SCHOOL OF EDUCATION &
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH
B. ED. TESL
TE 30503: Language Testing
& Assessment
The Purposes of
Testing
Question:
Answers:
Types of Tests &
Purposes
When
Test is Administered
|
Types
of Tests
|
Purpose
of Test
|
Beginning
|
Placement
|
Used to enable teachers to
sort students into groups/ classes according to their language ability at the
beginning of the course.
|
Diagnostic
|
Used to help check students’
progress for specific weaknesses and problems they may have encountered so as
to help teachers to teach effectively.
|
|
Aptitude
|
Used
to predict the success or failure of students
prospective
in a language-learning programme. It
is Usually
used as a screening instrument in langange
testing
|
|
During
(Formative)
|
Achievement:
Progress (Formative)
|
Used
to find out how well the students have mastered the language areas and skills
which have just been taught.
|
End
(Summative)
|
Achievement
: Attainment (Summative)
|
Like
progress test but it is usually designed to cover a longer period of learning
than a progress test and is usually given at the end of the school year/the
course.
|
Proficiency
|
Used
to measure how suitable candidates will be for performing a certain task or
follow a specific course.
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