AZELLA Oral Communication Flashcards
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Which skill does the AZELLA assess when a student retells a story they have heard?
Answer: Oral language production and narrative coherence
Retelling a story measures a student's oral language production and ability to organize information coherently in English.
What is the purpose of including academic language tasks in AZELLA oral assessments?
Answer: To evaluate whether students can use language needed for school success
Academic language tasks in AZELLA oral assessments determine whether students have the English skills needed to participate in content-area instruction.
In the AZELLA, which student response would best demonstrate proficiency in oral communication?
Answer: The dog is running because it sees the cat chasing it.
A complete, grammatically coherent sentence with logical connectors demonstrates higher oral proficiency on the AZELLA.
What does the AZELLA Pre-ID process involve for oral assessments?
Answer: Identifying and registering eligible ELL students before testing begins
The AZELLA Pre-ID process involves identifying and registering English language learners who are eligible to take the assessment before test day.
Which grade band in AZELLA has a specific oral language component tailored to developmental language stages?
Answer: Kindergarten through grade 2
The AZELLA's early grade band (K-2) includes oral language tasks designed to match young learners' developmental language stages.
How does a student's performance in AZELLA oral tasks influence their overall proficiency level?
Answer: Oral scores are combined with other domain scores to determine overall ELL proficiency level
AZELLA combines oral communication scores with reading, writing, and listening scores to establish an overall English language proficiency level.