Summary Test Week 8

Summary Topic, Developed By : Juan Felipe Herrera Cantor

Test specifications and design.

In this topic our partners explained about specs, which are explanatory documents for the creation of test task, it is said that specs are actually a common sense notion in test development. Specs can be also called blueprint, which is the foundation or base in which other task tests, are made. Taking this into consideration, kheoe presents a series of guidelines for creating multiple choice test items.

1.Before writing the stem, identify the one point to by tested by that item.

2.Construct the stem to be either an incomplete statement or a direct question, avoiding stereotyped phraseology, as rote responses are usually based on verbal stereotypes.

Among other topics they talked about guiding language versus sample, and congruence which is when a new spec fits a previous one.

Finally I recall they talked about Reverse engineering which is an analytical process that begins with a real life question and infer the guide language that drives it , that means that they are trying to get information about a final product.

Writing Items and tasks

In this topic our partners talked about the evidence centered design and its items and tasks, this type of design bases on the evidences that the student can deduct and analyze for this type of test, it uses different abilities, such as deduction, inference and all relat4ed to the branch of the sociolinguistic awareness and sociocultural approach.

They also explain the ECD, (validity argument) which is methodology for designing that underscore the central role of evidentiary reasoning in assessment design, and this is based in three premises:

1.The importance of how the language is acquired and the understanding of the cognitive process.

2.The chain of reasoning, from what participants from what the participants say and do in the assessment

3.The purpose must be the driving force behind design decisions.

Finally, a description of items and tasks shows this process is broken down to three pieces: Interaction activity, interaction requirement for activity and the communication goal.

The final output the student is going to produce also known as language characteristics are:

Organizational Characteristics:  Grammatical, Textual,

Pragmatic Characteristics:  Functionality and sociolinguistics.

This all takes goods results taking into consideration the Washback the teacher receives from the students and the school. Since each context and case are different, the teacher must validate the specs of this individual case.

Prototypes, prototyping and field test

Models of how the final design will work in order to evaluate the functioning of the test, the validity. For prototyping there are two steps which is the Alpha testing which is a test used to determine all the errors that the test may have and must be done before being used with real examiners, and the purpose is to stimulate the real users. For the beta test which is done with the real examiners all the approved methodologies and questions from the alpha test can be questioned as well new modifications that found validity.

Also the field test which is:

 P1. The tests are performed with the user of the target group

 P2. It Is divided into a task model, a reader model and a research agenda.

 P3. Assembly types of investigation are carried out, this means the duration of the test and questions.

Interactive activities

 In the following links you can find some  playable activities to learn while having fun!!

https://es.educaplay.com/recursos-educativos/4997327-colombian_artist.html

https://es.educaplay.com/recursos-educativos/4997381-genres_ofpopular_americanmusic.html

THIRD ENTRY MUSIC MAGAZINE

Activity 1

read and answer the questions 

Singing the blues

Have you ever felt sad or lonely? Have you ever felt like singing about your troubles when you were sad? A lot of early Americans, particularly slaves, often felt this way because of the bad situation they found themselves in. They believed an important part of dealing with those feelings was sharing them.

They did so through songs that can be traced directly to their African musical heritage. Music in African culture is an extremely important part of life. In African tribe, people sing songs as the do their work throughout the day. They learn songs about different aspects of life, their family history, the traditions of their tribe, and even songs for specific daily choirs. They also created songs and music for special events. When Africans were brought to America and forced into slavery, they brought this heritage with them.

 While they worked in the fields, salves would sing songs to help them do the work and to help them feel better about their situation. When they were not working, they would sing melancholy songs in their homes or in religious gatherings. These songs were about the hardship of being a slave, the difficulties of losing their families, and the sadness of being separated from the ones they loved. Often they would petition God to help them in these difficult times in their lives. This, therefore, is the origin of what we call now the blues. The slaved continued to create these songs until they were freed ate the end of the civil war. Even after they were freed, the song and the style remained popular.

BY about the 1900 the blues had developed into a standard musical form of about 12 measures that would be repeated for all the words in the song.  There were basically two periods of this more organized form of blues.  One began toward the end of the nineteenth century and ran to approximately 1930, and the other beginning 1930 and continued to the present time. The earlier period is basically divided into two main styles: one is country or rural blues, and the other is city or urban blues. The main difference between the two styles is that the city blues was more rhythmic and often faster than the country blues. Also the city blues performers were often accompanied by a complete jazz combo or rhythm section, consisting of a ´piano, bass and drums, and other instruments such as, trumpet, clarinet and trombone.  The country singers usually accompanied themselves with the guitar. Some of the best known country singers from the early period were Big Bill Bronzy, Robert Johnson, Blind lemon Jefferson, Teddy Ledbetter (also known as Led belly), Lightin Hopkins. The most famous urban blue singers were women. The most important names of the era were Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, and the most famous of all, Bessie Smith.

The second period, beginning in 1930, is divided between singers and instrumentalist. The singers include artist such as Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, and Jimmy Witherspoon. The instrumentalist, many of whom also sang, were the great Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Ray Charles.

Second Entry Activity

second entry activity SPECIFIC OBJETIVES. To get a fluency when speaking about music To identify the basic terminology of Music. To Learn about the History of music and the process of how the instruments were developed To Learn more about their likes and the origin of the genres of all the World Music. second entry activity SPECIFIC OBJETIVES. To get a fluency when speaking about music To identify the basic terminology of Music. To Learn about the History of music and the process of how the instruments were developed To Learn more about their likes and the origin of the genres of all the World Music. Activity 1 Singing the blues Have you ever felt sad or lonely? Have you ever felt like singing about your troubles when you were sad? A lot of early Americans, particularly slaves, often felt this way because of the bad situation they found themselves in. They believed an important part of dealing with those feelings was sharing them. They did so through songs that can be traced directly to their African musical heritage. Music in African culture is an extremely important part of life. In African tribe, people sing songs as the do their work throughout the day. They learn songs about different aspects of life, their family history, the traditions of their tribe, and even songs for specific daily choirs. They also created songs and music for special events. When Africans were brought to America and forced into slavery, they brought this heritage with them.  While they worked in the fields, salves would sing songs to help them do the work and to help them feel better about their situation. When they were not working, they would sing melancholy songs in their homes or in religious gatherings. These songs were about the hardship of being a slave, the difficulties of losing their families, and the sadness of being separated from the ones they loved. Often they would petition God to help them in these difficult times in their lives. This, therefore, is the origin of what we call now the blues. The slaved continued to create these songs until they were freed ate the end of the civil war. Even after they were freed, the song and the style remained popular. BY about the 1900 the blues had developed into a standard musical form of about 12 measures that would be repeated for all the words in the song.  There were basically two periods of this more organized form of blues.  One began toward the end of the nineteenth century and ran to approximately 1930, and the other beginning 1930 and continued to the present time. The earlier period is basically divided into two main styles: one is country or rural blues, and the other is city or urban blues. The main difference between the two styles is that the city blues was more rhythmic and often faster than the country blues. Also the city blues performers were often accompanied by a complete jazz combo or rhythm section, consisting of a ´piano, bass and drums, and other instruments such as, trumpet, clarinet and trombone.  The country singers usually accompanied themselves with the guitar. Some of the best known country singers from the early period were Big Bill Bronzy, Robert Johnson, Blind lemon Jefferson, Teddy Ledbetter (also known as Led belly), Lightin Hopkins. The most famous urban blue singers were women. The most important names of the era were Ma Rainey, Mamie Smith, and the most famous of all, Bessie Smith. The second period, beginning in 1930, is divided between singers and instrumentalist. The singers include artist such as Joe Turner, Jimmy Rushing, Joe Williams, and Jimmy Witherspoon. The instrumentalist, many of whom also sang, were the great Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Ray Charles. Activity 2 identify the artist from the soup letter

First entry Activity

Your magazine Music Wiki

The students will search for information about their favorite music genre and the biggest exponent of this genre, relying their research on books, blogs, websites, archives, and Provide general information about what students will do during their campus and online work

CONTENTS: Contemporary Music Content Clasical Music Content Baroque Music Content

ACTIVITIES

Part 2

Matching

You will get 10 examples of artist of various genres of American popular music. You will have to decide what genre of music they perform. Let’s decide what style these performers are

Louis Armstrong                                                              Classic Rock

The Beatles                                                                       Latin Pop

Johnny Cash                                                                      Blues

Shakira                                                                               Jazz

Bob Marley                                                                       Indie Rock

The Doors                                                                          Country                                                                 

Lenny Kravitz                                                                    Rock

Café Tacuba                                                                      Reggae

Norah Jones                                                                     Modern

                                                

3. Part 3 Vocabulary

This will be a matching section. Link the following terms and definitions.

Alternative music is music that exemplifies and _______________ approach to a traditional genre or style.

Cover is a version of a popular song by a performer other than the _______________  artist.

Def jam is slang for a _______________ song.

 Distortion is altering the _______________signal, such as from electric guitar to create a raw and unclear pitch.

 Falsetto in men is called the _______________ voice.

Fusion is to _______________ contrasting styles into a new unique style.

Improvisation is on the spot _______________ of melody, rhythm and chords.

 A jazz standard is a well-known and often played _______________ tune,

Rap is speaking in _______________ over a beat.

Sampler records and plays back ambient sound, often on _______________ pitches

Scratching is manually moving a _______________ back and forth to create a specific sound effect.

Sequencer automates the control MIDI equipment.

Stride Piano is a style of piano playing in which the left _______________ moves each beat.

Sound Module is hardware that contains _______________ and sampled sound on a hard drive or memory chip.

Timbre is the _______________ sound of an instrument or voice.

Vibrato is a slight rapid _______________ in pitch.

Original           great                  electric                 record         different Variations        Unconventional         Variations         Electric            Combine Synthesized          Wavering           Jazz               hand           Unique          Record

Beethoven’s Reading

1.       Who was born in 1770 in the city of Bonn, Germany?

2.       What is that area of Germany often referred to as?

3.       What did his father and Grandfather do?

4.       At age 11, What was his job?

5.       At Age 12, What was his job?

6.       Who said this about Beethoven: Keep an eye on him, he will make a noise in the world someday?

7.       Why did Haydn not particularly care for Beethoven?

8.       What development during Beethoven’s life enabled his music to be performed and heard through Europe?

9.       When Beethoven was in his late twenties, what dreadful curse affected him?

1      Following Beethoven’s death why did composers still look to his compositions?