Asssessment and Testing

This testing is used to “diagnose” what a student knows and does not know.

• achievement test

• placement test

• diagnostic test

• formative test

These tests are directly related to language courses, their purposes being to establish how successful individual students, group of students or the courses themselves have been in achieving objectives.

• proficiency tests

• achievement tests

• diagnostic tests

check the qualities of a good test.

• Practicality

• Validity

• Authenticity

• None of the above

A test is said to be practical if .....

• it measures what it claims to measure.

• it is easy to administer and score

• it is not too expensive.

• All the above options are correct.

This quality refers to whether or not the test measures what it claims to measure.

• Practicality

• Authenticity

• Validity

The the results of a RELIABLE test should remain stable or ................ , which means that results don't change when the test is used on different days.

Why is language testing important?

• because it plays an important role in the teaching-learning process.

• because it helps language teachers to place students at their appropriate levels.

• because it diagnoses the students' strengths and weaknesses.

• because it helps evaluate students' performance during and at the end of the course.

• All of the above.

It is usually short and often used to check up on how well your students are understanding the presented material.

• Quiz

• Test

• Exam