: Design rationale Assignment 2—Design report 50% Design one assessment activity for a cohort of learners in a particular ESL/EFL/EALD setting, focusing especially on the specification and...

EDUC 5110
Teaching and Language Assessment in TESOL
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Student: Shabnam
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Assignment 2
1. an introduction of the chosen TESOL context…(150 words) 
The essay introduces properly the chosen TESOL context, including the type of educational institution, the intended cohort of learners, the designated curriculum, and the language teaching approach(es) adopted in the setting.
TESOL is the teacher of English to speakers of other languages. The Chosen TESOL context is social-cultural. It considers the impact of socio-cultural influence on the learning methodology and environment in the class while learning English. Different countries have different kinds of cultures and societies. They follow different rules and codes of conduct. This results in creating challenges while learning English (Atkinson, 1999).
People find difficulties in communicating with each other because they have different ways of thinking as a result of the societies and cultures in which they are born and brought up (Atkinson, 1999). The following report has been made for the students of class 6th of Delhi International School located in Dwarka (it is one of the multiple branches), New Delhi. It is one of the most admired schools in the country. It has a vision. It is full of technological amenities like many other schools in India. There are more than 2500 students in the school. The students belong to prosperous families. The strength of grade 6th is around 150 who are divided into 6 sections with 25 students in each section. These students are studying 8 subjects. The students sit in the manner they face the teacher and the board for making the communication convenient.
2. the Purpose(s) of the assessment, identifying the TWO language skills…. (200 words)
The two language skills to be assessed are speaking and writing. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking are four parameters of learning any language. Speaking and writing are the two parameters that are to be assessed in the cohort of learners from the different backgrounds and countries of the world. The purpose of taking the assessment of speaking and writing is to find out the level of understanding of grammar, vocabulary, understanding, the context of vocabulary, etc (Pennycook, 1999). Speaking is everybody is priority and writing is the necessity. Learners often do not give importance to writing as compared to speaking but it is important to be equally good at both speaking and writing. One needs to send emails, write reports, give presentations, and perform many other activities related to communication. All these activities need equal command over writing and speaking both. Writing is a little difficult as compared to speaking. This is also one reason to assess the skill of writing and to make sure the learners have understood it. Reading and listening do not need many efforts as compared to speaking and writing because one can form a sentence in the mind and speak or write only when he is clear but the structure of grammar and vocabulary. This is very necessary for the grade 6 students for whom speaking and writing English is a big challenge.
3. a brief description of the Assessment Activity including the procedures of assessment in dot points (200 words)
Assessment activity will include written and spoken tests. The assessment would be based on an international context to check the level of understanding of each other's society and culture by the learners (Pennycook, 1999). These activities will help in in checking the level of vocabulary of the learners, their understanding of the context before using the words, removal of mother tongue influence, capability of speaking in international accent, command over direct, fluency in speaking, accuracy of selection of words in expressing the opinions, command over grammatical structures, knowledge of parts of speech, removal of influence of social and cultural barriers, comfort zone of learners with each other and improvement in the expression level, etc.
The first step in the procedure of assessment would be e writing and speaking introduction. Writing about oneself for an individual is one of the easiest tasks and the learners will feel confident at the beginning of the assessment because they will be able to do so.
The second step would be to organize written tests including fill in the blanks, match the following, multiple answer questions, etc.
In the third step, the learners will be given some topics to prepare and give a speech in the classroom.
The fourth step will be organizing extempore sessions.
The next step will be organizing role plays, dramas, and other activities in English.
Essay writings, report writing, and other forms of writing will be given to the students.
4. the Rationale for the assessment, using the following three questions, (a) – (c), as the headings of the three sub-sections of the rationale
• a) How has the design of the assessment activity… (300 words)
The assessment activities include testing the vocabulary of the students with the help of sentences in fill in the blanks, match the columns...