2. Items to be covered – a lot
But directly testing limits operations
Importance in proficiency testing – low
Achievement, diagnostic test - applicable
Placement test - high
3. Specifications
Straight-forward materials (achievement test)
Sampling
Selecting according to importance not easier to test
Multiple choice – low
Paraphrase, completion, modified cloze - high
4. Paraphrase or transformation
example:
Testing passive, past continuous form
Testing present perfect with for (/negative)
Completion or filling the gaps
Example:
Q: Let me take down your information. Where ......?
A: Uttara, Dhaka
Modified cloze
Testing prepositions with image
Articles, linking or mixed structures
5. Careful allocation of award points
Specific to the intended item(s)
separation of points for more than one item
6. Can be tested along with grammar.
Formative assessment can be done.
Little instruction than grammar
Little necessity for such tests for achievement test.
There may be prerequisites for placement tests.
Diagnostic test- not necessary.
7. Specifications
Including relative items
Grouping them according to importance
Vocabulary placement test= proficiency test
Questions: according to frequency and the text.
Sampling
Frequency and usefulness
8. Recognition- encouraging guessing meaning
1. Synonyms
gleam: a. gather, b. shine, c. welcome, d. clean.
distractions: glean(a) or similarity with clean
2. Definitions
loathe means- a. dislike intensely, b. become seriously ill, c.
search carefully, d. look very angry
distraction- notion of intensity
3. Gap filling or multiple choice
context for testing knowledge of lexical item
The strong wind ______ the man's effort to put up the tent.
a. disabled, b. hampered, c. deranged, d. regaled
9. Production
Only for possibility in achievement test.
1. Picture
2. Definition
_____ is a person who treats and looks after our teeth.
(specific)
3. Gap filling
Because of the rain, the cricket match was ___ until the
following week. (non-specific)
10. Communicative in nature
Less importance for learning
Suitable for process
Less focus on backwash effect
