The ROLE AND PECULIARITIES OF

TESTING IN LANGUAGE TEАCHING

MARINA TOPCHIYFINANCIAL-ECONOMIC LYCEUMDnipropetrovsk

FORM 11

OBJECTIVES:

to learn the role and peculiarities of testing in teaching and learning process

to compare the levels of the Cambridge exam and define their common characteristics and their distinctions

to design tests in listening,speaking, reading, and writing, for

school Olympiads.

TASKS:

-to learn the opinion of the students of our lyceum on the on the level of difficulty of testing in reading, writing, listening and speaking

-to represent the result of the poll by the table -to analyze different types of tests and their tasks -to compare the levels of the Cambridge exam

and define their common characteristics and their distinctions,

-design tests in listening, speaking, reading, and writing for Olympiads.

TYPES OF TESTS:

A proficiency test - it measures an overall ability in a language.

An achievement test - it tests the students' knowledge of the material that has been taught.

A diagnostic test - it highlights the strong and weak points that a learner may have in a particular area.

A prognostic test – it attempts to predict how a student will perform on a course.

TYPES OF TASKS:

multiple choice

transformation gap-filling matching cloze true / false open questions error correction

The levels of Cambridge exam

The Key English Test (KET)The Preliminary English Test (PET)The First Certificate in English (FCE)The Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)The Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE)

Comparison of the levels of Cambridge exam

All(5) levels of the Cambridge exam test listening, reading and writing speaking.

All of them lead to a Cambridge certificate Students who once have passed the

Cambridge examinations, they have the qualification for life.

Designing tests for School Olympiads

Listening: Text “ Him” and 20 questions Speaking: 20 situations Reading: Text 1 “Death at the Track ” and

10 questions Text 2 “Legend about the Righteous Man ”

and 5 questions Text 3 “Fears and Phobias ” Text 4 “Human Fashions and the Natural

World ” Text5 “Diesel is the "Haute Couture of

Casual" Writing: 3 situations

CONCLUSION

Testing and evaluating pupils’ achievements in language teaching and learning is of great importance because tests are extremely motivating and give students a sense of progress. In our country testing got a wide usage due to the close co-operation Ukraine with the USA, Great Britain and other European countries.

If you want to study abroad, pass FCE , CAE or CPE successfully.

Good luck!