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Assessing Reading

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Look at the picture and
read the words in the box
below. Find the words for 5
6
the things marked in the
picture (1-6). Write the
lettersof the wordsyou
have chosen (A-J) in the
table below. There are

three extra words which
you do not need to use.
$ bowl B cooker C cupboard D dishwasher E fridge
An example (0) has been
done for you. F jug G knife H mixer I sink J spoon

Figure 13.6
0. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Example of a Word
Recognition Task F
(Državni izpitni center,
(6 WRþN
2022)

children are able to understand simple sentences and to reconstruct narra-
tives with the help of pictures (Paulick & Groot-Wilken, 2009).

Word Recognition Tasks
Thefirst readingcomprehension assessment taskswith YLswillrequirelearn-
ers to recognise simple words. As we can see in the tasks in Figure 13.6 (the
original instructions were in learners’ L1), learners need to match the words
with pictures. The task is made more difficult by including more words than
test items, which decreases the chance of choosing the right answer by
guessing.

True/False Task
In true/false tasks, we present a series of statements related to a picture or
story or passage and ask learners to determine if each statement is true or
false. In the task in Figure 13.7, learners need to understand the sentences in
order to be able to match them with the right person.

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