Schools of testing- Let's revise!

Which school of testing is associated with the behaviourist theory?

• Psychometric- Structuralist

• Psycholinguistic

• Communicative

Oller (1976) advocated for open-cloze tests because...

• They are cost-effective and communicative

• They measure correlated abilities (pseudo communicative)

• They are more reliable and valid

Integrative tests...

• Test skills separately. For example: international exams.

• Include activities that tap into different skills.

In a test instrument, both analytical and hollistic elements are present.

• True

• False

What are some characteristics of communicative tests? (MORE THAN ONE OPTION)

• They contain activities that resemble real life tasks

• They integrate more than one skill

• They test grammat and vocabulary in isolation

• They predict students' abilities with the language.

The unitary competence stated that...

• Learners had one way of learning a language.

• Language could be analyzed according to its constituents.

• Language could not be broken into its components.

Discrete-point tests are more ______________

Chaplena and Sauvignon argued that...(2 correct options)

• grammatical competence did not equal communication

• discrete-point tests are effective and reliable.

• grammar is a means to an end, an instrument for communication

Kelly proposed a two-staged plan. What did it entail?

• Creating two similar tests and administering them on two different days.

• Creating an indirect test and then a direct one. Compare both results

• Creating two communicative tests and compare their results

Further research needs to be carried out for refining communicative tests.

• True

• False