Testing

Testing

Definition
1. Activity whose main purpose is to convey how well the testee knows or can do something
Reasons for testing
1. Get information
2. Give information
3. Provide review or practice
4. Achievement and knowledge
Types of test
1. Formal
  1. Testees knows in advance what they need to know and the criteria
2. Informal
  1. Routine, classrooms interactions and homeworks
Elicitation techniques
1. True/False
  1. Vocabulary-grammar
2. Multiple choice
  1. Writing
3. Gap filling
  1. Grammar-Vocabulary
4. Matching
  1. Vocabulary
5. Dictation
  1. Spelling, punctuation and listening
6. Cloze
  1. Reading, spelling, vocabulary and grammar
7. Transformation
  1. Grammatical structures
8. Translation
  1. Meaning
9. Questions and answers
  1. Almost everything
10. Rewriting
  1. Paraphraising
11. Monologue
  1. Fluency
12. essay
  1. Writing abilities
Test preparation
1. Validity
  1. It measures what it is purported to Measure
2. Clarity
  1. Instructions are clear and they include a sample
3. Do- ability
  1. Quite do-able, not too difficult and no trick questions
4. Marking
  1. sections and percentage of the total grade
5. Interest
  1. Interesting content
6. Heterogenity
  1. Easy and difficult items
Test administration
1. Before the test
  1. Give all the information about the test
2. Giving the test
  1. Add information about the test. Interaction /passivity
3. After the test
  1. Grading and disscussion about the test
Designing a test
1. Preparation
  1. List the material (topics) that will be tested
2. Performance
  1. Admistrate the test to a class or group of learners
3. Feedback
  1. Ask the testees how they felt about it

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	Created by angela garcia over 8 years ago