A good language test should be: 1- Valid: It means that it measures what it is supposed to measure. It tests what it ought to test. E.g. the test which measures control of grammar should have no difficult lexical items. 2- Reliable: If it is taken again by the same students under the same conditions, […]
Only Four Things You Need to Become a Master Teacher in 2020
Although learning to teach well occurs overtime after going through a lot of teaching practices but it involves mainly four things: knowing, planning, doing, and reflecting. If you keep doing these four things, you will be able to achieve a degree of master in your teaching and become an expert teacher. 1. Knowing Teachers need […]
9 Key Patterns of Questions to Test the Writing Skills
1. Fill in the missing vocabulary items in sentences: The first sentence should have no gaps. Provide sufficient textual clues for students to answer. Each sentence should contain only one blank. There should be only one possible answer for each item. Provide the first letter of the missing word. Missing words should be new content […]
How to Write Good Questions to Test Reading Skills
Below are some patterns of questions to test reading skills. Each pattern includes what students are asked to do to answer the question and some guidelines to help the teachers write this kind of question in a good way. 1. Read the following sentences and number them in the correct order: There should be only […]
When to Use Students’ Mother Tongue in EFL Classes
A teacher should insist on and encourage using English in primary or low-level classes so that students: will have the opportunity to practice using English in context. will improve their listening skills. learn and practice common or repeated classroom language or routines in English. (e.g. Please open your books on page, … etc.). A teacher […]
Six Qualities of a Good Language Test and Actions to Achieve Them
There are six fundamental qualities contribute to the effectiveness of a test. Test developers must take these qualities into consideration so that the test can reflect its purposes successfully. In general, these six qualities are all integral, have a certain correlation and can not be solely isolated. They are as follows: 1. Practical A test […]
Criteria to Create Effective Teaching Aids For the Classroom
Using educational teaching aids can boost student success in the classroom. These aids reinforce what a teacher says and ensures the main points are understood. Educational teaching aids signal students to the important information and allows them to experience something that is abstract in real life. They engage students’ other senses in the learning process […]
A Checklist For Creating a Quality Language Test
The main characteristics of a quality language test every teacher should consider
9 Tips & Steps to Teach Young Learners More Effectively
Characteristics of Young Learners Young learners are children who are developing quickly as individuals. learn in a variety of ways, for example, by watching, by listening, by imitating, by doing things. are not able to understand grammatical rules and explanations about language. try to make sense of situations by making use of non-verbal clues. talk […]
The Guidelines EFL Teachers Need to Write Effective Test Questions
It is a challenging task for teachers to write test questions, especially when a test is being used to measure certain learning outcomes. Take into account the following guidelines before you begin writing test questions. Prepare Students For The Test By: Telling them the main purpose of the test. Specifying the content they should study […]