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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: Don’t be restricted to nouns only, include adjectives as well. Use content words rather than form words (i.e. no prepositions, conjunctions or articles). You might include 1 or 2 words that do not spell as they sound, like ‘eight’...

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: The first sentence should have no gaps. Provide sufficient textual clues for students to answer. Each sentence should contain...

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 demand 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: Telling them the main purpose of the...

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Reasons For Classroom Assessment & Decisions Made By This Assessment

Classroom assessment is the act of collecting information about students, curricula, and methodology with the aim of making decisions concerning students’ needs and teacher’s objectives. Classroom Assessment Should Help the Teachers in: Determining students’ strengths and weaknesses. Determining the learning styles of the students. Learning about students’ interests...

10/12/2019 Mohamed Ramadan Testing and Assessment 1 Comment