Friday 26 February 2021

Testing and Evaluation - English Language Teaching

Hello Readers!
How do we educate people? How one can check the abilities of an individual? Is it possible to give progressive analysis of a student when teachers evaluate their work ? Let's see how the testing works, what are the types of assessments and evaluation.

Points to ponder:
1) Write on validity and reliability of the test
Validity is the


2) Write on practicality of the test
Ans: If the test is used multiple times and also cost-effective than it can be said that it is fulfils the practicality. Again if the test covers all the resources which are made available prior to the test, it is practical test.

3) What do you understand by backwash?
Ans: Backwash is an effect which happens after a testing and assessment. For example, if a student gets high marks or low marks, a student will think about the test negatively or positively. He/she will think about his/her own learning abilities also. This effect can be positive or negative also.

Washback concerns the impact of tests and assessments on materials, teachers, and learners. Thirty years of research has shown that testing and assessment have influenced language teaching significantly. (McKinley, Thompson)

4) Difference between assessment and evaluation
Ans: Assessment gives the whole idea about

5) How do you define good assessment?
Ans: A good assessment happens when it is done keeping in mind about

Thank You!

Work Cited:

McKinley, Jim, and Gene Thompson. "Washback Effect in Teaching English as an International Language." The TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching, 2018, pp. 1-12.

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