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Evaluating students is a core component to teaching a class. There are many ways that a teacher can assess a student's language level, whether it be by tutorial, student evaluations, and tests. In this unit, testing was a primary focus. Placement tests should be used to place a student in the appropriate-level English class. Diagnostic tests should occur at the beginning of the semester to inform the teacher what they do and do not know. This will be beneficial in creating lesson plans in the future. Progress tests should be given throughout the semester to inform the teacher how much or how little information the students are retaining. Achievement tests are given at the end of the semester to see how much knowledge was retained after the entire semester. And finally, practice tests are generally used to prepare students for external examinations.
The unit goes into detail about specific external examinations. Some general examinations include the TOEFL (which is common at the university I studied at), the IELTS, and the TOEIC. The Cambridge assessments are important for foreigners involved in the UK. These include the KET, PET, CAE, CPE, and FCE. There are also business English examinations associated with Cambridge that include the BEC and BULATS. Trinity offers the ESOL Skills for Life, which test foreigners on their English competency to perform everyday tasks.
