thi ELT3- K41

I. Here are some test descriptions which each one fails at one quality. identify the quality that
test lacks of: reliability, practicability, content validity, response validity, face validity,
statistical validity

Test Quality
The English graduation test is piloted with 50 students whose
major is English and all come from Hanoi Amsterdam high
school.
Students have not learnt the future tense, but in the speaking
test they are required to talk about their future plan.
A 30 mins test is designed to test three skills including
listening, reading and writing.
The instructions for a test are not clear. Therefore, many
students put the tick in the wrong box.
The answers to the reading test questions mostly based on
students background knowledge instead of their reading skills

II. Study the writing section designed for 10th form students below. Evaluate the tasks given
(task 1 & task 2) using the given questions to help you.
Task 1. Work in groups. Discuss qualities of a good teacher.
Task 2. Write a paragraph about the qualities a good teacher should possess.

1. What is the aim of this writing section?

2. What is the aim of task 1? How well does it help students to achieve the aim of writing
section?
3. What is the aim of task 2? How well does it help students to achieve the aim of writing
section?
4. What do teachers need to adapt in the tasks to help students achieve the aim of lesson?
III. Write 5 multiple choice test items for a listening test (tape script is given)
IV. Write the correct type of syllabus under each example.

Space travel Making notes

Intelligence tests Reading for
Smoking Using a dictionary
The weather Writing an exam
Simple past, irregular verbs
1. (topic-based) 2. .. (skill-based)
The passive
Formation of the adverbs
Type 3 conditionals
Gerunds and infinitives
3. (structure)
 In the restaurant
At a hotel
In the post office
At the garage
4.. (situational)

Making suggestions Language focus: question forms

Asking for direction Vocab: meeting people
Giving advice Skills: Speaking, reading, listening
Introducing yourself Task preparation: listen to people
Location meeting
Duration Task: interview
Ability Task: follow up
5 6.. (task-based)

Topic: all work and no play Opposite: adjectives

Present simple: I, you, we, they Picture crossword: fruits and vegetables
Prepositions in time expressions Collective nouns
Vocab: jobs, leisure activities and places Word association
Pronunciation: word stress Picture crossword: animals
Reading: people at work Synonyms
Listening and speaking: a job interview Word-buliding
7.. 8.. (lexical)
V. The following notice is published on a cinema website. Design ONE activity for fluency
practice in any language skills for a group of young learners (aged 15-17) who are at the pre -
intermediate level. The class size is small.

GENERAL ADMISSION PRICES

IMAX at Queen St
All Day
Adult $20.00
Child $12.50
For all sessions: No complimentaries, no movie money for discount vouchers/card apply
* Children under 3 years free when accompanied by adult. The child must be placed on the
lap of the adult for the duration of the film.
* Children are persons aged between 3 and 15 years.
VI. The following activity is found in your English 10 textbook:

Work in group: Talk about Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam

- Why is VM QTG a place of interest?
- When and where were they built?
- What were their functions?
- What were special about the stelae here?

It is in the late morning and your students seem already tired after reading a full page about
Vanmieu-quoctugiam to do a few vocab and reading comprehension exercises. You feel that this
After you read activity may not be stimulating enough because it lacks a communicative
purpose but for some reasons you do not want to skip or replace it. Think of a way to adapt this
activity so that it can engage students to a greater extent.