Samples of Testing English Language SubSkills.pdf
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This document outlines various samples of testing English language subskills, including grammar, listening, vocabulary, reading, writing, and speaking. It provides examples of question formats such as gap filling, multiple-choice, and short answer for assessing different language abilities. Additionally, it discusses practical techniques for classroom testing and evaluation of student language proficiency.
Samples of Testing English Language SubSkills.pdf
- 1. Islamic Azad University Tehran Central Branch Department of English Language Samples of Testing English Language SubSkills Supervisor Dr. Forouzan Dehbashi Sharif By Nadia Nazari Nokani December 2022
- 2. Samples of Testing Grammar 1.gap filling One correct response: Ex. He arrived late, _______ was a surprise. (which) Two correct response: Ex. He displayed the smile______ had charmed so many people before. (which, that) Rejected: Ex. _______ let her cry. She’ll stop in the end. (Just, I’d. Well, Then, etc.) 2.Paraphrase Ex: It is six years since I last saw him. I ________________________ six years. 3.completion Ex. Cole wants to apply for a job in Gilbert’s company so Gilbert interviews Cole. Gilbert: Good morning, Cole. Please come inside and it down. Now let me see. Which school _________________? Cole: Whitestone College. Gilbert: And when ___________________? Cole: In 1972, at the end of the summer term. 4.Multiple choice Ex. They left a seven. They _______ be home by home. (must, should, may, could, might, will) Ex. A. They left at seven. They _______ be home by now. B. Yes, but we can’t count on it, can we? a. can b. could c. will d. must
- 3. Samples of Testing Listening A. Multiple choice Examples: Too complex: When stopped by the police, how is the motorist advised to behave? a. He should say nothing until he has seen his lawyer. b. He should give only what additional information the law requires. c. He should say only what the law requires. d. He should in no circumstances say anything. Better examples would be: Understanding request for help I don’t suppose you could show me where this goes, could you? a. No, I don’t suppose so. b. Of course I can. c. I suppose it won’t go. d. Not at all. Recognizing and understanding suggestions I’ve been thinking. Why don’t we call Charlie and ask for his opinion? Response: a. Why is this opinion? b. What is the point of that? c. You think it’s his opinion? d. Do you think Charlie has called? Multiple choices can work well for testing lower level skills, such as phoneme discrimination. Example: The candidate hears bat and chooses between pat mat fat bat
- 4. B.Short Answer This technique can work well, provided that the question is short and straightforward, and the correct, preferably unique, response is obvious. C. Gap Filling This technique can work well where a short answer question with unique answer is not possible. Example: Woman: do you think you can give me a hand with this: Man: I’d love to help but I’ve got to go round to my mother’s in a minute. The woman asks the man if he can _______________ her but he has to visit his __________.
- 5. Samples of Testing Vocabulary Testing recognition ability Recognize synonyms – choose the alternative (a, b, c or d) which is closest to the word on the left. Ex. Gleam a. gather b. shine c. welcome d. clean Recognizing definition Ex. Bill is someone I loathe. a. Like very much b. dislike intensely c. respect d. fear Testing production ability A.pictures B.definition A ___________ is a person who looks after our teeth. C.gap filling Ex. I r_ _ _ _ _ to have to tell you
- 6. Samples of Testing Reading Gap filling Complete the following, which is based on the paragraph below. 'Many universities in the Europe used to insists that their students speak and write only ________ . Now many of them accept _________ as an alternative, but not a _______ of the two.' Short Answer The best answer questions are those with a unique correct response, for example: In which city do the people described the 'Urban Villagers' live? The response may be a single word or something slightly longer (e.g. China and Japan; American women). Multiple choice The candidate provides evidence of successful reading by making a mark against one out of a number of alternatives.
- 7. Samples of Testing writing Grammar and Structure Multiple-choice items Ex: The car was full of __. A. Petrol B. a petrol C. the petrol D. some petrol · If you want to concentrate on a certain area of grammar, put the item into a short two-line dialogue. Ex: __ a pen and a piece of paper. A. I like B. I’ll like C. I’d like D. I’m liking Error-recognition items 1. It was a terrible accident at an airshow held in West Germany yesterday. A B C D 2. One of the aircraft was crashed into two other aircraft during display. A B C D Re-arrangement This type of item is useful for testing an awareness of the order of adjectives, the position of adverbs, inversion and several other areas of grammar. 1. She was wearing a New/ jacket/ leather/ red/ lovely 2. Susan... The phone/ when/ already/ rang/ suddenly/ finished/ had A. However, we decided to set out and try to climb the mountain. B. This time we had better climbing equipment and were determined to succeed. C. Several people in the group had tried this before but no one had managed to get to the top. D. There was a strong wind and it was raining very heavily Controlled Writing Transformation 1. No other living plant grows so tall and so fast as bamboo. Bamboo______________________________________. 2. A stalk of Japan’s commonest bamboos has grown over a metre in only twenty-four hours. It has taken ___________________________________.
- 8. It is also possible to get students to do similar task by giving them a word in brackets instead of the beginning of the new sentence. The use of the word given will automatically involve rewriting sentence. Ex: 1. It is not necessary to answer all the questions. (need) 2. his angry outburst was completely unexpected.(took) Broken sentences Ex: Dear Cindy, Thanks/ lot/ your letter/ which/ arrive/ yesterday Congratulations/ pass/ your entrance exams. You/ work/ very hard/ past/ year/ but now/ it/ all/ be/ worthwhile. Sentence and paragraph completion Ex: Most of the students in my class were rather lazy and did not enjoy the course. Some even stayed away from school quite often. Pauline, however, ______________________________________________________. Free Writing The only satisfactory way to assess a student’s ability to write is by means of a composition test. Setting composition exams is reasonably straightforward provided that you remember a few basic principles.
- 9. Samples of Testing Speaking Format 1: Interview A. Questions and requests for information “Can you explain to me how/why..? and “Can you tell me what you think of….? B. Request for elaboration ü Such as What exactly do you mean? Can you explain that in a little more detail?, What would be a good example of that? Tell me more. C. Appearing not to understand ü The interviewer may say, I’m sorry, but I don’t quite follow you. D. Invitation to ask question · Is there anything you’d like to ask me? E. Interruption · To see how the candidate deals with this. F. Interrupt change of topics · To see how the candidate deals with this. Pictures Role Play such as: A friend invites you to a party on an evening when you want to stay at home and watch the last episode of a television serial. Thank the friend (played by the tester) and refuse politely. Interpreting Prepared monologue Reading Aloud
- 10. Format 2: Interaction with fellow candidates a. Discussion b. Role play Format 2: Responses to audio or video-recordings a. Described situations For example: You are walking through town one day and you meet two friends who you were sure had gone to live in the USA. What do you say? b. Remarks in isolation to respond to For example: The candidate hears, “I’m afraid I haven’t managed to fix that cassette player of yours yet. Sorry.” Or “There’s a good film on TV tonight.” c. Simulated conversation For example: The candidate is given information about a play which they are supposed to want to see, but not by themselves. The candidate is told to talk to a friend, Ann, on the telephone, and ask her to go to the theatre and answer her questions. The candidate hears: Ann: Hello. What can I do for you? Ann: Hold on. What’s the name of the play, and who’s it by? Ann: Never heard of it. When’s it on exactly? Ann: Sorry to mention it, but I hope it isn’t too expensive. Ann: Well which night do you want to go, and how much would you like to pay? Ann: OK. That’s all right. It’ll make a nice evening out
- 11. Section 1 1. You have 5 minutes to read the task and think about what you want to say. 2. there is anything which you don’t understand, please ask the teacher who is with you. 3. You can make a few notes, if you want to. The examiner will not look at them. 4. After this 5minutes preparation time, you will go into the exam room and talk about the subject with a teacher. The examiner will listen. TASK 3 What makes a good friend? You are going to talk to the teacher about what you value in your friends. Look at the suggestions below: Kindness fun to be with .. Support a shoulder to cry on’ other .. Honesty Do you think it’s better to have one or two really close friends, or a wider circle of less close friends? What are the qualities in yourself that you think your friends value? There is an English saying, “Blood is thicker than water”, meaning that family relationships are more important than relationships with friend. Do you agree with this?
- 12. Section II You have 5 minutes to read the task and think about what you want to say. 2. If there is anything which you don’t understand, please ask the teacher who is with you, DON’T start talking with your partner yet. 3. You can make a few notes if you want to. The examiner will not look at them. 4. After this 5 minute preparation time, you will go into the exam room with your partner. 5. The teacher will start your discussion with you and will then leave the room. He or she will join your conversation later for a further 5 minutes. The examiner will listen. TASK 1 Whether you have a mobile phone or not, many people have opinions about them. Look at the statement below. Tick the ones you agree with. “I hate it when phone rings at the theater or cinema.” “If you have a mobile phone you never feel alone.” “It’s really dangerous to drive and phone at the same time.” “I feel safer with a mobile phone.” “I hate them- people look stupid walking around talking on the phone.” Exchange your ideas about mobile phone s with your partner. Talk about the reasons why people have them. What advantages do they have over conventional phones? Are there any disadvantages? When the teacher returns, tell him/her about your discussion. S/he will then ask you what limits (if any) should be put on when mobile phones can be used. In what ways, for better or worse, it technology changing how we communicate with each other? What about future development? https://sites.google.com/site/evaluationandlanguagetesting/testing-the-language- skills
- 13. Samples of Testing Pronunciation Recognitiogn Stress Recognition Example: Tom’s at the library. A B C D Ph o t o gra phy A B C D (Farhadi, Jafarpour and Birjandi, 2016,p190) Example: Which word has the first syllable stressed? Avoid Myself Cotton Which word has the first syllable stressed? Remain Beautiful beyond www.esl-lounge.com
- 14. Testing Overall Ability Selected deletion cloze Example: Ecology Water, soil and the earth’s green mantle of plants 1.____________________ Make up the world that supports the animal life of 2.____________________ The earth. Although modern man seldom remembers 3.____________________ The fact. He could not exist without the plants that Harness the sun’s energy and manufacture the basic Foodstuffs he depends 1. ______ for life. Our attitude 2. ______ plants is a singularly narrow 3.______. If we Conventional cloze Example: Family Reunion Mother: I love that dress, Mum. Grandmother: Oh, it’s S and M. Mother: is it? Grandmother: yes, five pounds. Mother: My goodness, it’s not, Mum. Grandmother: But it’s made of that T-shirt stuff, so I don’t it’ll wash very 1.______. You know, they go all…… sort 2._______...I know the kind, yes. Mini cloze item Example: A: what time is it? B: _______ a quarter to three. A: You look tired. B. Yes, I stayed ______ really late last night. Had to finish that book.
- 15. The C test Example: There are usually five men in the crew of a fire engine. One o__ them dri__ the eng__. The lea__ sits bes__ the dri__. The ot__ firemen s__ inside t__ cab o__ the f__ engine.T__ leader kn__ how t__ fight diff__ sorts o__ fires.S__, when t__ firemen arr__ at a fire, it is always the leader who decides how to fight a fire. He tells each firemen what to do. Mini-partial-dictation items The student sees: A: when can I see you again? B: how about _______ Thursday? And hears: When can I see you again? How about a week on Thursday? https://sites.google.com/site/evaluationandlanguagetesting/testing-the-language- skills
- 16. References https://sites.google.com/site/evaluationandlanguagetesting/testing-the-language- skills عبدالجواد دکتر ،فرهادی حسین دکتر نوشته ) ها کاربرد و ها (نظریه انگلیسی زبان در آزمون کتاب کتاب کد ،سمت انشارات ،بیرجندی پرویز دکتر ،جعفرپور 111 . www.esl-lounge.com