Feedback
What is feedback?
Feedback is more than error correction. Train your learners to proofread and look for errors, e.g. missing articles, lack of third-person apostrophe ‘s’ (‘s). Self-awareness of the errors they often make will help learners when they check their work in the exam.
Learners who are not quite ready to achieve the grade they are aiming for will need guidance to help them build a study plan. They need practice activities and resources that will challenge them and help them prepare for exam day.
Doing reflection tasks and other follow-up activities based around the test papers helps your learners focus on what they need to work on, not just their grades.
Try Activities 3–6 after learners have completed their mock test to help them reflect on their performance and get ready for the exam. The ideas are based on each of the four mock test papers. Of course, you might not have time for all of them, so choose the ones you think will be most useful for your learners.
Note: You may have to adapt some of the steps in the activities to make them easier for lower levels. For example, if you think a step may be too difficult for learners to do on their own, model how to do it, then monitor and provide help as appropriate. Alternatively do the step as a whole class.
Activities
After the Writing paper
We recommend you do the following activities before giving learners their grades to encourage them to focus on their next steps.
After the Speaking paper
It is very helpful to give learners a self-evaluation form to complete straight after they do the test.
The information from learners’ self-evaluation forms can be used for follow-up activities, e.g. creating a list of all the good words used by the class or a list of common mistakes to avoid with corrections
Making a study plan
My Study Plan template is designed to help your learners organise their studies in the weeks leading up to the exam.
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