Language Testing Course

Prof. Dr. Idham Kholid, M.Ag

A Characteristic of a
good language
testing
Goup 2
Marthina Syilva 1911040128
Nathania Annisafitr 1911040145
Siti Mas Raudhoh 1911040492
 Table of Content

Welcome • Language test ………

• Validity ………
• Reliability ………
• Practically ………
• Discrimination ………
• Authenticity ………
Language Test Validity
- Content Validity -
Content validity is an important for
measurement of student’s skills and
The language test is a
knowledge taht are frequently employed in
fundamental part of teaching
studies.
and learning. The
- Criterion-related validity -
achievement of good
Criterion-related validity refers to the extent
language test that teachers
to which test scores correlate with a suitable
run among the students
criterion of performance with established.
should ensure a positive
- Construct Validity -
effect on teaching and
According to Benjardi & Mosalanejad.
learning such a test will aim
Construct validity is determined through the
at locating the specific
study of the students that contribute to the
difficulties experienced by
general score as an indicator of the ability or
the individual student so that
construct to be measured.
assistance in the form of
- Face Validity -
additional practice and
Face Validity refers to an assessment or test
corrective exercises can be
subjectively appears to measure the variable
given
that is supposed to measure.
 reliability Pratically
Bachman and Palmer (1996) stated that According to Bachman and Palmer, practically
reliability as the consistency of measurement. is the relationship between the resources that
A test that is reliable will similar result with required in design development, and use of the
students took the same test and their results
test and resources that will available for the
are roughly the same – than the test will be
called a reliable test. activities
Thus reliability has three aspects : - is not too expensive,
- stays with appropriate
time constraints,
Equivalence is relatively
easy to
Stability administer,
has a scoring or
and
evaluation procedure
Internal Consistency that is specific and
time efficient
 Discrimination
Authenticity
An important of a good
test is its capacity to
descriminate among the
A good test should be
performance of different related to the target
students or the same language use.
student in different Autheticity given
points in time. The langauge test
extent of need to characteristic
dicriminate will vary correspond to a target
according to the purpose language use features
of the test.
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