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Communicative Testing Katherine C. FitzSimons English Language Fellow Guayaquil, Ecuador 2008-2009 09 4664 358 celular ukraitie@ Communicative Testing:Common Questions from Teachers If we focus more on speaking and listening, how can students do a written exam? How can we test students′ speaking ability? How can a test be communicative if it is an individual task? Let′s discover the answers! Asking the Correct Questions First, we must learn how to change the kind of questions we ask our students. We must focus more on WHY and HOW questions which make students explain things and give their opinions. Finally, we must believe that many possible answers are correct. Open-ended v. Close-ended Questions An OPEN question has more than one possible answer Ex: Why did you like the story? A CLOSED question has only one correct answer Ex: What was the name of the man in the story? Which one is more communicative? Why? Let′s Compare Closed (BAD) Question: What was the name of the man in the story? Answer: David. Result: All students′ answers are the same. There is only one correct answer. Open (GOOD) Question: Why did you like the story? Answer: I liked the story because… Result: All students answers should be different. There are many correct answers. Let′s practice: Make this closed question into an open question 1. The vocabulary term side effect of a medication: a) refers to any action of a medication in the body other than the one the doctor wanted it to have. b) is the chain effect of a medication. c) additionally benefits the medication. This is an OPEN question: 1. Briefly describe a time when you or someone you know experienced a “side effect” of a medication. This question is better than the original because each students′ answer will be different. Let′s practice: Make this closed question into an open question 2. The singular simple past tense of the verb “to be” = “was” True or False? This is an OPEN question: Write a