1. Topic:Tests

2. • What are tests for?
• Reasons for testing
• Basic concepts of taking test
• Types of test elicitation techniques
• How to design a test
• How to administer test
SYNOPSIS

3. • A test may be defined as an activity whose main
purpose is to convey how well the testee knows or
can do something.
• Purpose:
• Learning
• Feedback on knowledge
• assessment
Definition

4. • Tests may be used as a means to:
• Give the teacher information about where the
students are and help the teacher decide what to
teach next.
• Give the student information about what they know
and what they need to learn or review.
• Motivate students to learn specific material
• Get a noisy class to keep quiet and concentrate.
Reasons For
Testing

5. • Provide a clear indication that the class has reached
a station in learning.
• Get students to make an effort,which is likely to lead
to better results and feeling of satisfaction.
• Give students tasks and challenges
• Provide students with a sense of achievement and
progress in learning.
Cont......

6. • A test should consists on following concepts.
• The theoretical
concepts:validity,reliability,backwash
• The distinction between the following pairs of
concepts
• -achievement vs proficiency tests
• -diagnostic vs prognostic tests
• -discrete point vs integrative tests
• -subjective vs objective tests
BASIC CONCEPT OF
TEST

7. TYPES OF TEST

8. FORMAL
TESTING INFORMAL
TESTING

9. Formal Testing
usually implies
a written
document, such
as a test, quiz, or
paper. Students
are told in
advance what
they need to
know.
FORMAL
TESTING
An informal testing
usually occurs in a
more casual
manner and may
include
observation,
checklists, perform
ance
assessments, partici
pation, and
discussion.
INFORMAL
TESTING
Cont......

10.  Question and answers
 True/ False
 Multiple-Choice
 Matching
 Gap-Filling
 Cloze
 Translation
 Transformation
ELICITATION TECHNIQUES

11. 1.Question and answers
 Simple questions may require short or long answers
 Can be used to test almost every thing.
2. True/False
 A statement is to be marked as true or false.
 Used to test
 listening or reading
 Vocabulary
 Grammar
 Does not test speaking or writing.
ELICITATION TECHNIQUES

12. 3.Multiple-choice
 Student has to select the right option
 Used for the same testing purpose as T or F
 Easy to mark
 Difficult to design.
4.Matching
 Usually tests vocabulary
 Awkward to administer orally
 Time consuming
 Difficult to compose
 Easily checked
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13. 5. Gap-filling
 Usually tests grammar or vocabulary
 Tedious to compose
 Easily administered in writing than speech
 Marking is simple
6. Cloze
 Word are omitted at regular intervals
 Tests reading
 Spelling
 Vocabulary and grammar
 Easy to prepare and administer
Cont...........

14. 7.Translation
 To translate sentences or passages
 Items are easy to compose and administer
 Marking may sometimes more difficult
8. Transformation
 To change the sentence according to given instructions.
 Easy to design administer and mark
 Used to test grammar
 Marking is fairly straight forward
Cont.....

15. Designing A TEST
Preparation
Performance
Feedback

16. PREPARATION
• Prepare your test.
• List in writing all the material that you want your test
to cover.
PERFORMANCE
• Administer your test to a class of learners.
FEEDBACK
• Look at how your test was done.
• Ask the students how they felt about it.
Steps For Designing
A Test

17. The actual design of test,whether oral or
written,formal or informal is,of course,important,but
it is not the end of the story.How the test is actually
administered and returned can make a huge
difference to motivation and performance;in
particular,sensitive presentation of a test can
significantly reduce learners anxiety.
Test
Administration

18. Things to keep in mind for administring a test
• Before the test
1. Announcement
2. Marking Criteria
3. Information about time,place,limitation and rules
4. Tips to cope up with test
5. Guidance for preparation
Steps For Administring
A Test

19. • Giving the Test
1. Importance of administring test
2. Instructions before giving test
3. Addition of anything during distribution of
paper
4. Your behaviour passive or interactive during
paper
Cont.....

20. • After the Test
1. Time which you take for checking and returning the
paper.
2. Discuss paper after checking with students.
3. Demand or follow up work on the part of the
students.
Cont.....

21. • Test is conducted to assess the testee or to get
feedback on knowledge.
• They developes an atmosphere of competetion if
they are designed and adminiterd properly.
• They should be conducted sytematically.
• If all the above points should be kept in mind,they
will be more result -oriented and will fulfill all the
purposes of conducting test.
Conclusion