Developing & assessing young learners’ reading and writing
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Developing & assessing young
learners’ reading and writing
Santander,
16th March 2017
• Can do statements for reading and writing
• Developing reading and writing skills
• Ways of testing reading and writing
Overview
Reading at A1 and A2 A1: I can understand familiar names,
words and very simple sentences.
A2: I can read very short, simple texts and
find information I need in longer texts such
as simple messages, stories
or internet texts.
The Reading and Writing Tests
Length Number of
tasks
Number of
questions
Starters 20 minutes 5 25
Movers 30 minutes 6 40
Flyers 40 minutes 7 50
Starters Reading and Writing 1
• What do students look at?
• What do they have to write?
Movers Part 4
Starters Movers Flyers
Kind of text a story
Language in text present simple, past
simple, conjunctions,
longer sentences,
several paragraphs
Number of gaps 6
Type of words
missing
Nouns, verbs,
adjectives
Number of distractors 2
Picture support? yes
Global
comprehension task?
yes
Part 4 Starters Movers Flyers
Kind of text descriptive,
factual
a story a story
Language in text present
simple, short
sentences
present simple,
past simple,
conjunctions,
longer sentences,
several
paragraphs
past simple, present
simple (direct
speech),
conjunctions, longer
sentences, several
paragraphs
Number of gaps 5 6 5
Type of words missing nouns Nouns, verbs,
adjectives
nouns, verbs,
adjectives, adverbs
Number of distractors 2 2 4
Picture support? yes yes no
Global comprehension
task? no yes yes
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Progression up the levels
• length of text
• language in text
• sentence length
• number of distractors
• picture support
• language needed for
answers
At the museum
Cognitive verbs
agree
find out
guess
learn
think
believe
decide
forget
mind
remember
teach
wish
(Cambridge English:
Starters)
choose
show
understand
Communication verbs
describe
explain
repeat
speak
teach
whisper
whistle
(Cambridge English:
Movers)
call
shout
(Cambridge English: Starters)
add
answer
ask
say
spell
tell
Writing at A1 and A2 A2: I can write a story using ideas,
pictures or words from the teacher.
I can write short, simple phrases
about pictures and familiar topics.
A1: I can spell some very simple
English words correctly.
Starters Reading and Writing 5
• What do students look at?
• What do they have to write?
Movers – new Reading and Writing task
Marks: Movers – New Reading and Writing Part 6
Possible answers which would receive
full marks
1 trousers / jeans
2 black and white / white and black
3 She is carrying some drinks. / She is
taking some drinks (to the children).
4 The flowers are next to the door. /
The flowers are under the tree.
5 The brown dog is playing in the
water. / A boy and a girl are jumping.
6 There is a red car in front of the
house. / There is a table and chair in
the garden.
What makes a good reading and writing
activity?
• age-appropriate
• level-appropriate
• integrates reading and writing
• achievable in length and demand
• has a purpose
• appealing to young learners
Results reporting changes and rationale
Questions
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