Assessment and testing in esp

Placement Test

Placement tests are used to place learners’ in the ESP course most suited to their neeeds. The placement test is dagnostic, indicating how far and in what ways the learner fall short of the proficiency level. The placement tests are normally comes at the beginning of the course. Placement tests are usually comes in the form as follows:

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  Reading test (cloze passages)
  
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  Listening test (note-taking)
  
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  Quickly & sufficient reliable for group students
  
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  Short-written exercises
  

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   Achievement Test
   

Achievement tests are used to know how well the learner in keeping up with the syllabus and can be administered any time through the course. These are basic principles in constructing good ESP achievement test(Heaten,1975, Oller,1979):

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  The form of the test must based on what the ESP teacher have taught to the lerners.
  
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  The test must measured what the ESP teacher want to test.
  
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  The test must avoid bias, for example the test contain of specific cultural or religion knowledge. This test of course may result bias because every learner come from different background of culture and religion.
  

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   Proficiency Test
   

Proficiency Tests are used to know whether or not the student can cope with the demands of a particular situation, for example, study at a university of reading technical manuals. Proficiency test for specific purpose should be able to give a reliable indication of whether a candidate is proficient enough to carry out the task that will be required.
A good test will automatically have beneficial effects on classroom instruction. Other variables such as teacher competence, motivation and innovation, the climate of the school, socioeconomic status of pupils and teachers combine to exert an equally important influence on what goes on in an ESP classroom.

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