Online Diagnostic Assessment for Chinese Listening Comprehension a powerful tool for achieving high

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Online Diagnostic Assessment for Chinese
Listening Comprehension a powerful tool
for achieving high level language proficiency
http//oda.lingnet.org

Tsengtseng Chang Curriculum Development
Division Defense Language Institute Foreign
Language Center
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ODA Structure

• High
• Log-in Entry Level Diagnostic
• Low Profile

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• Testlet
• Passage
• First Set of Items
• Main Proposition
• Supporting Proposition 1
• Supporting Proposition 2
• Second Set of Items
• Lexicon
• Structure
• Discourse

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• Item Types
• Constructed-Response
• Short Answer
• Contextual Meaning
• Defined-Response
• Multiple Choice
• Identification
• Categorization

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Diagnostic Profile

• Individualized based on diagnostic data collected
  during Assessment.
• Covers Can-do areas at the current proficiency
  level and Cannot-do areas at the next higher
  proficiency level.
• Addresses task-successes and their supporting
  linguistic competencies.

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Chinese - Reading
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Chinese - Listening
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• Web-based Tool
• http//oda.lingnet.org/
• Listening comprehension for Chinese
• Assesses both comprehension and linguistic
  skills.
• Formative Assessment
• Automated Profile with language skill level
• Sample Profile