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16 Types Of School Tests For Young Learners

There are different kinds of tests in schools but there are eight main types vs. the other eight ones. Recognize them and the main differences among them and utilize this information so that you can create the right test in the right situation. 1- Objective Test vs. Subjective...

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Recognize The 8 Kinds Of Language Testing & The 6 Types Of Tests

There are eight kinds of testing. They are as follows: 1. Direct Testing: Testing is said to be direct when the student is required to perform directly the skill which we wish to measure, e.g. we ask students to write compositions if we want to know how well...

26/07/2020 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 12 Comments

Assessment Of, For and As Learning: The Main Differences & Principles

Assessment Of, For & As Learning: What are the Main Differences? 1. Assessment Of Learning It involves looking at assessment information at the end of the teaching and learning process to rank students’ achievement levels against a standard. It is summative in nature and typically involves standardized tests. Assessment OF learning scores are often...

21/07/2020 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

Five Tasks To Test Your Students’ Listening

1. Number the jumbled words as you hear them: 2. Listen and number the pictures as you hear them: 3. Listen and match answers to questions: 4. Listen to the text and put a tick (√) or (×) in the boxes on a chart to record answers: 5....

28/01/2020 Mohamed Ramadan Teach Listening Activities, Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

12 Characteristics Of A Good Language Test

A Good Language Test Should Be: 1- Valid: It means that it measures what its composer supposes 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...

08/01/2020 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 15 Comments

9 Key Patterns Of Questions To Test The Writing Skills

Here are the main nine patterns of questions to test writing skills and tips to excel in writing each pattern. 1. Fill in the missing vocabulary items in sentences: 2. Fill in the missing structural items in sentences: 3. Finish the text with the items in the list:...

30/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 1 Comment

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...

29/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

Six Qualities Of A Good Language Test And Actions To Achieve Them

There are six fundamental qualities that 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....

25/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 2 Comments

A Checklist For Creating A Quality Language Test

Creating a good language test demands great care and responsibility on the part of the teachers. Most teachers want only to puzzle their students with tests. It isn’t right because tests should be created well to reflect the real level of students, not teachers’ own expectations. So, the...

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The Guidelines EFL Teachers Need To Write Effective Test Questions

guidelines needed to write effective test items

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: Consider All The Levels of Thinking. According...

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