Testing grammar
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The document provides guidelines for writing achievement tests and lists common test item types. It recommends that tests only assess what has been taught, not introduce new content, and evaluate more than just accuracy. Tests should also be validated. Common test items include multiple choice, fill-ins, sentence completion, reordering, transformations, and writing sentences and paragraphs. The document references a book on teaching and learning grammar.
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Testing grammar
- 1. Didáctica de la gramática y de los elementos léxicos KASANDRA RUBI FLORES GUTIERREZ
- 2. Writing achievements tests 1.- Don’t test what you haven’t taught 2.- Don’t test general knowledge
- 3. 3.- Don’t introduce new techniques in tests 4.- Don’t just test accuracy 5.- Don’t forget to test the test
- 4. Test items - Multiple choice - Fill-ins - Sentence completion
- 5. - Sentence reording - Transformations - Sentence writing - Parallel writing
- 6. Reference: Harmer, Jeremy (1987); Teaching and Learning Grammar, Longman Group UK Limited, United States of America.