Goal 4.1 To analyze a language test

Sample Test 2

 

1. What is the purpose of the test?

To assess how successfully the students have been achieving vocabulary related objectives and reading comprehension related to the recently seen vocabulary.

2. Does it represent direct or indirect testing (or a mixture of both)?

It represents a mixture of both direct and indirect testing, mostly leaning towards the direct kind.

3. Are the items discrete point or integrative (or a mixture of both)?

This test is composed of multiple choice and short answer questions that qualify as discrete points.

4. Which items are objective, and which are subjective Can you order the subjective items according to degree of subjectivity?
   Most to least:

01.  6.Family tree 

02.  2.Fill in the blanks using word bank

03.  1.Spelling (Dictation)

04.  5.Homophones

05.   3.Multiple choice,

06.  4.When and how adverbs,

07.  7.Reading comprehension

08.  8.Bonus  write own definition of friendship

 

5. Is the test norm-referenced or criterion referenced?

It appears to be a criterion based test, since the students will have to comply with the criterion that has been set for each section.

6. Does the test measure communicative abilities? Would you describe it as a communicative test? Justify your answers.

No, focuses mainly on vocabulary skills without practice for either spoken or written creativity, while there is an argument for reading comprehension to be considered as a communicative skill, this test does not place much emphasis on it.

7. What relationship is there between the answers to question 6 and answers to the other questions?
   The answer to question #6 is a conclusion that slowly builds up based on the answers to the previous ones. And each of those answers helped us complete the profile of this test to determine that it cannot be considered a communicative test.