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Language Test ConstructionRevisited (Years 9 and

Baccalaureate Exams :Recommendations

April 22nd / 29t  ! 2"#$

 %r& Ali 'ouli! ELT nspector

 %r& )a*i* Cerni ! Teacer Trainer 

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Rationale *eind teproduction o+ te

documents received 

Anomalies

Little reference to “Ongoing EvaluationDocument”

Misinterpretation of the document

Confusion about testing techniques used inthe dierent components of an classroomtest

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 !or"shops

#amples of classroom testscontaining anomalies

$ %eadingComprehension &

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#amples of classroom tests

containing anomalies$ language tas"s&

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'th (orm

)ngrammatical items

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 *ear + #ec , Ed

Length $ -.. /ords &

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 #econd (orm#ec, Ed

0o balance bet/een vocabular and

grammar items

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1th (orm 2asic Ed.

3nauthentic and incoherent

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(irst (orm #ec,Ed

2are 3n4nitive is required 

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1th (orm 2asic Ed

Language or /riting?

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 *ear + sec, Ed.

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1th form 2asic Ed

Onl 6 items

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-rd (orm Arts

0o le7ical items at all

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 *ear + #ec , Ed

(ont 8 Cop and paste

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Anomalies in /riting tas"s

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 *ear + #ec, Ed Arts

 5oo man notes

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'th  (orm 2asic Ed.

 5oo man notes

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9th (orm

3nadequate genre

*ear + #ec Ed

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 *ear + #ec, Ed

0umber of lines : audience : Criteria

* + # Ed

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 *ear + #ec, Ed

(ont 8 Cop and paste

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;eneral issues

Test tems ,riters sould :

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Test tems ,riters sould avoid

:

Depressing and shoc"ing themes in te7ts8

paragraphs and tas"s suggested, 5ime ?consuming tas"s

%epetition or overuse of a question tpe

Materials ta"en from courseboo"s andcommercial > e7tracurricular /or"boo"s @livres parascolaires-

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#peci4c issues %eading Comprehension:

 

 5est item /riters should consider the follo/ingpoints

 5he length of the te7t 8 paragraphs

 5he source of the te7t 8 paragraphs

 5he topics 8 themes $relevant > recent > accessible >

conveing universal values &B or 9 questions for Arts branch

or B questions for sciences branch

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Language e7ercisese rinciples 5est item /riters should  leave the 4rst sentence integral to set the conte7t

#pread items , Do not overload one or t/o sentences/ith test items

#tri"e a balance bet/een tenses and forms

Avoid ungrammatical items

#uggest @bare inf @ 8root8 base form in tense 8 forme7ercises as a rule ,

Each le7ical item should be found some/here in theteaching materials in one of the oFcial courseboo"sin use

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!riting tas"sTest tems ,riters sould :

 Avoid overloading tables 8 biograph data/ith man details and notes

3n the productive tas" > suggest a topic that isrelated to the curriculum and should interestand motivate the pupil to /rite $ the tas"

should not lend itself to rote learning &#uggest a tas" /hich is manageable /ithin

allotted time $ specif the number of linesrequired &

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3s the cat going up or do/n?

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