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Testing Concepts
Testing Concepts
1. Achieve- A test which tests course content only and is given at the
ment/Summative end of a course.
Test A. L.: wasted information in gral. as it doesn't feed back
into the learning process.
2. Face Validity How the taker of the test perceives the test (was it useful
or not?) and what they expect from it.
5. Content Validity Test that takes under consideration what has been studied
in the preceding unit(s) and should reflect it. E.g.: if the
students have been focusing on present continuous for
events happening at the moment but they are given a
reading test with the use of present continuous for future
arrangements and are asked to understand and identify it
then the test is low in content validity.
A. L.: it helps test what's important to treat rather than
what's easy to test.
6. Diagnostic Test A test which is designed to find out what Ss (don't) know.
A. L.: it helps T plan a course that's relevant to the learners'
needs.
8. Direct Test
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A test employing tasks which replicate real-life activi-
ties.E.g.: role playing a job interview, writing an application
letter, etc.
9. Integrative Test Test which includes various components of the skill e.g. an
oral interview (c.f. gap-fill on past tenses).
11. Placement Test It's used to find out what a S's level is before deciding
which course or level they should follow.
12. Predictive Validi- It's concerned with the degree to which a test can predict
ty candidates' future performance. To be effective, diagnostic
tests need to have high predictive validity.
14. Objective Tests There is a single correct answer. They're easy to mark.
15. Subjective Tests They're dependant on the marker's judgement and they're
time-consuming as they involve decision making about
their quality and acceptability.
A. L.: Ss can avoid what they don't know or struggle
with./They can show off other knowledge beyond what
was set out to test.
17. Integrative Test- Used to know if Ss can use their combined knowledge of
ing Techniques single items or skills (E.g.: an essay, a dictogloss).
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