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NOTES

FORCOURSE

‘LANGUAGETESTING’

COMPATIBLEWITH

THEPRESENTATION

OFLECTURESINCLASS

PREPAREDBY:

DR.JAMALSHISHAH

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CHAPTER1

TEACHINGANDTESTING

BACKWASH

Theeffectoftestingonteachingandlearning

Ifthetestisimportant,itcandominatesallteachingandlearning

activities

Itcanbeharmfulorbeneficial

HarmfulBackwash

Thetestcontentandtestingtechniquesareinvariancewithobjectivesofthe

course

BeneficialBackwash

Ithasanimmediateeffectonteaching

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CHAPTER3

KINDSOFTESTSANDTESTING

GENERALTYPESOFTESTS

Proficiencytests

Achievementtests

Diagnostictests

Placementtests

PROFICIENCYTESTS

Theymeasurepeople’sabilityinalanguageregardlessofanyprevious

training

Theyarenotbasedonthecontentorobjectivesoflanguagecourses

Theyarebasedonaspecificationofwhatcandidatesareabletodoto

beconsideredproficient

‘Proficiency’meanshavingsufficientcommandofthelanguage

Eitherforaparticularpurposesuchas:

oAtranslatorintheUnitedNations

oAstudentseekingadmissioninAmericanorBritishUniversities

Orforageneralpurpose,whichareknownas…GeneralProficiencyTests

Examples,

oCambridgeFirstCertificateinEnglish(FCE)

oCambridgeCertificateofProficiencyinEnglish(CPE)

oTOEFL

Todeterminethestandardsofcandidateswithrespecttoasetofcertain

abilities

ACHIEVEMENTTESTS

Theyaredirectlyrelatedtolanguagecourses

Todeterminewhetherstudentshaveachievedtheobjectivesofthe

course

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