--- Forwarded Message from "Leslie Graul" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Keywords: disclaimer >Sender: <[log in to unmask]> >From: "Leslie Graul" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7791 Oral testing in lab >Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:11:13 -0500 >Priority: normal Dear Marcella, If you are willing to purchase software such as CAN-8, (a virtual language lab), you would have little trouble testing students' oral exams. We have set oral exams up in a number of ways, since no two of our instructors want to handle them the same way. It is possible to use oral stimuli, images, text, or a video clip as the catalyst for the students' response. It can be set up so that the students use the menu to access the questions, so that they work sequentially through the entire list, or so that the questions appear in random order. Students can control when they advance to the next question, or the test can advance automatically, via.a timer, giving the student no control except to record his responses. Other options include letting the student review his work before quitting, etc. All work is saved on the server, and instructors can access it from their offices or anywhere they can get onto the campus network. (It is not yet web based). The instructor looks at the work via a tracker, where he can sort his students from the masses, place them in alphabetical order, and see their scores. He can listen to any and all recordings of one student, or compare a number of students' responses to specific questions. He then can assign the answer a score (1-9 points) and the score is added in the student's total test score. He can print the tracker, and have a record of each student's scores for each and all answers. Grading oral work is so much easier to grade in CAN-8 than with the old tape recorders, because you can easily locate a specific answer, and compare it to those of other students. Furthermore, the quality of the sound is excellent! The same software allows for multiple choice, (also true/false) and fill-in-the-blanks questions, which are graded automatically. Short answers or essays have to be graded by the instructor, like the oral work. In one test, you can have any or all kinds of questions. The point limit is 9 points per question (ie, per screen). Good luck comparing products. I hope you get one that works well for you. Leslie Graul --- Forwarded Message from Marcella Rollmann > <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:53:18 -0330 (NST) > >From: Marcella Rollmann <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Oral testing in lab > > > Dear Colleagues, we would like to hear about your > successes or failures with oral testing in a computer lab. > What hardware, software, etc. worked or didn't work. > > We currently have two labs: a cassette lab for > listening/speaking practice and oral testing, and a > digital lab, which we have used mostly for writing / > grammar practice. We are in the process of phasing out the > cassette lab, since there are more and more materials > available with audio components for computer labs. We are > wondering, however, how we are going to accomplish oral > testing in the computer lab. We test hundreds of students > at the end of each semester in the cassette lab. The > students hear about 10 recorded questions and have to > respond, recording their answers. There is also a > listening comprehension component, but we foresee no > problem with that. We then collect the tapes and listen to > them on tape recorders in our offices. How will we replace > this kind of testing with computers? Could we even use a > video clip for each question and have the students respond > to that rather than just an audio clip? Someone has > suggested WebCt might work as the management tool. Has > anyone tried this? > > Thanks for any help! > Marcella Rollmann > Assistant Professor > Department of German > Memorial University > St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association > for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language > Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** Leslie B. Graul Director of Instructional Media Services Thiel College 724-589-2853 ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.f-secure.com/