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Unread Jul 16th, 2010, 02:12 am
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Default Initial Student Evaluations

Hi,
I will be leaving soon to teach English in Africa. I will have students that range from kinder to high school. Can you please share how you initially assess your students? Do you do a mix of written and oral assessments? Any info you can share would be greatly appreciated! I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed right now!
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Unread Jul 16th, 2010, 12:08 pm
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Default Re: Initial Student Evaluations

What is it exactly that you want to assess? Are your students going to have any background in English?
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Default Re: Initial Student Evaluations

I have found this website to be very helpful.
Adult Education ESL Teachers Guide

This article also has some good ideas for initial assessments.
http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED411474.pdf
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Default Re: Initial Student Evaluations

Good luck!! I don't know how you are going to handle such an enormous range of ages and skills.
I work in a large American adult education ESL program with 8 levels. Any time we get a new student, that person goes through assessment tests in reading, speaking and writing. The results are used to place the student, since age and grade are only considered for children. We always use the CASAS reading tests, and they are really useful. Maybe you can buy some CASAS materials for use in your new location. Here is the CASAS website:
https://www.casas.org/home/index.cfm
Are you going to work for a school, operate your own school, or tutor students? If you are going to work in a school, which grades are you going to teach?
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