Placement tests are extremely important if you do not know your students well and you need to know what to teach them. Further, these tests can be used to measure whether your students made any progress during a certain period of time.
Placement tests are often professionally produced and sold for a lot of money. And as nearly every publishing house sells placement tests, they are probably in demand. However, there are very few placement tests available for young learners of English.
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Noticing this gap, I decided to design a placement test for young students. The test is aimed at children aged 8 – 10. They should have studied English for 2 or 3 years for about 3 hours per week.
Placement test
The test contains 40 items. The students should choose the correct word for each of the pictures from the line below. They should write the number of their answer in the box nearest the picture. You will need to print the placement test in colour as it is not possible in some cases to choose the correct answers without seeing the pictures in colour.
How to interpret the results?
Or you can use the following interpretation:
- 40-35 The student knows everything from the textbooks Happy House 1, Happy House 2 and Happy Street.
- 34-20 The student knows everything from the textbooks Happy House 1 and Happy House 2.
- 19-10 The student knows everything from the textbook Happy House 1 and should move to Happy House 2.
- 9-0 The student should start with the textbook Happy House 1.
More placement tests
If you would like to know how many words your students know, you can try the vocabulary placement tests here.
Or if you would like to have your proficiency level checked professionally, you can find information at the British Council site.
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[showmyadsa] You can find some information about the Oxford online placement test here.
Placement tests are very important for students of languages. First, they can serve as motivation because they show whether the students improved their knowledge. Second, they help students choose the correct course on their level. And last but not least they inform students how good their English is.
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However, good placement tests are very expensive and mostly printed. That is why we have decided to create a placement test that will be available for free and in electronic form. The test is in HTML5 so the students will be able to take it on whichever device they have. If you are administering the test, you just tell the students the URL and ask them to show you their results once they have finished. Thus they can do the test on their mobile phones or tablets.
Placement test
If you are taking the test on a mobile device, it might be more comfortable to see it full screen. To get a full screen version of the test, click on the button.
Placement testAs there were some problems with the server, I have added the flash version of the test. It is a bit quicker but it plays only on desktops (no iPads or mobile phones)
Placement test – flashAnd here is another HTML5 version of the test, but it is placed on a different server. So if you experience any problems with the tests above, click here:
Placement test – HTML5Placement test – share
<iframe width=”560″ height=”500″ src=”https://engames.eu/placement test/Placement test_share (Web)/index.html” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
To share the link, insert the following code.
https://engames.eu/placement test/Placement test_share (Web)/index.html
Please, do not forget to mention our site https://engames.eu if you share this
Placement test – Print version
And here you can see the key to the placement test:
Placement test – comments
UPDATE: Thank you for your comments. I have added the “Review your answers” option and I have corrected one of the questions. Please, if you spot a mistake, inform me. Please, do not write the number of the question, as the questions are chosen randomly. Thank you very much.
Placement test – updates
If you want to share the test on your site and see your students’ results, contact me at rotreklzdenek_at_gmail_dot_com and I make the test send the results to your e-mail address.
Thank you for helping me improve the test.