Delta Module One, Paper 2, Task 1: Testing
Multiple choice test
If you want to assess how well advanced learners can write a formal email, asking them to write one of 300 words is a good test because ...
- ... it takes a long time to do it.
- ... it directly tests the skill so has high reliability.
- ... it directly tests the skill so has high validity.
- ... it can be objectively assessed easily.
A task which asks elementary learners to match pictures of animals to the words for them is a good test because ...
- ... it can be objectively marked so has high validity.
- ... it can be objectively marked so has high reliability.
- ... it directly tests the learners' vocabulary.
- ... it has high face validity for the learners.
A task which asks elementary learners to match pictures of animals to the words for them is a poor test because ...
- ... it has low validity because it tests a very narrow range.
- ... it has low reliability because it tests a very narrow range.
- ... it is subjectively marked.
- ... it is objectively marked.
If you want to assess how well advanced learners can write a formal email, asking them to write one of 300 words is a poor test because ...
- ... marking will be subjective to some extent and that reduces reliability.
- ... marking will be subjective to some extent and that reduces validity.
- ... it provides lots of data.
- ... learners have to use particular structures only.
Asking learners to complete a gap-fill test by inserting conjunctions of their choice will test their ability to ...
- ... recognise the function of conjunctions.
- ... use conjunctions accurately.
- ... be subjectively marked.
- ... be a valid test of writing skills.
Asking learners to read a newspaper article and identify the five main events in a news story will be a good test of ...
- ... general reading skills.
- ... reading for detailed understanding.
- ... the ability to get the gist of a newspaper story.
- ... the ability to access
complete texts.
Getting students to talk in pairs and solve a problem is a poor test because ...
- ... marking is objective.
- ... one learner may influence the other's ability to perform.
- ... it is an indirect test of speaking ability.
- ... success cannot be assessed.
Getting EAP learners to listen to a lecture and make notes is a good test because ...
- ... it can be objectively assessed.
- ... it is a direct test of a skill they need.
- ... it will be seen by all learners as reliable.
- ... it has high reliability.
Using a multiple-choice vocabulary test to choose the correct definition of lexemes will test ...
- ... receptive understanding.
- ... productive ability.
- ... general language ability.
- ... directly.
If you want to assess how well 30 advanced learners can write a formal email, asking them to write one of 300 words is a poor test because ...
- ... it has low practicality.
- ... it is indirect testing.
- ... it has low validity.
- ... success cannot be assessed.