EFLATS

English as a Foreign
Language. A Test for
Students
UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA
FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA Y LETRAS
COTA ALMEIDA MARISOL
MIRANDA RAMÍREZ ALONDRA PATRICIA
SANTANA JIMÉNEZ ADRIANA TERESA
12/04/2019

The purpose of this test is to evaluate the level B1 English as a foreign language. Please read
the instructions carefully and answer correctly.
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Introduction
Language assessment is often thought to be negative because we usually think it has to
do with a written test. After we took this course we as a team came to the conclusion
that language assessment doesn’t really need to be a written test, but collection of
information a teacher can obtain from students to determine whether they have certain
ability and knowledge. This assessment could be through tests, that is the most common
one, or also through any other activity like the ones we created for this project.

The two main types of language assessment are formative and summative. Formative
assessment involves our everyday classroom activities, homework, feedback, that is
informal assessment. We assess our students everyday using any kind of activity or just
by telling them how they are doing every day. Summative assessment is on the other
hand, formal; the most common tests we have at the end of a course are included in this
type of assessment.

When a student is trying to learn a second language, in this case English, it’s important
to be assessed and know where you stand. Teachers can know if they are doing a good
job as teachers through the grades of the student, as well as the students know if they
have made progress or not. Assessing language is a guide for both students and
teachers.

An achievement test can tell the students a standardized level or grade so they know
exactly where they are. It measures the skill and knowledge and the end of a course and
gives them the result of what they have been learning in a certain period of time, if they
met the goal or not.

The test we had to create was designed for intermediate students. We took a small
section of a book and created exercises that measure writing, reading, speaking,
listening, vocabulary and grammar. All of these activities were related to technology,
the topic of the book we were given, each of the sections contain three different
activities. Some of the activities have a special grading criteria, and some others share
the same one.

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Writing

Vocabulary
1. Complete the following crossword with the correct word for each technological device.

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Listening1

A. Listen to The Godfather Chapter 1, and answer which option is closest in meaning to the
sentence given.

1. Her father had invited hundreds of people to the wedding at his house on Long Island, just
outside New York.

a) Her father invited some people to the wedding in Long Island.

b) Her father invited a lot of people to the wedding just outside of New York.
c) Her grandfather invited only family and friends to the wedding in New York.
d) Carlo Rizzi invited a lot of people to the wedding outside of New York.

2. Many of the guests had reason to be grateful to Don Corleone for their good luck in life, and
they called him ‘Godfather’ to his face.

a) A few guests were grateful to Don Corleone and called him ‘Godfather’.
b) Many of the guests were grateful to Don Corleone and insulted him by calling him
‘Godfather’.
c) A lot of the guests were grateful towards Don Corleone, and called him ‘Godfather’.
d) Some guests were not grateful to the Godfather and called him Don Corleone.

3. Santino –or Sonny, as he was called- was the eldest. He was a tall, strong, good-looking man
with thick brown hair.

a) Santino is the eldest son he is very good-looking.

b) Sonny is the youngest and most handsome son.
c) Santino, not Sonny, is the eldest son he is very good-looking.
d) Sonny -Santino -is the eldest son, tall, strong and has thick black hair.

4. The second son, Fredo, was completely different. He was weak-looking and pale, with sad
dark eyes and thin lips.

a) Fredo is the eldest son, he is different from his brother Santino.

b) Santino’s younger brother: Fredo, is very much like him.
c) Fredo is younger than Santino, and his complete opposite.
d) Fredo was invigorated and happy by the wedding.

B. Listen to the audio and correctly fill in the blanks.

a) There was a ________, __________ quality to him.
b) He was _____________ by all the singing and dancing, but he was pleased that Kay
was ______________ herself.
c) He looks about _________________________ but he’s dancing like a teenager.
d) “He’s very ____________.” “That’s __________________.·” Michael smiled at Kay.
e) He had _____________ hair and ___________ eyes.
f) Michael sat down _________________ speaking.
g) He’s a good__________. Not a Sicilian, but I think he’s going to be a Consigliori!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cu29v-kv4E

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 h) My father’s __________________. Very important to the family.

C. Match the name of the person to the image, listen to the description of each person to pair
them correctly.

Fredo Corleone

Michael Corleone

Pete Clemenza

Santino Corleone

Luca Brazi

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Grammar
A. Put the words in the correct grammatical order and write them down on the line.

a. According to Kathy, if you use location apps on your cell phone, somebody
knows____________________________________.
every/the/where/day/you/of/are/minute
b. The next time you start shopping online_________________________.
ads/notice/popping/the/that/up/start
c. If you start buying baby equipment online________________________________.
are/have/they’ll/about/know/to/child/a/you
d. If you are buying health insurance, they can ______________________________.
healthy/how/figure/you/out/are
e. They know________________________________________,
week/you/are/next/doing/what
f. They’ll help you make (_____________) _______________.
decisions/you/or/persuade/to/your/make
g. They’ll make sure you ______________________________.
online/see/appropriate/advertising.
h. You won’t even___________________________. _______________________!
Stuff/know/scary/happening/it’s/pretty/

B. Fill in the blank with the correct word.

1. I ________in the tech industry.

a)Live b) Eat c) Study d) Work

2. When I was a kid, we _________ in a big suburban house.

a) Bought. b) Slept c) Keep d) Lived

3. My parents __________ most of the grocery shopping.

a) Ate b) Did c) Threw d) Hated

4. I love taking my _______________ all over the US.

a) Shoes b) Work meetings c) Parents d) Vacations

5. The owner of my condo ____________________ a cleaning service to come.

a) Buys b) rents c) Pays d) Pies

6. Put all of these _______ and ________ together and you get to know me.

a) Factuals b)Details c) Curiosities d) Facts e)Testimonies

7. I lived and was born in San Francisco, so I’m ___________________.

a) French b)Canadian c)American d)Peruvian

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8. I live in a condo but I don’t _________ it, I rent it.

a) Buy b) Like c) Clean d) Own

9. I don’t own a _________, but I watch movies online.

a) DVD b) Microwave c) Movie theater d) TV

10. I walk to California ___________________ to grab the bus.

a) Airport b) State c) Street d) City

C. Arrange the letters in the correct order to form the correct word. Letters can
be repeated.

A. People with interest in, or attempt to, systematically explore predictions and
possibilities.
F_________________t.

ULOSTNRGZSLP

B. Person who organizes and operates a business or businesses.

E___________E___R

NJLKTRPUAO
C. Facilitates wider software, internet, multimedia functionality, voice calls, and
text messaging.
S_______p_______.

RNMQHEOLTBA
D. Title used in many countries to denote the rank of _______ nominally
commanding an army in the field.
Army _____________.

GUAENRLMTI

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Grading and student evaluation
Daily assignments 20%
Daily participation 20%
Exams (Partial 20% Final 35%
80% )
Oral presentation 25%
Total 100%

Daily assignments: students need to show they are working during the class and not
waiting to go home and look it up in the internet.

Daily participation: They have to make an effort and practice what they are learning.

Exams: they have to show they remember what they learnt.

Presentation: it is as important as an exam, but they are not put under pressure.

These grades should reflect what the students actually know and remember from their
classes, instead of memorizing a lot of information for the tests. That is why the written
exams should not have an extremely high grade, they should have the same points as the
rest.

The teachers need to see the level of the students and all the resources they have; for
example, depending on the number of students, the teacher should choose a different
activity to assess speaking, in this case with an oral presentation.

Conclusion
This project made us realize how hard it is to make a test reliable in a positive
way. We came to the conclusion that testing each skill needs to be planned carefully, in
order to provide accurate and satisfactory results. It is very hard to make students see an
exam as something good, and the best way to do it is looking at the things that are really
important and not focusing on assessing with long exams that tell you nothing about
what the students know. We have to find the middle point between a fun and
challenging assessment method.

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