Desiderata

1. Desiderata “Go placidly amidst the noise and haste And remember what peace there may be in silence.”

2. L anguage Test Construction A report by: • Ma. ClaironmieBesto • Darling Pearl Ranalan

3. Testing • Should be • be positive experiences • build a person’s confidence and become learning experiences • bring out the best in students

4. Testing • Shouldn’t be • be degrading • be artificial • be anxiety-provoking

5. What are tests for? • Informstrengths and weaknesses • Motivate learners to review and consolidate • Guidethe development of the process • Create a sense of accomplishment • Determine if the objectives have been achieved • Encourageimprovement

6. Language Assessment aims to create • to create more authentic, intrinsically motivating assessment proceduresthat are appropriate for their context & designed offer constructive feedbackto students

7. These critical questions must be answered What kind of scoring, grading and feedback is expected. How will the test tasks be selected and the separate items arranged? How will the test specifications reflect both the purpose and objectives. What are the objectives of the test? What is the purpose of the test?

8. Method • A set of techniques, procedures or items. • To qualify as a test, the method must be explicit and structured. Like; An oral interviewbased on a question script and a checklist of expectedresponses to be filled by the administrator Multiple-choice questions with prescribed correct answers. • A writing prompt with a scoring rubric.

9. Example of a Multiple-choice questions Outcome: Identifies the meaning of a term. Reliability is the same as: a. consistency. b. relevancy. c. representativeness. d. usefulness.

10. Example of an Essay prompts • Prompt 1 Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. • What determines success in life is not intelligence or talent, but character: those qualities gained both from living in an honorable and straightforward manner and from learning to deal with disappointment and hardship. Without character, an individual has no hope of true success. Even when competing against opponents of considerable intelligence or strength, those individuals who possess strong character will ultimately win. • Assignment: Does a person’s character determine that person’s success in life? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

11. Examples of an oral interview questions • Why should we hire you? • Tell me about your self • How are you going to help the company

12. A means for offering the test-taker some kind of result. Measure • If an instrument does not specify a form of reporting measurement, then thattechnique cannot be defined as a test.

13. Scoring may be like the followings • Large-scale standardized tests provide a total numerical score, a percentile rank, andperhaps some sub-scores. • Classroom-based short answer essay test may earn the test-taker a letter gradeaccompanied by the instructor’s marginal comments.

14. Performance • Test measures performance, but results imply test-taker’ability or competence. Some language tests measure one’s ability to perform language: • To speak, write, read or listen to a subset of language. • Some others measure a test-taker’s knowledge about language: • Defining a vocabulary item, reciting a grammatical rule or identifying a rhetorical featurein written discourse.

15. Measuring a given domain • It means measuring the desired criterion and notincluding other factors. • Proficiency tests: • Classroom-based performance tests: • A well-constructed test is an instrument that provides an accurate measure of the testtaker’sability within a particular domain.

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