language testing

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1、LanguageTestingPurposesandMethodsofLanguagetestingPartOneIntroductionWhatisaTest?1.Aseriesofquestionstobeanswered.2.Asystematicproceduretocollectinformationonaperson’soragroup’sverbalornon-verbalbehavior.TestingandAssessmentAssessment:tests,projects,observati

2、onofperformance,portfolios,etc.TestsareoneformofassessmentFormativevs.summativeassessmentFormativeassessment:checkprogressoflearningSummativeassessment:endofprogramcheckIntroductionWhatisaquiz?Itisshort,informal,unannouncedandcoverslimitedmaterials.Whatisanex

3、amination?Anexaminationismorecomprehensiveandcomplexthanatest.IntroductionWhatismeasurement?Measurementisbroaderthanatestandreferstotheprocessofquantifyingaperson’sverbalornon-verbalbehavior.IntroductionWhyshouldwetest?Testingaidslearningandteaching.Testsenco

4、uragestudentstostudyharder.Testshelplearnerstomonitortheirownprogress.TestscoreseducationaldecisionsinferenceTestscoresperformance/trueabilityCharacteristicsofaGoodTestAGoodtestpossessesthreequalities:1-Validity2-Reliability3-PracticalityAnytestmustbeappropri

5、ateandapplicabletoourobjectives.Dependableintheevidenceitprovides.Applicabletoourparticularsituation.withoutanyoneofthesethreequalitiesatestwouldbeapoortest.ChapterOne:IntroductionWhoshouldmakeatest?Apersonfamiliarwith:1.Knowledgeoflanguage2.Testconstructionp

6、rocedure3.InterpretingtestresultsSelf-assessment1.Atestreferstoastandardsetofitemstobeanswered.2.Evaluationusesbothtestsandinformalpiecesofevidenceforthepurposeofmakingavaluejudgment.TFSelf-assessment4.Measurementreferstoanydeviceforobtaininginformationinaqua

7、ntitativemanner.TChapterOne:Self-assessment5.IfapersonKnowshowtoteach,hemaynotbenecessarilyabletojudgetheabilityofhispupils.TSelf-assessment7.Educationaldecisionscanbemadewithoutmeasurementorevaluation.8.Summativeevaluationinvolvestheuseoftestsandquizzesforth

8、epurposeofdeterminingtheeffectivenessofinstructionalprograms.FTSelf-assessmentTheprocessofgatheringinformationthatenablesustomakeproperdecisionsiscalled----------------.MeasurementTesting