Using the Grid - a brief guide
A Reading or Listening test is made up of one or more Tasks. Each
Task is made up of one or more input Texts and one or more test
Items. Thus Text(s) plus Item(s) constitute a Task. A test may include
several tasks, but each task should be analysed separately. Therefore,
when analysing tests according to the GRID, you need to analyse
separately
- each text on which any one task is based,
- each individual item constituting the task,
- and the CEFR level of the task itself.
Each test has a Summary Page which indicates how many Tasks there
are, for each Task how many Texts it contains, and how many Items
there are per Task.
Once you are fully familiarised with the GRID, we strongly recommend
that this GRID be completed by analysts working in a team, discussing
their analysis as they proceed, and amending it in the light of
discussions and the ongoing process. It may be more practical for
each individual analyst first to do their own analysis of the test(s)
in question, but thereafter research has shown that it is essential
that the team of analysts
- meet face to face,
- examine and discuss their individual analyses,
- resolve disagreements through discussion (for which adequate
time needs to be ensured - at least half an hour per task, depending
how many items and texts there are per task),
- and then enter into the GRID their agreed analyses.
To help you understand this process, we have developed
- a Sample Grid which
you can explore to see how individual test tasks, texts and items
have
been
analysed (also
accessible using the buttons on the right).
and
- a Training Module which
enables you first to analyse one or more test tasks (with associated
texts(s) and items) on your own, and then to compare your analysis
with that of experts who are fully familiar with the CEFR and
with this GRID (also
accessible using the buttons on the right).
Enjoy!
Disclaimer:
Neither the Dutch CEFR Construct Project Group nor Lancaster University
accept any responsibility for the functioning of this Grid and specifically
for the security of any data that is input into the Grid. Therefore
it is highly recommended that users should print out copies of the
Summary Pages for reference and as back-up, in case failures of
the system should occur and data is lost.
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