Today's lesson has to do with assessing ESP students. Now that you are really a bit more familiar with ESP and how it works, think about these questions:
- Should ESP students be assessed?
- How should they be assessed?
- If not assessed, how would you, as a teacher, know your students are ready?
- Would you pass a student doing an ESP course without assessing him/her?
- Are you acquainted with international exams for ESP students?
Let's first watch this video and refresh our knowledge about assessing General Language Proficiency.
Now let's read this presentation to learn about some differences when assessing English for Specific Purposes.
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HOMEWORK
1. Read Chapter 5 from "Teaching English for Specific Purposes: An Introduction" by clicking HERE
2. After having read, watched and listened to all the information on this lesson, now you are ready to learn more about some of the most popular international exams for professionals. Click on your name and you will be re addressed to one of Cambridge International Exams for ESP students:
Laura (Cambridge English Business)
Celeste (Cambridge English Legal)
Karla (Cambridge English Financial)
On a comment, here, below (let's keep fingers crossed so that it works) tell us everything you could find out about the international exam you were assigned to.
3. You will be sent sample exams of the Cambridge English Exam you have been assigned to via e-mail and on a Word document you will send me an analysis of those sample papers.
Deadline: October 21st
BUCKLE DOWN TO
Cambridge English: Legal (ILEC) assesses language skills required by professionals and students in the Law field. This international exam is targeted at CEFR Level C1, and is recognized by more than 6.000 universities, business, and other organizations around the world. The exam gives assessment of English ability in a legal context, by using “real” situations.
ResponderBorrarThe main focus of the course is to make students to improve their communicative abilities. The test is made up of four papers developing four English skills; Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Thanks to this exam students test what they have learnt during the course and place them in the course that suits best to their needs.
Cambridge English: Legal, has a range of resources and services available for their students and teachers. It also offers an exam report for teachers which provides a general view of how the candidates performed and, offers guidance on the preparation of candidates
Candidates should be able to:
• Perform a variety of spoken tasks on law related topics, using a range of speaking skills.
• Complete writing tasks.
• Read and understand law-related texts.
• Identify and interpret contexts.
The test takes place twice per year; June and July, and November and December. This exam is going to be discontinued in December 2016.
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