Project ASSESS "ASSESSING EFL STUDENTS"-QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSING WRITING SKILLS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LEARNERS-Levels A1-A2

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ASSESS is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme and aims to define innovative methods and tools for the assessment of EFL learners. Rating Scales will be created for sample exams developed. This questionnaire was developed within the framework of the rating scales creation.
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1. Tick the type of tasks you use to test writing skills in your class:

Dictation

Spell words correctly

Summary

Guided writing

Creating chat -dialogues

Writing through 'reverse reading'

Writing postcards - cards

Writing e-mails /letters

Role-play writing

Narratives

Note writing

Creative writing activities

Improving paragraph writing

Writing songs and rhymes

2. What criteria do you use to assess writing skills in your class?

Content

Writing fluency

Vocabulary

Grammar

Organisation

Communicative Achievement

Handwriting

Punctuation

3. Is it important for young learners at this stage to understand how the writing exercises – tests are scored?

Yes

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4. When you mark writing tasks, do you give a single mark for the overall performance or different marks for different skills assessed?

a. A single mark for the overall performance

b. Different marks for different skills assessed

c. Both

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5. Do you give more marks to higher scoring students?

Yes

6. Which of these might be a problem when deciding on scoring? You can tick more than one.

Answers are partially correct

Deciding how the given task affects scoring

Level of difficulty

Spelling

Special Needs Learners (dyslexia, dysorthography etc.)

Class conditions

7. Do you use an error correction code when marking writing tasks at these levels?

Yes

8. Which of the following types of Pre-writing Activities do you use before assigning a writing task?

Brainstorming

Free-writing

Listing

Outline

Reading

Eliciting

9. Before writing, do you share your ideas with your students?

Yes

10. Do you believe that if students get a platform to share their ideas with their peers, the exchange of ideas can lead to more creative writing inputs?

Yes

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11. Do you encourage peer correction in class writing activities?

Yes

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