Types of
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Language Assessment

Kinds of Assessment
and Evaluation
1. Diagnostic Assessment and Evaluation
Occur at the beginning of the school year
and before each unit of study.

Kinds of Assessment
and Evaluation
2. Formative Assessment and Evaluation
It’s focus is on the processes and
products of learning.

Kinds of Assessment
and Evaluation
3. Summative Assessment and Evaluation
Occur most often at the end of a unit
of instruction and at term or year end
when students are ready to demonstrate
achievement of curriculum objectives.

Types of
Assessment Tools
1. Observation
2. Anecdotal Records
3. Checklists
4. Rating Scales and Rubrics
5. Portfolios
6. Speaking and Listening
7. Interviews/Conferences
8. Projects and Presentations
9. Quizzes, Tests, and Examinations

Kinds of
Language Tests
1. Proficiency tests
Tests that are designed to measure
people’s ability in language, regardless of
any training they may have had in that
language.

2. Achievement tests
Kinds of
Language Tests
These are directly related to language
courses, their purpose being to establish how
successful individual students, groups of
students, or the courses themselves have
been in achieving objectives.

Two Kinds of
Achievement Tests
A. Final Achievement Tests
are those administered at the end
of a course of study.
B. Progress Achievement Tests
are intended to measure the
progress that students are making.

3. Diagnostic tests
These are used to identify learners’
strengths and weaknesses.
Kinds of
Language Tests

4. Placement tests
Kinds of
Language Tests
These are intended to provide
information that will help to place students at
the stage of the teaching program most
appropriate to their abilities.

Types of Language Assessment
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