Note: At the time of writing this article, Quizzes and Assessments are available for our most popular 19 languages. Specifics about which courses include assessments can be found HERE.
Quizzes and Assessments are an excellent way to gauge your students' progress in the Mango curriculum.
All quizzes and assessments are automatically graded, the results of which can be seen by both the student as well as the teacher. All quizzes and assessments can be taken as many times as the student would like, and each attempt is saved in the teacher’s Groups tab without having to be assigned.
Only want to accept the first attempt at a pre or post quiz? Prefer to give students as many tries as possible to earn a better score? Either way, Mango has you covered.
The quizzes and assessments contain the following types of questions/tasks:
- True/False
- Multiple Choice
- Sentence Building
- Conversation Comprehension
- Cultural Understanding
Placement Test
If a student would like, they can take a Placement Test, which, upon automatic grading and completion, will place them in the Mango Course at the beginning of one of the 5 units that best suits their skill level.
Teachers can use the Placement test to place an incoming student into Mango’s courses, or find a range to help determine where to start in Mango’s courses. If purchasing Mango, you will be assigned a dedicated Account Manager that is an expert at implementing Mango They will be able to help with pacing our course content to fit your building’s unique schedule.
Pre-Quiz & Post-Quiz
Each chapter contains an automatically graded Pre-Quiz and a Post-Quiz on the contents of the Chapter. Quizzes and Tests are available at the Chapter, Unit, and full course level for 19 of our courses. This will give you a baseline of where the students are before taking the course, and the evidence of growth for you to report to your administration if needed. This growth also provides a boost of confidence to your students, clearly showing them how much they have learned, and motivating them to continue with the next Chapter.
For the courses that offer quizzes and assessment (see above note), Mango’s pre and post quizzes provide over 80 opportunities to automatically assess your students and document their progress in your grade book.
Unit Pre-Test & Post-Test
Similar to the Pre-Quiz and Post-Quiz in each chapter, each unit contains a Pre-Test and a Post-Test. These are broader in scope than the quizzes, and cover all the material taught in the unit.
For the courses that offer quizzes and assessment (see above note), Mango provides an additional 10 opportunities to assess your students at the proficiency-based Unit level.
Course Assessment
At the end of the entire Mango course, there is a Course Assessment. True to its name, this will assess the students' linguistic skills against the entirety of the Mango course. This can be likened to a final exam, and covers proficiencies ranging from Novice Low up through Intermediate High.
Above: An example of a multiple choice question about a conversation heard by the student.
Above: An example of a sentence building task.
Above: An example of a multiple choice question about cultural understanding.
Above: The final page of a quiz in which the student sees their result.
Above: The results of the quiz that can be seen by either the student or the teacher. They can be saved as a PDF for documentation purposes or to share at conferences, or, just to email a good score home to parents!