DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN ONLINE CHINESE

NUMERAL-CLASSIFIERNOUN ASSESSMENT

Advisor

Nian-Shing Chen, Yu-Ju Lan

Team Member

Fu-Hui Hsu, Yu-Tang Hsueh, Yen-Ting Lin, Wei-Lun Chang

Responsibility

Creating online assessment by Jotform, Designing the descriptio n and pictures in sub-assessments

Abstract

The present study developed an online assessment, which can be carried out on a computer, a tablet, or a mobile phone, to evaluate Chinese numeral-classifier-noun (NCN) competence levels of learners learning Chinese as a foreign (CFL) or a second language (CSL). This paper summarizes the process of the assessment development, including the methods, procedures, and the preliminary results. This study provides an example for developing an online assessment evaluating learnersʼ competence levels of a designat ed Chinese learning scope.

Keywords: Chinese, classifier, online assessment, CFL, CSL

Assessment Content

Numerals

1 yī; 2 èr/liǎng; 3 sān

塊 kuài (block-like piece); 杯 bēi (cup/glass); 瓶 píng (bottle); 片 piàn (slice);

包 bāo (bag); 碗 wǎn (bowl); 盤 pán (tray/plate); 條 tiáo (long nar row piece);

種 zhǒng (type/kind); 口 kǒu (bite/a mouth full of)

魚 yū (fish); 肉 ròu (meat); 蘋果 píng gu ŏ (apple); 麵 miàn (noodles);

Nouns

蛋糕 dàn gāo (cake); 牛奶 niú nǎi (milk); 水 shuǐ (water); 酒 jiǔ (li quor/wine/beer)

SUB-ASSESSMENTS

Classifiers Listening

1. Map the sounds of Chinese NCN phrase elements as a whole pic tures or objects representing them

2. Map the sounds of classifiers to their characters

1. Express Chinese NCN phrases elements and as a whole

1. Map Chinese characters to pictures or objects representing t hem

2. Map Chinese characters to sounds representing them

Sub-assessment (Listening)

Sub-assessment (Speaking)