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Term Definition

1. Content validity u) A type of scoring which does not require the personal judgement ofthe examiner.

2. Fresh starts n) n contrast to proficiency tests! these are directly related to languagecourses. "heir purpose is to esta#lish to what extend students haveachieved the course o#jectives. "here are two $inds% final achievementtests and progress achievement tests.

&. Face validity m) A type of mar$ing that assesses one candidate's performance inrelation to the cohort's performance in that specific test. (.g. (*"Amodule 1 exam.

+.Concurrent validity q) (sta#lished when the test and the criterion are esta#lished at thesame time. (.g. Allowing &, minutes for a spea$ing test to providespea$ers with the necessary time to cover all spea$ing s$ills listed in

the criterion.

-.redictive validity v) "he degree to which a test can provide information on candidate'sfuture a#ility and performance. (.g. how well a proficiency test couldpredict a candidate's future performance at university.

/. ntegrative tests e) "he effect of testing on teaching and learning! in particular ! theteaching and learning on the course! not in real life0 (.g. a multiplechoice exam to test writing s$ills will ta$e up lots of time preparing forthe multiplechoice and not the teaching of writing s$ills in a course.

.3u#jective mar$ing d) 4efers to the testing of one element at a time. "his may ta$e the formof a series of questions testing specific grammatical structures.

5.6#jective mar$ing o) A test is said to have this if its content constitutes a representativesample of the language! s$ills! structures with which it is meant to #econcerned. "hese will depend on the purpose of the test.

7.8ormreferencing p) A test is said to have this if it loo$s li$e and tests what it is meant to.For example a test that is intended on testing pronunciation a#ility anddoes not involve a spea$ing element will not have this.

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h) A type of test that requires the ta$er to com#ine many different

language elements in order to complete a tas$.

11. ndirect tests $) A test intended on providing information that will help place thestudents' level and assign students to different levels.

12. iagnostic tests c) "esting which is used to chec$ on the progress of students to seehow far they have mastered what they have learned.

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 j) A type of scoring which include the personal judgement of theexaminer.

1+. irect tests #) A test designed to differentiate students in their a#ility and therefore

suita#ility for a particular course! e.g. 3A" tests in the :3.

1-. lacement tests r) At test that attempts to test the a#ilities that underlie a s$ill in which

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the tester is interested. (.g. as$ing students to identify erroneous orinappropriate formal language in a range of examples.

1/. rogress test w) usually used in the middle of a course to ascertain to what extent arethe course o#jectives #eing met and to measure the students; progress.

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