Testing for language Teachers

1.  Multiple choice tests.
 Cloze tests.
 C-Tests.
 Dictation.
 Editing.
 Matching
 Ordering.

2.  It consist of a stem.
For example:
1. He __________ three letters since
9O`clock.
a. writes.
b. has written.
c. has been written.
d. had written.

3.  The cloze test reduces redundancy by deleting a
number of words in a passage leaving blanks and
requiring the person taking the test(examinee)
to attempt replacing the original words. It is
used to measure the overall ability:
 e.g.:
 Some believe that the chief
function_______ even a liberal arts
college is ________ vocational one.

4.  In the C-Tests the second half of every
second word is left or deleted instead of
the whole words. C-tests can provide a
rough measure of learners globally.
 e.g:
 There are usually five men in the crew of a fire
engine. One o__ them dri___ the eng____. The
lea____ sits bes____ the dri______. The
or______ firemen s______ inside t____ cab
o____ the f_____ enegine.

5.  Although in some parts of the world in the early
1960, had to decry dictation testing as hopefully
misguided, but by the end of the decade this
orthodoxy was changed. Dictation tests give results
similar to those obtained from cloze tests.
 Partial Dictation.
 Mini-partial Dictation.
e.g.:
It was a perfect day. The sun _________ in a clear sky
and Diana felt that all was _______with the world.
The tester reads the text, the examinees fill the
blanks.

6.  The editing test is the reverse of the cloze
test.
For example:
Extra words are inserted into a text and
testees are required to detect these words and
cross them out.

7.  Candidates are given a list of possible
answers which they have to much with
another list of words.
For example:
Match the words in the left with words in the right
to make other English words:
1. Head a. partner.
2. Room b. wife.
3. Business c. master.
4. House d. mate.

8.  In ordering task candidates has to put a
group of words, sentences, or paragraph in
order:
For example:
 put the following words in order to make a
complete sentence:
went / friend / yesterday / to / I / with / cinema
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