2. ?What is the meaning of Test
With your group think
please what do we mean by
the word Test?
3. :The word Test means
To evaluate formally
and informally.
Tests are: means of
providing both teacher
and learner with feed
back.
4. What is the importance
?of tests
In your opinion why
do you think tests
are important?
5. There are many reasons that
:make tests important
1- School administration
promote or fail students in the
light of their performance on
formal tests.
2- Teachers judge their teaching
methods, techniques, and
activities according to the
students’ results in different
tests.
6. Why tests are ?important
3- Students know their points
of weakness and strength.
Then, they work on avoiding
their point of weakness.
4- The curriculum designer
decide how to develop their
materials.
7. Why tests are important?
5- Tests results give
parents a clear picture of
their children’s levels.
8. What do we need to test?
As a competent teacher
will you tell me what
language areas do you
need to test?
9. There are two major
language areas to be
tested:
1- Language skills : here you
are testing: listening,
speaking, reading and writing.
2- Language components :
here you are testing:
pronunciation, spelling,
vocabulary, grammar and
punctuation .
10. What are some of test
types?
-With your group will you think
of as many test types as you
can?
-And try to tell some of each
type’s advantages and
disadvantages.
11. 1- True / False type:
-
-
With your group please,
think:
What is true and false test?
What are some of the
advantages and
disadvantages of this type?
12. 1- True / False type
Students read or listen to a text, then
they respond by saying or writing True
(T) or False (F).
E.g. : There are 5 books on the table.
T. : There are 7 books on the table.
S. : False.
14. 2- Multiple-choice type:
-
With your group please,
think:
What is multiple-choice test?
What are some of the
advantages and
disadvantages of this type ?
15. 2- Multiple-choice type:
The students read a text and
respond to a question related to it
by selecting from 3, 4 or 5 options:
e.g. : A person who sells meat is a
……
a- carpenter b- butcher c- driver dbaker
16. Advantages and
disadvantages
Advantages: - easy to score.
- covers a big number of the presented
items.
- Disadvantages: -Guessing chances
are still there (the more options the less
guessing).
- selecting suitable options is sometimes
difficult.
17. 3- Essay (openended) questions
Please, think with your
group what is meant by
essay (open-ended)
questions?
19. Advantages and
disadvantages
Advantages:
gives chance for self-expression.
reflects student’s proficiency in many
different language components and skills.
Disadvantages:
Difficult to score objectively.
Allows students to use options, thus
avoiding the point being tested.
20. 4- Completion
Please, think with your
group what is meant by
completion questions?
Don’t forget the
advantages and
disadvantages.
21. 4- Completion
Students are asked to complete one or
more sentences by inserting words in
spaces. The ended words may or may
not be provided at the head of the test.
E.g. : Books are made of ……….
E.g. : ( day – tomorrow – month )
Monday is the third ……… of the week.
January is a ……………
22. Advantages and disadvantages of completion
Advantages:
focuses on a specific word or
structure.
Easy to score.
Disadvantages:
reflects only a limited ability.
Tests recognition rather than
production.
23. Matching- 5
Please, think with your
group what is meant by
matching questions?
Don’t forget the
advantages and
disadvantages.
24. 5- Matching:
Matching: students are given two
columns: A and B. They have to join
an item in column B with the item it
corresponds with in column A.
e.g. :
A
B
(1) hurried
( ) liked
(2) cried
( ) not interesting
(3) enjoyed
( ) shouted
( ) went quickly
25. 5- Matching
Another alternative is that
students can match a group of
words or sentences with a group
of pictures:
e.g.:
5 pictures with 6 words they
match them.
26. Advantages and
disadvantages of matching
Advantages:
Easy to score.
Word and sentences matching are easy
to prepare.
Disadvantages:
Chance for guessing.
Sometimes it is difficult to draw pictures
27. Changing a table or a map- 6
into a text
Students are given a table or a map
to ‘read’. Then they use the
information in any of them in writing
a text.
E.g. this table tells you about some
people. Make sentences, for
example:
Osama s a businessman. He lives in
Jeddah.
29. Advantages and Disadvantages
of changing table or a map.
Advantages:
Provides guided writing practice.
Easy to score.
Disadvantages:
Sometimes difficult to design.
30. 7- Filling a table or a map from
a running text.
Students read a text, then
insert information form it
into an accompanying
table or map.
31. E.g. : Read the following passage carefully and
fill in the table at the bottom of the page:
1- Saturday:
The tourists will
arrive at King A.
Aziz International air
port at eleven thirty
at night. Jamal will
meet them at the
airport. He will take
them to their hotel
by bus.
2- Monday:
In the morning,
Jamal will take them
to the sea. They will
go by taxi. In the
afternoon, they will
visit Al- Balad Area.
At nine o’clock, they
will go to a Chinese
restaurant.
33. Advantages and Disadvantages of
filling table or a map from a
running text.
Advantages:
Useful for checking
comprehension.
Disadvantages:
Sometimes difficult to design.
34. 8- Correction
Students are asked to correct a wrong word
between brackets or in a sentence, also,
punctuation errors.
E.g.1- Write the verb in brackets in the correct
form:
Yesterday I (go) to Jeddah.
E.g. 2- Correct the spelling mistakes in this
sentence:
Cabages and tomatos are vegetables.
35. Advantages and Disadvantages
of Correction
Advantages:
Focuses on specific point.
Easy to correct.
Disadvantages:
Gives limited language practice.
Students are exposed to the wrong
forms and spellings.
36. 9- Dictation
Students listen to the teacher or to a
tape and do one or more of the
following activities:
- write exactly what the teacher says.
- fill a table from the text they listen to.
- answer questions depending on the
text they listen to.
They also can fill in missing letters.
37. Advantages and Disadvantages
of dictation.
Advantages:
Tests listening comprehension, writing,
vocabulary, grammar and punctuation.
Easy to prepare and to score.
Advantages:
The teacher may not be a good model.
Suitable tapes are not always available.
38. 10- Cloze Test:
Students are given a text of some
sentences. The first and the last
sentences in the text are left complete.
Starting from the second sentence,
every fifth word is deleted. Students are
asked to restore these words or their
equivalents.
39. :Examples of cloze test
Oil is very important in the
modern word. Many things are
made of oil. Petrol for planes is
extracted from oil. Some trains,
lorries and Ships run on oil. Most
plastics are made of oil .
40. Advantages and Disadvantages
of cloze test.
Advantages:
A global test.
Easy to score and to prepare.
Disadvantages:
Sometimes it is difficult to evaluate the
equivalents.
41. 11-Re-arrangement
( put in order):
Students are given a sentence with
jumbled words and they have to
arrange – to put them in order- to from a
meaningful sentence. They may be
given a number of jumbled sentences
and ask them to arrange them to form a
meaningful paragraph.
42. :examples of rearrangement
E.g. 1- Write the following words in the
right order to form a good meaningful
sentence:
will – get – tomorrow – six thirty –
Ahmad- up - at
E.g. 2- write the following sentences in
the correct order to from a good story:
43. :e.g. 2- of arrangements
- The fox saw the crow on a tree, with
a piece of meat n its mouth.
- The fox was very clever and said," I
have heard that you sing very well’.
- A fox was walking through a wood.
The fox caught the meat and ate it.
The crow opened its mouth to sing a
song.
The fox was very hungry.
44. Advantages and Disadvantages
of rearrangement:
Advantages:
A sort of controlled writing.
Develops students’ awareness of
sentence and paragraph structure.
Disadvantages:
Gives a chance for guessing.
Limits students’ creativity.
45. 12- Paragraph writing by using
key words (guided paragraph)
Students are guided to write a
paragraph by giving them helping
lexical items and connectors.
E.g.: Write a paragraph of (5) sentences
using the following words:
(car – hit – boy) (The boy - fell off – bike)
(lady – run to – boy) (Ambulance- stopped)
( boy – carried – hospital)
46. Advantages and Disadvantages
of guided paragraph writing.
Advantages:
Gives a sort of controlled writing as a
step towards free writing.
Minimizes students’ errors.
Disadvantages:
Limits students’ creativity.
47. 13- Oral Testing
The teacher needs to evaluate the students’
oral skills, i.e. listening and speaking. The
teacher can use one of the following test
types:
A- Oral reading: Teacher gives a vocabulary
list or text to students and asks each of them
to read aloud. Teacher tapes students’
readings and scores them using specific
check list.
E.g. Read the following words aloud:
Birthday – China – Europe – big – mosque-tin
48. Oral Testing
B- Controlled interview: Teacher asks
students a question that requires a long
response. Teacher tape-records the
responses and scores them using a
specific check list. The interview can be
done individually or in groups with one
or more raters.
49. Oral Testing
Picture description: Teacher gives
students a picture and asks them to
describe it. Students’ talk is taperecorded and then scored by one or
more raters using a check list.
E.g.: Look at the picture and describe
what you see:
50. Advantages and Disadvantages
of Oral Testing
Advantages:
Tests students’ information and ability
to transmit such information.
Disadvantages:
Sometimes time consuming.
51. F
inal H
ints
Try to be creative and helpful to
your students.
Do not forget through smile you
can reach their hearts if you do
so you will reach their minds.
Remember exams are mean they
are not target.