given to individuals at Below Basic level L1, and the section of oral passage reading and comprehension to individuals at Intermediate L3 and Advanced L4 levels.
Individuals at or above Basic level are expected to be able to read and understand simple words, phrases, and brief, continuous texts with sentences and full paragraphs. To do so,
they need decoding word recognition and accuracy and fluency and comprehension skills. To be functional readers in their community, Eastern Tamang adult learners need
to meet the following standards for oral reading skills: 1
oral reading rate: 30-60 wcpm for Basic level L2; 61-80 wcpm for Intermediate L3; over 80 wcpm for Advanced level L4
2 oral reading accuracy: 90-92 for L2; 93-95 for L3; over 95 for L4
3 oral reading fluency: 2 for L2; 3 for L3; 4 for L4, and
4 comprehension skill: 51-60 for L2; 61-70 for L3; 71-80 for L4.
4.2.3.1 Test of word recognition for L1 and L2
This task assesses the Eastern Tamang adults‘ word recognition skill using
familiar words but with no context to help guess the word. These familiar words are high- frequency words from the Eastern Tamang Primers and used routinely in real life
contexts. Sample items are presented in the box below. R
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-a. Oral reading skills – Word recognition
[Time allocated for reading aloud and answering the questions: 3 minutes] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Instructions: This is a test with student sheet. The assessor should mark responses in a recording sheet with test items for each test taker. The assessor says,
―Now, I will show you some pictures of things that we see often around us. You need to point to the right word for the object in the picture, which is written on the sheet. For
example, the name of the object in this picture pointing to the picture of a tree is [doŋ] pointing to the word written on the sheet and reading.‖
―Let‘s practice. What is this in the picture showing and pointing to a picture of bananas? Please find the proper word written on the sheet.
‖ If the respondent points to on the sheet and reads it as [moʥe], the assessor says, ―Good job This is
[mo ʥe].‖ If the respondent points to a wrong word, the assessor points to the right one
and says , ―This is
[moʥe]
.‖
The assessor says, ―Let‘s practice another one. What is this in the picture
showing and pointing to a picture of a dog? ‖ If the respondent points to
on the sheet and reads it as [nagi:
], the assessor says, ―Good job This is [nagi:].‖ If the
respondent points to a wrong word, the assessor points to the right one and says , ―This
is [nagi:].‖
―Now, I‘ll show you pictures one by one. Point to the right word written on the sheet and read it aloud to me.
‖ 1. What is this in the picture?
Practice items: 1 a picture of a tree = [doŋ]
2 a picture of bananas = [mo
ʥe] 3 a picture of a dog
=
[nagi:]
Test items:
Picture of Word
Correct Incorrect
1 a crow
[ka:wa:] 2
a corn [
maka ] 3
a toilet
ी
[ ʨaɾpi:]
4 a bamboo basket
[ ʨʰa:ŋ]
5 a wooden jug for yogurt
[ ʈʰega:]
6 the sun
ि
[di ni:] 7
water
्
[kwi] 8
fingers
्
[ ʥumbi:]
9 garlic
्
[no ] 10 a snake
र
[pukʰri:] Discontinued: __________ Total number of correct answers: 10
Stop point: If the respondent gives no correct answers among the first three word
s, the assessor says, ―Thank you. Let‘s move on to the next item‖, and checks the space for the discontinued item.
4.2.3.2 Test of accuracy of word reading for L1 and L2
