Listening Comprehension Checklist
Having a checklist that deals only with listening comprehension is a great way of assessing your ELL's. There is a difference between listening comprehension and reading comprehension, sadly student's usually only get assessed on reading comprehension. I believe that assessing students off of their listening comprehension is going to provide you more information about your students.
Checklists help teachers to make sure that they are looking into every aspect of listening and what you are expecting the students to understand. I really like the checklist below because it has all 4 content areas listed, so you are checking for understanding in all of the areas instead of just one, which seems to happen.
I plan on using this checklist in my teaching because I believe that it is a fair assessment for all of my students. I think that as teachers we check for understanding after teaching a lesson but we don't always remember to check specifically for listening comprehension. I hope that I will be a teacher that remembers to check for listening comprehension, because I feel that tells more about our students abilities. I plan on using this checklist at least once a week with all my students, because I believe this will give me the most knowledge about all of my students.
*This rubric is in the "Assessing English Language Learners" By: Margo Gottlieb *
Checklists help teachers to make sure that they are looking into every aspect of listening and what you are expecting the students to understand. I really like the checklist below because it has all 4 content areas listed, so you are checking for understanding in all of the areas instead of just one, which seems to happen.
I plan on using this checklist in my teaching because I believe that it is a fair assessment for all of my students. I think that as teachers we check for understanding after teaching a lesson but we don't always remember to check specifically for listening comprehension. I hope that I will be a teacher that remembers to check for listening comprehension, because I feel that tells more about our students abilities. I plan on using this checklist at least once a week with all my students, because I believe this will give me the most knowledge about all of my students.
*This rubric is in the "Assessing English Language Learners" By: Margo Gottlieb *
Multiple Types of Listening Assessments
There are many different ways that you can assess listening. I think that before you try to assess your students you need to get to know their personalities, know if they feel comfortable speaking in front of people, if they enjoy reading outloud and if they are comfortable acting out what they are hearing.
I think that since there are so many different ways to assess listening that it all depends on the group of students that you have. I like the idea of having the students act out what they are hearing, I think that this is the best way for students to not only listen better but it will also give them muscle memory about what they are hearing. I also really like the idea of having students discuss what they are hearing, I think this gives them a really good chance at learning how to listen to others thoughts and opinions.
I plan on using many different types of listening assessments, I do really like the acting out type of listening assessment. I will admit that as a child the idea of acting out what I was hearing would terrify me. As a teacher however I see how important it is to push your students to expand their thinking. I want my students to be able to express themselves, especially about what they are hearing. I think that listening is an aspect of education that is often forgotten about, but it is something that is so important.
I think that since there are so many different ways to assess listening that it all depends on the group of students that you have. I like the idea of having the students act out what they are hearing, I think that this is the best way for students to not only listen better but it will also give them muscle memory about what they are hearing. I also really like the idea of having students discuss what they are hearing, I think this gives them a really good chance at learning how to listen to others thoughts and opinions.
I plan on using many different types of listening assessments, I do really like the acting out type of listening assessment. I will admit that as a child the idea of acting out what I was hearing would terrify me. As a teacher however I see how important it is to push your students to expand their thinking. I want my students to be able to express themselves, especially about what they are hearing. I think that listening is an aspect of education that is often forgotten about, but it is something that is so important.
Levels of Listening
I have chosen to use this model of different listening levels because I think that sometimes teachers and educators think that there is only one level of listening, that the student is either listening or not listening. I believe that there are different levels of listening and that we can't expect our students to always be on the same level. Everyone is going to get different things out depending on what they are listening too and what interests them.
I like the following table because I like how much information it provides you with for each level and how it is all about modeling listening, and what listening might look like. I think that as Educators it is so important that we model everything for our students. I find this type of assessment to be meaningful and authentic.
I plan on using this type of table in my teaching daily, especially to show my students that there are different ways to listen and to prove that they are listening. I think that as an Educator this is very important for me to reflect on. I need to reflect on how I am teaching listening and what listening can look like. I need to remember as a teacher that listening can come in many different forms and that I need to teach and know about all these forms.
*This rubric is in the "Assessing English Language Learners" By: Margo Gottlieb *
I like the following table because I like how much information it provides you with for each level and how it is all about modeling listening, and what listening might look like. I think that as Educators it is so important that we model everything for our students. I find this type of assessment to be meaningful and authentic.
I plan on using this type of table in my teaching daily, especially to show my students that there are different ways to listen and to prove that they are listening. I think that as an Educator this is very important for me to reflect on. I need to reflect on how I am teaching listening and what listening can look like. I need to remember as a teacher that listening can come in many different forms and that I need to teach and know about all these forms.
*This rubric is in the "Assessing English Language Learners" By: Margo Gottlieb *
Speaking Assessments
There are many different ways to assess speaking as well as listening. If you google ELL's Speaking Assessments you will find many different websites and different ways of assessing. Speaking assessments are harder to be fair with because it truly depends on the students you have.
I really like the following website for different assessment ideas, I again highly suggest that you read the books on the "Resource" page. Speaking assessments are just as important as listening assessments I believe. I do think that speaking does get assessed more than listening does. This website as well as the websites listed on my "Resources" Tab all provide tons of information about assessment.
http://busyteacher.org/7082-top-10-ways-to-assess-your-students.html
I really like the following website for different assessment ideas, I again highly suggest that you read the books on the "Resource" page. Speaking assessments are just as important as listening assessments I believe. I do think that speaking does get assessed more than listening does. This website as well as the websites listed on my "Resources" Tab all provide tons of information about assessment.
http://busyteacher.org/7082-top-10-ways-to-assess-your-students.html