B1 Single Sentence Descriptors

Abstract

Single sentences are commonly used to develop objective questions that are used to evaluatestudents’ learning progress. It is crucially important to be able to develop objective questions of differentdifficulty levels consistently. Therefore, B1 Single Sentence Descriptors (B1-SSD) is invented to facilitateinstructors who need to construct single sentences that are used for developing objective questions ofthree difficulty levels at B1 or the intermediate level of English proficiency. To date, there is no descriptorsfor single sentences found on Google Search. From the studies that have been published so far, thereare limited readability formula for single sentences that can be used as guidelines for constructing singlesentences of different difficulty levels. Moreover, the studies employ a strenuous process of determiningof single sentence readability. Therefore, B1-SSD has specified the features for single sentences of threedifficulty levels at B1 or the intermediate level of English proficiency that that are more easily determined.The features can be analysed by using free resources such as the sentence depth by using Enju athttp://www.nactem.ac.uk/enju/demo.html and the vocabulary level by using Online Cambridge Dictionaryat http://dictionary.cambridge.org/. B1-SSD is significantly useful to facilitate instructors in in developingobjective questions faster, more easily and economically. It also has a great potential in developingobjective questions for learning assessments and instructional games that have commercial values for aspecified target group.