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The document discusses language testing, defining its purpose and various approaches, including the Essay-Translation and Structural approaches. The Essay-Translation approach relies on subjective teacher judgment and has literary biases, while the Structural approach focuses on systematic acquisition of language skills and emphasizes objectivity. Each approach has its strengths and weaknesses, impacting the effectiveness of language assessment.

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The document discusses language testing, defining its purpose and various approaches, including the Essay-Translation and Structural approaches. The Essay-Translation approach relies on subjective teacher judgment and has literary biases, while the Structural approach focuses on systematic acquisition of language skills and emphasizes objectivity. Each approach has its strengths and weaknesses, impacting the effectiveness of language assessment.

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Approaches to Language

Testing
Objective:
• Discuss and define language testing
• Discuss and define the different
approaces to language testing
• Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of language test
approaches
The Essay-Translation
Approach

Language Testing is the


practice and study of
evaluating the
proficiency of an
individual in using a
particular language
effectively
Purpose:

The purpose of a language


test is to determine a
person's knowledge and/or
ability in the language and
to discriminate that
person's ability from that of
others. Such ability may be
of different kinds,
achievement, proficiency or
aptitude.
The Essay-Translation Approach
commonly referred to
as the pre-scientific
stage of language
testing. No special
skill or expertise in
testing is required: the
subjective judgement
of the teacher is
considered to be of
paramount
importance.
Characteristics

• No special skill or expertise in testing


is required.
• Tests have a heavy literary and
cultural bias.
• Tests usually consist of essay
writing, translation, and grammatical
analysis.
Strengths
1.) This approach is easy to follow
because teachers will simply use
their subjective judgment.

2.) The essay-translation approach


may be used for testing any level of
examinees.

3.) The model of tester can easily


be modified based on the
essentials of the tests.
The Structural Approach
Weaknesses
1.) Subjective judgment of teachers
tends to be biased.

2.) As mentioned, the tests have a


heavy literary and cultural bias.
The structural approach is a
technique wherein the learner
masters the pattern of
sentence

Language is speech, not


writing.

language can be best learnt


through a scientific selection
and grading of the structures
or patterns of sentences and
vocabulary
The main aim of structural
approach is to teach four
fundamental skills: listening,
speaking, reading and
writing

It improves and corrects


pupil's speech habit.
Characteristics
• chiefly concerned with a
systematic acquisition of a set of
habits.
• The psychometric approach to
measurement with its emphasis
on reliability and objectivity forms
an integral part of structural
testing.
• involves structural linguistics
which stresses the importance
• ofconstructive analysis
Strengths
1.) In testing students’ capability, this
approach may objectively and surely be
used by testers.

2.) Many forms of tests can be covered in


the test in a short time.

3.) Help students find their strengths and


weaknesses in every
skill they study
Weaknesses
1.) It tends to be a complicated
job for teachers to prepare
questionnaires using this
approach.
2.) This approach considers
measuring non-integrated skills
more than integrated skills.
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