Needs and Situation Analysis
Needs analysis looks at the students' lives, language levels, interests, and _______ learning.
previous / prior
What do the students use in class?
a. curriculum
b. textbook
c. frameworks
b. textbook
Closed or open task?
Write the missing letters
G o ___ d M o r ___ i n g
closed
Closed or open?
Answer the question:
What did you eat for breakfast?
open
Why do we assess language students?
to check that they can understand and use the language they are learning
Situation analysis looks at the school contexts, stakeholders' opinions, and ________'s capacities amd experience. .
teacher
Should teachers always follow the curriculum exactly?
No. It depends on their students' needs.
What is a closed task?
There is one clear correct answer.
What is an open task?
The answer/outcome depends on the students' ideas, opinions or experience
What is the relationship between assessment and tests?
a. assessment are a type of test
b. tests are a type of assessment
c. tests and assessment are the same
b. tests are a type of assessment
Which of these are about student needs?
a. Students' experience with previous textbooks
b. The KECD curriculum and goals
c. The teachers' qualifications and experience
a. Their experience with previous textbooks
What is the most useful goal of a textbook?
a. Students can pass the final exam
b. Teachers find it easy to use without extra resources
c. Students learn language appropriate for their level
c. Students learn language appropriate for their level
What is an example of a closed task?
Copying
Matching
Fill the blank where there is only one correct possibility
Multiple choice
Spell the word correctly
What is an example of an open task?
Drawing
A question where there are many possible answers (e.g. what is your favorite food?)
Essay writing
What parts of the textbook can teachers use to do formative assessment?
a. all tasks in the textbook
b. the tests at the end of each unit
c. closed tasks with one correct answer
a. all tasks in the textbook
Give three examples of stakeholders for a textbook development project.
KECD
parents
community members
school committees
other schools (e.g. middle and high schools)
Which of these is a good learning objective?
a. I can understand classroom instructions
b. I can respond to basic classroom instructions
c. I can know all classroom instructions
b. I can respond to basic classroom instructions
Do closed tasks mostly focus on accuracy or fluency?
accuracy
What can be a problem when marking this fill-the-blanks task?
I go to _____ every Monday morning my classmates.
The expected answer is 'school' but some students might write other correct answers, like 'breakfast' or 'the river' or 'the village'. Teacher need to understand the range of possible answers.
What should end-of-unit tests focus on?
a. all the language from the unit
b. the language in all units before now
c. the key language points from the unit
c. the key language points from the unit
You should aim to design your textbook to focus on
a. language that is the same as students already know
b. language that is a little more difficult than students already know
c. language that is a lot more difficult than students already know
b. language that is a little more difficult than students already know
What is the relationship between the textbook and the curriculum?
The curriculum informs the content of the textbook
Why is language accuracy important?
So students can correctly understand and express language
Why is language fluency important?
So students can understand and express a wide range of language
What tool do you need to fairly assess essays. projects and other large open tasks?
a rubric