ASSESSMENT OF READING

INFORMATION TRANSFER
an activity involving the reproduction of information either from a diagrammatic or semidiagrammatic form into a fully linguistic form or vice verse (Palmer, 1991, p. 79). Information Transfer technique means translating data from one form to another. We move from the Reading or Listening text to graphic stimuli, or visual like charts, graphs, diagrams, figures, maps, etc and vice verse (Storla, 1995, p. 5).

 a visual kind of information a variety of forms such as tables, charts, graphs, outlines, maps, and memos.

REASON
Test the ability to convey information Visual information is a kind of universal language Applicable to all four skills graphic organisors leads to discussion on the topic thus hone the communication skills

Example of activity
Complete the graphic organiser using the information from the paragraph

 I'd like to tell what I know about Ed and Mary's family. Ed and Mary first met at college. Both of them were 19 at the time and they started dating in their third year at college. They got married soon after they graduated from college. Two years after their marriage, their first child was born. It was a boy. They name him Frank. A year later, they had another child. This time, it was a girl. They asked Mary's parents to give her a name. They named her Judy. Frank and Judy grew up. They went to the same college their parents went to. Judy met her boyfriend Eric at college. Soon they decided to get married. Ed and Mary thought Judy was a bit too young, but Eric was such a nice young man, they thought it was all right. Soon, Judy and Eric had their first child. It is a son. Judy and Eric had a hard time naming their son. First they thought of Alexander. They both liked the name, but it seemed such a long name for such a little baby. They decided to ask Judy's parents for help..