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                        Q4LT

              Activities for Lang. Testing

Activity # 1
1- Discuss the objectives of both aptitude and the proficiency test.

2- Illustrate the shortcomings of translation as a language testing technique.

3- Composition and the scored interview are two testing language techniques . Explain.

4- Language exists in two forms, the spoken and the written. Discuss in Detail.

Activity #2
1- Write briefly on the meaning of reliability.
2- Illustrate the major types of estimates of reliability.
3- Explain the function of speeded tests.
4- What does satisfactory reliability refer to?
5- Demonstrate the three types of validity in language testing.
6- What does practicality mean in testing English as a second language?
7- Write a 250 word essay about the characteristics of a good test.

Activity #3
1- Illustrate the shortcomings of word counts in testing vocabulary.
2- Explain the   testing of auditory discrimination and comprehension..

3- Write a 250 word essay about one of the following:
A-Testing Reading and Writing skills.
B-Testing the oral production.

4-   Define the following test types : (6 points)
A- Aptitude       B-General proficiency   C- achievement

5- Language exists in two forms the spoken and written.
    Discuss in relation to both productive skills .  
6- Give an account of   validity as an essential characteristic of a good test.
7-Write a 250 word summary of either testing grammatical structure or Testing Auditory Discrimination and Comprehension.

Activity #4
1-Write an essay about Language Testing Techniques
2-Write 300 word article about   Testing Grammatical Structure.
3-   Test reliability can be estimated in a number of ways. Explain.
4-   Give a brief account of scrambled sentence (MCQ) in testing
the grammatical structure. Give an example.
5- - In testing auditory comprehension, the test maker must
decide if the utterances will be delivered live or on tape. Discuss.