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TEACHING
Features of Language Skills Testing
DPET5103
TESL METHODOLOGY
OUTLINE
Specifying Specifying
Types of test constituents performance
of a bands
language test
FEATURES OF LANGUAGE SKILLS
TESTING
1. Types of tests
DISCRETE FEATURE TESTS TASK-BASED TESTS
Most tests and examinations have a combination of discrete feature and task-based tests.
2. Specifying constituents of a
language test
i)
ii)
Types of Operations
text
iii) iv)
Degree of Formats
skill
i) Types of text
Productive skills
- Involve saying what they
need to be able to do in the
texts they produce
-e.g. Give directions to a
place
iii) Degree of skills
Establish suitable criteria for stating the level of skill expected of a candidate who wants to
pass the test.
Describe what features the performance of an excellent candidate at this level would
have
This would be your GRADE A
Describe what features the performance of a candidate who just fails would posses
This would be your GRADE D
Now you have three anchor points. Describe a level between excellent and just
pass (competent user)
This would be your GRADE B
You can now fix the lowest grade by describing the features that you expect in
a very poor candidate
This would be your GRADE E
If marks need to be allotted for each grade, you can work out your marking
scheme in this way:
Example