Dynamic Assessment of EFL text ComprehensionAlex Kozulin & Erica Garb

Selection or construction of the text amenable to the use of cognitive strategies and hierarchical.

Pre-test (with sample mediation) Information page (revision of knowledge required)Mediation including analysis of mistakes made by

students during the pre-test and introducing metacognitive strategies

Post-test using a parallel version of pre-test items

Pre-test (1) TEXT 1 - PRE-TEST

Where are you going? a) I am not at home. b) You are going to the post office. c) I am going home. d) She is going home.

Pre-test (2)

Subject Verb ComplementYou live in Israel

Subject Verb Complement פועל עזר Do you live in Israel ?

? פועל עזר Subject Verb ComplementWhy do you live in Israel ?

Questions –pre-test 2

in school books we many read .__________________________________ crying why she is ?

___________________________________study last year you did ?

Example of mediation

Knowledge required: Auxiliary verbs, question words, personal

pronouns, subject, verb, complement. Strategies for mediation Looking for clues Comparison Using a model New learning: question forms

Pre- test (3)

David and I were tourists in Europe last summer.

The story happened in the past is happening now happens every summer

Results of testing

N=23; Age: 18-25

Pre-test score:50

Post-test score: 66.5

Effect size: 1.2

Correlation of pre-test and post-test scores: strong positive

Correlation of pre-test and gain scores: negative

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Bibliography

Kozulin, A.& Garb, E. (2002). Dynamic assessment of EFL text comprehension. School Psychology International, 23, 112-127.

Kozulin, A.& Garb, E. (2004). Dynamic assessment of literacy: English as a third language. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 19, 65-77.