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ueslteacher
Ukraine

Can anyone help?
 
I need help with the terminology concerning English tests in primary school as I keep looking in the net and can �t find anything like that. Do you know any resource with the classification of English tests for primary school and here I mean types of tasks for the open and close tests (like for example "matching", "multiple choice", those are the ones I know).
I �d really appreciate if someone could guide me a bit.
Sophia

4 Dec 2010      





alyonushka145
Kazakhstan

if you need some theoretical �bookish � information, something like definitions, try looking at these books. there can be the explanations for different kinds of tests....
(here are links for pdf e-books downloads)
Dictionary of Language Teaching: http://mediafire.com/?fkctirz169p2y8k
Writing English Language Tests: http://ifile.it/kvbr682/Writing_English_Language_Tests.pdf
Language Testing in Practice: Designing and Developing Useful Language Tests: http://ifile.it/n83koyw/Language_Testing_in_Practice.pdf
best of luck

4 Dec 2010     



chitoo
Turkey

ı �ve sent a worksheet and it was downloaded many times, but I couldn �t get any points and can �t download any worksheet.Why???

4 Dec 2010     



hgr_rgh
United Kingdom

Well, when it comes to designing tests there are two type of items

Discrete items and Integrative items.

Discrete items are very "objective" if you like. These can be graded by anyone with an answer key, they include:

�          Correct The Statement

�          Transformation

�          Match

�          Rearrangement/Sequencing

�          Multiple Choice Questions

�          Fill-in-the-blank

�          Odd-one-out

�          Information Transfer

�          Error Recognition

�          Categorizing

�          True Or False

Integrative items are more "subjective" and require some judgment from the person scoring, sometimes you test more than one item at a time, examples of these are

Open questions and the writing of essays or compositions , in a way they are more free


Essays

compositions

Giving  definitions

etc


I hope it was of some help for you!


cheers

4 Dec 2010     



baiba
Latvia

Sophia, I have read that it is possible to say 2-option multiple choice, 3-option multiple choice...

You may read this article which gives clear answers about the test types
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/test-question-types

4 Dec 2010     



ueslteacher
Ukraine

Thanks a lot, Baiba and hgrrgh. Sent a pm to both of youSmile
Sophia
Hello againSmile
What would you call (other than true/false) a task in a test for young learners in which they are given a text about say winter with numbered sentences 10-12 from which 6-8 are true? The ss are to list the numbers which stand for correct statements.
I �d apreciate your answers. Please write if you know the term. Native speakers, what do you call it?
Sophia

5 Dec 2010