what is diagnostic test?

1. Diagnostic Test

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3. hello!
• Kidung Rama G
• Sita Amalia
• Dinda Ninati A I
• Nafiatul Aghnia R
• Octaviera Regita P
• Kurnia Rahmawati

4. 1.
Definition
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5. “Diagnostic test is a test that
design to diagnose specific
aspects of a language.
It also helps the teacher and
learner identify problems that
they have with the language.

6. Examples of diagnostic test
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7. Pronunciation test
Test takers are directed to read 150 words passage while they are tape recorded. The test
administrators then refers to an inventory of phonological for analizing a learner's production
Pronunciation test includes :
1. Stress and rhythm
A. Stress on the wrong syllable
B. Incorrect sentence stress
C. Incorrect division of Sentences tough groups
D. Failure to make smooth transition between words and syllables
2. Intonation
3. Vowels
4.Consonants
5. ...

8. Grammar test
This diagnostic test offers information about learner acquisition of :
✘ Verb
✘ Tenses
✘ Modal
✘ Auxiliaries
✘ Definite articles
✘ Relative clauses
✘ …..

9. unit pretest
which occurs prior to instruction on a particular unit of study to gather
information about what students know about the topic.

10. Big concept
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11. TEST EXAMPLES
Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct verb for the
sentence that is given.
Eg : We _____ a new television yesterday.
A buy B buyed C bought

12. 1. Both doors ___ closed.
A is B were C was
2. John sat down and ___ his books on the
table.
A put B puts C is putting
3. This pen ___ to me.
A belong B belongs C is belonging
4. ___Mary and Tom at the party last
night?
A Was B Were C Are
5. There ___ nobody at home.
A was B were C be
6. I enjoy ___ on trips.
A to go B going C go

13. 7. After leaving the office, he ___ home.
A has gone B went C was gone
8. Last night we ___ dinner at home.
A have eaten B eat C ate
9. Have you ever ___ a Cadillac?
A drove B drives C driven
10. I was so tired, I ___ down on the bed.
A lain B lay C laid
11. Jim has ___ a cold.
A catches B caught C catched
12. The cup ___ when I dropped it.
A broken B break C broke

14. How to do the test
When creating diagnostic tests, instructors should consider the
following :
1. What skills are to be assessed
2. Whether the assessment allows students to demonstrate mastery
of those skills
3. If every component of the skills accounted for in the assessment
4. If students can respond in a different way that expected and still
show mastery of the concepts, and
5. If the assessment is a test of the process or the
content(wormeli,2006)

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