Assessing Reading
Do each of the sample reading tests and as you do:
- write your answers in the spaces provided
- note down how difficult you think each task is as you finish it
- make notes on what you actually had to do in order to complete the task i.e. try to indentify what each task is testing
When you have finished all 5 tasks:
- rank them in order of difficulty: 1 = easiest to 5 = most difficult
- make notes as to why you have ranked them in that way i.e. what makes them eays, difficult etc.
The tests have been taken form 
» "Into Europe: Reading and Use of English" by J. Charles Alderson & Marie Cseresznyes"
Sample reading tests:
·· What is a California Condor?
·· Shopping in the Old Town of Edinburgh
·· The Founding of Philadelphia
·· 21st Century Pet Gadgets
·· Captives trek out of jungle to freedom