I'm currently putting together an ESRC bid to look at pleasure reading by pre-A1 ESOL learners (see my June email looking for teachers to participate, pending study funding). One of the planned products is an assessment tool to which anyone who's developed such a tool would be invited to contribute. I'd love to see what you've come up with, Sarah.
In the meantime, perhaps those of you interested in this topic would like to discuss pre-A1 assessment at an international level. If so, consider joining the LESLLA (www.leslla.org) listserv, by emailing Larry Condelli [log in to unmask] I know that folks in Minneapolis and in Cologne, Germany also have pre-A1 assessment tools.
Martha
Martha Young-Scholten, School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU England
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Sent: 09 September 2013 19:39
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Subject: Re: testing beginner ESOL literacy
I have designed reading and writing assessments for pre-A1 ESOL learners, initially for a PGCE assignment. The aim was to produce an assessment that would enable all learners, including those with basic literacy needs, to demonstrate some level of achievement after a term of learning. After trialling the assessments with my Pre-entry class, I made some modifications and they have since been adopted for use throughout the service I work for (Newham Adult Learning Service). They are used both as summative and formative assessments, but could also be used as a diagnostic if the learners have some level of literacy. I'm happy to share these assessments.
Sarah Estop
On 9 Sep 2013, at 19:15, James Simpson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks for your responses so far to my questions about ESOL and the CEFR. A related query - Oliva Moors, who works in Belgium and Holland with learners of Dutch for speakers of Other Languages - asks
> Is there an ESOL literacy test for those who are 'pre-A1 level', i.e. to show if someone knows the alphabet or can do any kind of functional reading?
> Beyond the ESOL tests at Entry Level 1, I can only think of Heide Wrigley's test developed in the US some years ago for this purpose:
> http://www.literacywork.com/readingdemonstration
> The link is to a video - well worth watching.
> Does anyone know of anything similar for beginner literacy students in the UK ESOL context?
> All the best
> James
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