Well hello! Have you ever experienced a language test that you were so excited about that your pulse raced and your appeal for the assessment overtook you to the edge of excitement? No? Me neither. I found the most interesting quote from the chapter to be, "if you are conducting research in language study you may need to have measures of the language proficiency of your subjects." There are two types of language tests that deal with the method and the purpose of the test. The testing purpose ranges from proficiency in the language for real world use and the entry into a field of the language based on a valid test that the test makers work very hard to maintain relevancy.
Tests in language need to know what they are looking for and the theory that it has that relates to the real world. Views on language is unique to the language test and should be considered when creating the tests.
The testing of language undergoes the way that the grammar and pragmatics of language is understood as well as the usage of the language in a social setting is exercised by the language user in order to test for proficiency. Wow, what a concept. I think if I went through the English language test, I would definitely be labeled, "Village English" with coding in Standard English.
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2 comments:
Ha Ha...You make me laugh about your assessment predication.
Marilee
this one time i was going to take a language test and I was like totally estatic. It was for my french class in high school, and mostly about vegetable and fruit vocabulary. that information has been totally relevant to my life, mon petit chou :)
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