students and for that reason we carefully selected the exercises.

We make sure that the instructions were clear and concise to avoid any confusion.

Comments by moderator.

Our test is in general, adequate to student’s level, grammatically correct, natural, acceptable, and according with specifications, the instructions are shorts, clearly and complete. This a direct test.

On the speaking skill, we taught about beginner level and the difficulties to make a “normal conversation”, using a basic vocabulary knowledge to communicate ideas in the target language, obviously this skill is the most complicated on the first level, and takes more time than the others. Many students are unable to speak in front of the classmates; a lot of factors affect these kinds of activities.

Listening activity was before of the speaking activity; so, the students could take an example to dialogs and try to organize your dialog in correct form.

We must consider these two skills the most complicated (in any level) to evaluate and the most difficult for students. Listening and speaking doesn’t have a concrete factors to evaluate.