Listening · Advanced Low · Teacher edition with answer key
Listening Assessment — Note-Taking, Pronunciation, Comprehension & Grammar
A four-section, 50-minute listening assessment that treats listening
as more than comprehension alone. Section I has students take guided
notes from a short academic talk and answer from notes only, testing
note-taking as a skill in its own right. Section II checks receptive
pronunciation awareness — word-stress recognition and decoding
connected speech ("gonna," "didja") into standard form. Section III is
a conversation-based comprehension test (main idea, detail, inference,
speaker attitude) with the same length-balanced answer choices used
throughout my assessments. Section IV recycles the same conversation
for a grammar-in-context cloze and error correction targeting passive
voice, reported-speech backshift, and subject-verb agreement —
so grammar is assessed as it actually appears in spoken discourse,
not in isolation.
Time & point allocation
| Section | Focus | Time | Points |
|---|
| I. Note-Taking | Guided outline + short answer | 15 min | 15 |
| II. Pronunciation | Word stress, connected speech | 10 min | 10 |
| III. Listening Comprehension | Main idea, detail, inference, attitude | 15 min | 15 |
| IV. Grammar in Context | Cloze passage + error correction | 10 min | 10 |
| Total | | 50 min | 50 |
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Reading · Intermediate Low
Reading Assessment — Intermediate Low
Four reading passages (two narrative, two expository) written for
the Intermediate Low proficiency level, each followed by five
comprehension questions covering main idea, detail, inference,
organization, and vocabulary-in-context. Answer choices are held to a
consistent length across options so length doesn't cue the correct
answer, and distractors reflect plausible misreadings rather than
clearly irrelevant choices.
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Grammar · Advanced Low · Teacher edition with answer key
Grammar Assessment — Present Perfect & Future Tense
Two parallel 40-minute test forms (A and B) targeting present perfect
and future tense at Advanced Low, so the test can be re-administered
(e.g., as pretest/posttest) without a practice effect. Each form moves
from controlled recognition (multiple choice) to controlled production
(fill-in-the-blank, error correction) to freer production (sentence
transformation, guided writing).
Time & point allocation per form
| Part | Focus | Time | Points |
|---|
| I. Multiple Choice | Recognition (10 items) | 8 min | 10 |
| II. Fill in the Blank | Controlled production (10 items) | 10 min | 10 |
| III. Error Correction | Editing (5 items) | 8 min | 5 |
| IV. Sentence Transformation | Guided production (5 items) | 8 min | 10 |
| V. Guided Writing | Free production (1 task) | 6 min | 10 |
| Total | | 40 min | 45 |
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Speaking & Writing · Language Assessment Task (LAT) portfolio
Speaking & Writing Language Assessment Tasks
A five-part assessment portfolio: a 12-item oral test and matching
speaking rubric, a parallel writing test and rubric, and a Can-Do
self- and peer-evaluation project. Items progress from Novice to
Superior and sample varied task types — description, narration,
opinion, problem resolution, and quote interpretation — using the
GRASPS framework (Goal, Role, Audience, Situation, Product, Standards)
for authentic, real-world relevance. Every item specifies exact
preparation and response time, and every response is scored against the
same analytic rubric with concrete, observable band descriptors to
reduce rater disagreement.
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