EFC Testing Manual Books 4 and 5

Overview

The purpose of this manual is to help English teachers make effective tests based on the material in the English for Cambodia (EFC) text books. It includes a review sheet, a test, and an answer key for every Chapter from EFC Book 4 and EFC Book 5. 

Review Sheets:

• Each review sheet describes the topics covered in the chapter, including important vocabulary words and grammar points.

• You can write the information from the review sheet up on the board for your students the class period before they will take the test. Then you can answer any questions the students have about the topics.

• It is important that the students understand what topics will be included on the test so that they know what to study.

Tests:

            • There are several ways you can use the tests in this manual:

• You can give your classes a test from this manual after they finish each chapter, and then add up each student’s scores from one month to find out his/her monthly grade.

• You can choose a few sections from each of the tests for the chapters you taught in one month and combine them to make a monthly test.

• You can write your own monthly test by using the ideas you learned from reading this manual.

• You can write your own tests for EFC Books 1, 2, 3, or 6 by using the ideas you learned from reading this manual.

• Before you give your students a test from this manual you must:  

• Read the test. Check the meaning of any words or grammar points you do not understand.

• If you have not taught some of the topics on the test, delete that section from the test. Do not test students on topics you did not teach them. (Example: you did not teach your students about the past continuous, so you must delete the section of the test which asks questions about the past continuous.) You can assign more points to a different section or add a new section so that the test still has 50 points.

• Make sure you understand the test directions so you can explain to the students how to take the test and answer any questions.

• If you think the test is too long for your students to complete in the amount of time you have, shorten it by either deleting a whole section or by deleting one question out of each section.

• You can choose a few sections from each of the tests for the chapters you taught in one month and combine them to make a monthly test.

• You can write your own monthly test by using the ideas you learned from reading this manual.

• You can write your own tests for EFC Books 1, 2, 3, or 6 by using the ideas you learned from reading this manual.

• Before you give your students a test from this manual you must:  

• Read the test. Check the meaning of any words or grammar points you do not understand.

• If you have not taught some of the topics on the test, delete that section from the test. Do not test students on topics you did not teach them. (Example: you did not teach your students about the past continuous, so you must delete the section of the test which asks questions about the past continuous.) You can assign more points to a different section or add a new section so that the test still has 50 points.

• Make sure you understand the test directions so you can explain to the students how to take the test and answer any questions.

• If you think the test is too long for your students to complete in the amount of time you have, shorten it by either deleting a whole section or by deleting one question out of each section.

Answer Keys:

• Each section of a test lists the number of points that section is worth. You should divide the number of questions in that section by the number of points to find out how many points each question is worth. (Example: Section II is worth 15 points. There are 5 questions in that section. Therefore, each question is worth 3 points.)

• The answer keys do not include the answers to translation questions. You can translate from English to Khmer and use a dictionary to check your answer.

• “Writing questions” sometimes have more than one correct answer. If so, the answer key will either list both correct answers, or will say “accept any grammatically correct and logical answer.” It is up to you to decide how strong each students answer is and give them the appropriate amount of points.

• Because the answer keys are included, never let a student read or borrow this manual. It is your duty as a teacher to prevent students from cheating on tests.