Language Assessment for Children: The Usage of Games for Verbal Tests  

Oleh:

Wiles, Erna Zulaeni

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The 62st TEFLIN International Conference: Teaching and Assessing L2 Learners in the 21st Century, Denpasar, 14-16th September 2015, Book 2, page 38-51.
Topik: verbal test; anxiety; games
Fulltext: hal 38.pdf (15.04MB)

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Being formally assessed, especially during verbal tests, is always nerve wracking for students especially those of young ages. Very often students become nervous and this results in the failure in giving the expected answers correctly. As one of the purposes of giving a test is to measure the students’ proficiency as well as competency, it is only fair if other factors, such as students’ mental states that may influence the results, should be minimized and if possible completely eliminated. Thus it is crucial that a relaxed atmosphere is created. Other than that, it would be really ideal if students at that appointed moment did not realize they are in fact being assessed. One method is by designing the test material in the form of games. In this paper ten different types of card games, which are very common to and quite well known by children in Indonesia, are presented. The requirements among others are 1) the games have been played in class over and over – rules of the game are known, 2) instructions should be concise and in simple sentences, 3) the games are designed in such a way that they only measure the intended competency, thus they should not be double barreled, 4) the design should be impressive – of children’ interests, 5) the game should be short, 6) even when done in groups, each member of the group will not be able to copy others nor let others know the answers

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