Tap huan ma tran de KT ngay 13/3/2011

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Tasks
•
Please give some reflection on your own
test construction in your teaching.

Techniques in
designing test questions

1. Writing vocabulary
test items
• a/ Multiple-choice completion

*Steps
(1) Select the words to be tested.
(2) Get the right kind of sentence to put each
word in (this sentence creating the context is
called the
stem
).
(3) Choose several wrong words to put the right
word with (these wrong words are called
distractors). Three distractors plus the right
word are enough for a written item.
(4) Finally, prepare clear and simple instructions.

*Vocabulary choice

• Content words (nouns, verbs, adjs, advs)
should be used in vocabulary tests.
• Function words (articles, determiners:
some, your, the…, prepositions,
conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs)
appear in grammar tests.

*Distractor preparation
• They should be the same form of the word as
the correct answer.
• Be sure not to give away the right answer
through grammartical cues. (E.g: She needs to
get up earlier so she’s buying an___clock. A.
time b. alarm c. watch d. bell)
• They should be the same level of difficulty.
• Be sure not to include more than one correct
answwer.

*Instruction preparation
• They can be as clear and short as
possible. E.g: “Circle the letter of the
right answer” or “Circle the letter of
the word that best completes each
sentence”.

b/ Word formation
Word formation items require sts to fill in
missing parts of words appear in
sentences. These missing parts are
usually Prefixes and Sufixes. E.g: un- in

untie, -ful in thankful…

*Steps
(1) List the prefixes and sufixes that you
taught to the sts then match these with
content words that they have studied.
(2) Prepare sents that clarify the meaning
of these words.
(3) Write the instructions and examples.

Tasks
• Work in groups of 2 to 3 to complete
the tasks.
• (The following sentences contain
examples of distractor of difficulties,
Identify the weakness)

exercise
1- Do you need some__ to write on?
A. paper b. pen c. table d.material
2- I think he’ll be here in an_
a. hour b. day after tomorrow
c. Weekend d. soon.

2. Grammar question
Steps to constructing an item
(1) Choose the grammar points that you need to test;
(2) Prepare the right kind of sentence context (or stem)
for the grammar structure;
(3) Select three logical distractors; and

(4) Prepare clear, simple instruction.

3. Reading questions
- paraphrase (nhan biet)
- Synthesis ( muc do tong hop)
- Inference (phan tich)
• Things to remember:
(1) Questions should not ask for words or phrases
exactly as they appear in the passage.
(2) Avoid illogical distractors.
(3) They shouldn't be written in such a way that
they can be answered from general knowledge.

4. Writing questions

Writing: Question Techniques

There are many kinds of writing tests.

There are usually distinct stages of instruction
in writing, such as pre-writing, guided writing,
and free writing.

Each stage tends to require different types of
evaluation.

Tasks in pre-writing
1. Sentence combining
2. Sentence expansion
3. Sentence reduction

Tasks in guided writing
1. Multiple-choice sentences can be used!
2. Unrelated sentence.
3. Sentence reordering.

Tasks in Free writing
- Use pictures or simple charts, tables, or
diagrams to help students and teachers in
controlling the contents of the writing.
- Another way to control content is to provide a
situation that determines what students are to
write about.

Evaluating the tests
High Correct + Low correct
Total number
= %
- Too easy: > 70%
-
Too difficult: < 30%
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