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Mind Map by Fernanda Sanchez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Fernanda Sanchez
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Language tests Testing and
assessment
- Assessment
- Process of documenting knowledge and or skills
- Summative.
- Usually occurs at the end of the
year to determine where the
student is placed the following
year.
- Usually occurs at the end of the
year to determine where the
student is placed the following
year.
- Formative assessment.
- It is a self-reflective process
that intends to promote
student attainment.
- It is a self-reflective process
that intends to promote
student attainment.
- Continous assessment.
- The student's progress is measured
as it is happening.
- The student's progress is measured
as it is happening.
- Summative.
- Process of documenting knowledge and or skills
- Testing.
- Formal exercise to measure
student's command of language.
- Proficiency test.
- Measures a candidate's
overall ability in
language.
- Measures a candidate's
overall ability in
language.
- A placement test.
- Is used to assign
a particular level
to a student.
- Is used to assign
a particular level
to a student.
- Diagnostic test.
- Highlights the strong and
weak points that a learner
have in a particular area.
- Highlights the strong and
weak points that a learner
have in a particular area.
- Proficiency test.
- Direct
- Requires the candidate to
perform precisely the skill that
we wish to measure.
- Indirect
- Attempts to measure the
abilities that underline the
skills in which we are
interested.
- Attempts to measure the
abilities that underline the
skills in which we are
interested.
- Requires the candidate to
perform precisely the skill that
we wish to measure.
- Good test
- They should be:
- Valid test.
- Reliable.
- Valid test.
- Test items.
- '' a unit of
measurement''
- Task types:
- True or false
- Transformation
- Gap fill
- Cloze
- Cloze
- Gap fill
- Transformation
- Multiple choice
- Matching
- Open questions
- Error correction
- Error correction
- Open questions
- True or false
- '' a unit of
measurement''
- They should be:
- Formal exercise to measure
student's command of language.
- Testing cos:
- Students become
too nervous.
- Students do well
just with last
minute cramming.
- Students can just forget.
- Students become focused..
- Students become focused..
- Students can just forget.
- Students do well
just with last
minute cramming.
- Students become
too nervous.
- Testing pros:
- Highlight what
needs to be
reviewed.
- Sense of
accomplishment.
- Encourage students to
review.
- The test is a review in itself.
- The test is a review in itself.
- Encourage students to
review.
- Sense of
accomplishment.
- Highlight what
needs to be
reviewed.
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