Placement tests are used to assign students to different class levels based on ability, though no single test fits all institutions. Diagnostic tests identify student strengths and weaknesses in a topic at the start of instruction to locate specific learning deficiencies and address them. Different types of diagnostic tests include pre-tests, self-assessments, and interviews. While diagnostic tests analyze writing and speaking performance, they can struggle to identify mastery of some grammar points.

1. Placement and Diagnostic Test
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2. Placement Test
• Used to assign students to classes at
different levels.
• No one placement test will work for every
institution.
• The most successful one are those
constructed for particular situations.
Placment 2

3. Diagnostic Test
• It is the type of assessment given at the beginning of the
instructions. It aims to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
the students regarding the topic to be discussed.
• A diagnostic test is a test designed to locate specific learning
deficiencies in case of specific individuals at a specific stage of
learning lesson, so that specific efforts could be made to
overcome those deficiencies.
Diagnostic 3

4. Types of Diagnostic Test
• Pre-Test
• Self Assessment
• Interviews
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5. Advantages and Disadvantages of
Diagnostic Test
Advantages
• Analysis of learner’s performance in writing and speaking
in terms of grammatical accuracy or linguistic appropriacy.
Disadvantages
• Difficulty in identifying whether a learner masters the
present perfect/past tense distinction.
Diagnostic Test 5

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