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Designing Classroom Designing Classroom Language Tests Language Tests

Component Component How to design

Test type, practical steps to test construction,

Scoring, grading, and feedback

Five factorsFive factors needs to taken into needs to taken into considered:considered:

1. purpose, 2. objective, 3. selecting and arrange items, 4. types of scoring, grading, and 5. feedback.

Language Aptitude testLanguage Aptitude test

o for prediction and measure capacity for ultimate

success. o Actually, it has limitation and flaw, because

prediction is not easy to be made. o When a person has appropriate knowledge, and

nice strategies in learning, everyone can succeed.

Proficiency Proficiency TTestest• It consists standardized multiple choice items

on grammar, vocabulary, reading and aural part.

• It is summative and norm-referenced. Such as TOFEL.

Placement testPlacement test ▫ for divide students into levels and

▫ put them into courses and indicate

appropriate challenging materials for students.

Diagnostic testDiagnostic test• For diagnosing for a specified aspect. • A placement based on a course level also

serves diagnostic purposes. • It is different from achievement test because

it focuses on more detailed sub-categorized information learned. • Visit : http://go-to-the-blog.blogspot.com/

Achievement testAchievement test • It is directly related to classroom lessons,

and it is limited within a particular material and curriculum in a time frame.

• A good one can offer washback for learners’ performance quality.

Some practical steps to test Some practical steps to test construction: construction:

• Assessing Clear, Unambiguous Objectives by knowing the purpose of the test we’re creating▫ Set clear and specific objectives. • Determine a simple and practical

outline, tested skills, and decide forms of item types and tasks.

• Devising Test Tasks by drafting the questions, revising the draft, request aid from colleague, and imagine yourself as a student who write for this test. • Designing Multiple-choice items by

checking practicality, reliability and facility of cheating.

Scoring, Grading, and Scoring, Grading, and Giving Feedback: Giving Feedback:

• teacher’s assign letter grade level depend on i.e., culture, context, and relations of the English classroom and teachers expectation. Even weight and points on each

section. • After testing, students’ identification

of success and challenge can be given.