Report of TAS Test of Ability to Subordinate

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Report of TAS( Test of Ability to Subordinate)

• Course EFL 502
• Instructor John Dopkin
• Student Chin-Chi, Hsu
• Date June 2, 2003

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TAS

• Test of Ability to Subordinate
• Target group Intermediate and advanced ESL
  students
• Purposes Designed to identify strengths and
  weaknesses in writing sentences in English

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Students background
score
 
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Specifications

• 9 types of structure being tested
• Total 45 questions
• Time 35-40 mins.
• Written responses scored as correct or incorrect
• Scoring using percentage

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Examples

• Ex.1
• a. They left the car.
• b. The car was parked outside.
• Frame They left the car_______.
• The complete sentence is
• They left the car parked outside.

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Examples

• Ex. 2
• a. He used to buy the paper every morning.
• b. He stopped.
• Frame He stopped___________.
• The complete sentence is
• He stopped buying the paper every morning.

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Subordination Diagnostic Test Result
 
 
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Backwash

• Identify the strengths and weaknesses
• Individual/the whole class
• Student/instructor
• Design lesson plans
• Focus on gerund phrases and participial phrases
• Discuss question 24 and 45

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Questions?

• Thank you!