Common Test Techniques

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Levels of a language

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THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN RELATION TO BEGINNING READING INSTRUCTION.

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Common Test Techniques

Short Answer Items

Disadvantages

Productiono of language

Scoring invalid or unreliable

Scoring may take longer

Responses may take longer

Advantages

Cheating is defficult

Is not restricted by the distractors

Should be easier to write

Contribute less score

Yes/No and True/False items

Cover significant points.

Answer can take short period of time.

They are well suited for the assessment for both

Multiple Choice Techniques

Cheating may be facilitated

Backwash may be harmful

Its very difficult to write siuccesful ítems

The technique severely restrics what can be tested

Guessing may have a considerable but unknowable effect on test scores

The technique test only recongnition knwoledge

Fill in the gaps

One word is permitted in each gap.

This works well in tests of gramar and vocabulary.

Missing works are to be found in the text or audio

It is specially for reading and listening.

Answer can be found in the text.