Unit 3
- Types of testing** (activiy 1)
- Analysis of a test
- TEST TO BE EVALUATED
Free placement test: English grammar
Warning: please do NOT use any contracted forms ('s / 've...). Please do NOT use any punctuation signs.
1) Complete with AM/IS/ARE (BE: present)
I happy. She happy.
2) Complete with A / An:
I've just seen mouse and elephant.
3) Use the genitive case:
This is the Simpsons house. Here is Peter car.
4) Use the correct possessive adjective (my/his/your...):
This car belongs to me. It's car.
My brother has just bought this motorbike. It's motorbike.
5) Write the plural form:
church -> study ->
6) Complete with THERE IS or THERE ARE
At home, a big computer and two huge armchairs.
7) Use the correct relative pronoun (WHO or WHICH):
Do you know the girl is sitting there?
Our dog, is over there, is very strong.
8) Use the present simple:
She (catch). He (try).
09) What time is it? (example du format accepté: it's three past six):
10.20 = It's .
07.50 = It's .
11) Write down these numbers:
253 =
2,300 =
12) Write down these cardinal numbers:
9th = THE | 12th = THE
13) Write down these dates:
In 1993 = IN | In the 80s = IN
14) Write down these fractions:
2/3 = | 3/4 =
15) Use the present continuous:
she (write) | they (stop)
16) Use the present simple OR the present continuous:
Listen! Peter (play) music!
On Sundays, he (play) football.
17) Choose the correct modal: CAN or MUST.
I speak English.
I do my homework.
18) Choose the correct pronoun: me/him/her/them...
Please send your essay. I will phone you as soon as I receive it.
Where is your brother? I can't see .
19) Use the past tense (preterite): BE
She . They .
20) Use the past tense (preterite): other verbs
I (dance). He (study).
21) Irregular verbs (example: DO. Write: DID DONE):
to write
to sleep
22) Use comparatives: (+) OR (-):
Tom is (+ big) than Sandra.
Tom is (- intelligent) than Peter.
23) Use the pluperfect.
I (to take) an umbrella.
She (sleep) a lot.
24) Use the preterite continuous: BE + ING:
I (to sleep) when the phone rang.
They (to listen) to music when they heard a big noise.
25) Complete with SOME or ANY.
I want fruit. Is there left?
26) Use superlatives:
I'm (intelligent) man in the town.
Sandra is (rich) woman.
27) What is the passive voice?:
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. > .
That man is stealing my car! > !
28) Use the present perfect (do not use contracted forms):
We (to finish)
She (to eat)
29) Ask a question about the underlined words:
I have been living in Paris for 5 years. -> ?
Peter went to London 5 days ago. -> ?
30) Countable or Uncountable? Write C if the word is a countable noun. Write U if the word is an Uncountable noun:
table ->
water ->
Questions about the test.
1. What’s the purpose of the test?
To see if students have the required knowlede of the language to develop the course, according to their level.
2. Does it represent direct or indirect testing (or a mixture of both)?
The test includes both, direct and indirect because even when they have a designated space to write the answers and most of them are short, they have to think the order of the words and the correct tense that they will use.
3. Are the items discrete point or integrative (or a mixture of both)?
The test requires only to write a few words, so it’s discrete point because altought they write only few words the syntax must be correct
4. Which items are objective and which subjective? Can you order the subjective items according to degree of subjectivity?
The answers are open, so students need to answer them at least using key words, so they can be evaluated in a subjective way according with the teacher’s criteria
5. Is the test norm-referenced or criterion-referenced?
The test it’s norm-referenced because is to be evaluated by numbers of correct responses that the student make and not for general knowledge or feedback of the target language.
6. Does the test measure communicative abilities? Would you describe it as a communicative test?
This test is not a communicative test because it does not include anything about reading or listening ( only when they have to read the questions in order to answer them). The test focuses mostly on grammatical aspects of the target language.
7. What relationship is there between the answers to question six and the answers to the other questions?
The previous answers emphasize the characteristics of the test. and the last one focuses on the importance, practicality of the test.
- Four principles of testing (activity 3)
Validity:
Reliability:
Practicality:
Backwash effect :
- Reflection:
We think that testing is really necesary for the students and for the teacher, it is a practical tool to assesses our work and the previous knoweldge of our Ss. It is important to know all the types of testings and how they going to work and influence in our Ss. we have to know our classroom situation to know which test will be the best for us or for them. We need to at least apply some test in our class at leat one at the begginin and one at the end.
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