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- Bjerklund Larsson, Ann, 1951, et al.
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Diagnosing Young Learners’ English – the development of a national tool for Swedish schools
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In: Paper presenterat vid The 10th Annual EALTA Conference, Istanbul, Turkiet.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The start of English instruction in Sweden varies between school year one and three. Grades are not awarded until the end of school year six, but teachers are obliged to monitor their pupils’ learning from the beginning and to discuss it continuously with each child. Furthermore, the progress of individual pupils is summarized and discussed at least once a term in developmental dialogues with the pupil and his/her guardians. The outcome of these dialogues is an individual development plan, including a written report. Thus, assessment is explicitly intended to have a formative as well as a summative function. In order to enhance this, and also to concretize the action oriented national syllabus for languages, a diagnostic tool of English for learners aged 7 to 12 is provided and offered to all schools. In our presentation we will discuss the development of this material, its structure and content, and its intended use. Examples of components to be focused on are models for self and peer assessment, oral tasks and benchmarks, profiled descriptions of results, and links to the European Language Portfolio. The collaborative nature of the development process is discussed, with particular attention paid to contributions by pupils and teachers.
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- Nihlén, Cecilia, 1952, et al.
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National assessment of English for young learners
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In: English for Young Learners - Forum 2012. Proceedings from the Conference in Uppsala 19 June 2012. Editors: Maria Allström and Annamaria Pinter.. - 9789150623239 ; , s. 115-121
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A new national curriculum with syllabuses was introduced in the Swedish compulsory school in 2011. The new structure in the syllabuses, with knowledge requirements at the end of the sixth year, means that the national test of English, which previously was given in year 5, is now administered on specific test dates in year 6. The national test in the spring term 2013 will be the first test which supports grading. A new diagnostic material for young learners, years 1-6, was recently introduced to help teachers assess pupils' progress in English. In the conference workshop participants were given the opportunity to assess and discuss examples of pupils' writing in relation to the knowledge requirements. The examples can be found in the diagnostic material for years 1-6 and in the web-based assessment training material for teachers to use before the national test in year 6.
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