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Discuss and present various types of tests and assessment tasks students have experienced.
Proficiency Tests Achievement Diagnostic Tests Language Placement Tests
Tests Aptitude (ability)
Tests
Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics: Characteristics:
- Summative - Summative - Only focus in - Show only - Formative
- Norm- one feature in a ultimate
referenced course (eg. The performance of
- Results are phonological students in
provided in the features in language
form of single English) course.
score - Elicit - Not able to
- Focus on the information on predict the
construction of what students communicative
language ability need to work on success in
in the future language.
Function: Function: Function: Function: Function:
- To test global - To measure - To diagnose - To measure the - To place a
competence in a learners ability aspects of a general ability student into a
language. within a language that a or potential to particular level
- To test overall classroom student needs learn a foreign or section of a
ability lesson, unit, or to develop. language language
even total (before taking curriculum or
curriculum. the course) and school.
- Get to know ultimate
about the predicted
quality of a success in that
learners undertaking.
performance in - Designed to
subsets of the apply to the
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unit or course. classroom

- Indicate learning of any
students needs language
on appropriate - Example: MLAT
knowledge and
skills

Proficiency Tests Achievement Diagnostic Tests Language Placement Tests

Tests Aptitude (ability)
Tests
Content: Content: Content: Content: Content:
- Standardised (Examples) - Checklist of - Distinguishing - Include a
multiple-choice - A math exam features (so that speech sound, sampling of the
items on covering the teacher can grammatical material to be
grammar, latest chapter in pinpoint structures, covered in the
vocabulary, your book difficulties) memorizing various courses
reading - A test in your - Eg. Test in paired in a curriculum
comprehension social pronunciation associates (grammar and
and aural psychology The (pairing of two vocabulary
comprehension. class phonological items) knowledge)
- A features in
comprehensive English
final in your
Spanish class
- A skills
demonstration
in your martial
arts class
Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses: Weaknesses:
- Time-consuming - Limited to - Holistic - Seldom being - Only
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- Costly particular development of used in concentrate on

- Usually not material language isnt classroom specific
equipped to addressed in a being promoted because of the knowledge.
provide curriculum limitation above - Language skills
diagnostic within a and
feedback particular time communicative
frame competence are
ignored.
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