Translation Essay Dictation ObjectiveTests

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2.5.2 Kindof Test

AccordingtoLado 1961:32, there are5 typeof testsasfollows:

1. Translation

Translationtestistheway examineesintestingtheskilloftransfermeaning fromone language to another language. Examinees willbegiven a text in theformof paragraphsandthenparticipantsshouldtranslate thesourcelanguageintothe target languageorthetargetlanguageintothesourcelanguage.Translationtestareused to measure general achievement in foreign language courses, as a measure of proficiency todetermineentranceinschoolthatrequireaforeignlanguage.A translationtestisavalidtestofabilitytotranslate.Inscoringatranslationcanbe madeobjective if thosepeople trustthe translation test asthebest testingdevice.

2. Essay

Essay orcompositiontestarequestionsthatrequirestudentstoanswerinthe formofdescribing,explaining,discussing,comparing,giving reasons,andother similarformsinaccordancewiththedemandsofthequestionbyusingwordsand languageitself. Examinees willbegivenafew questions thatcontain answer questionsortasksthatmustbedoneinawaytoexpressideasinanarrativetest participants.Characteristicof thetestdescription is theanswer to thatquestion is not provided by thepeoplewhoconstructitems,butsuppliedby thetestexaminees. examinees arefree to answer test questions. Each participanttests can select, connect,andorconveyideasusinghisownwords.Essayuseasatestoftheability to write essays. 21

3. Dictation

Dictationistypeoftestwheretheexaminerdictatestextand examinees rewrite thetextreadout.Participantswillbeasked tohearthen rewritewhatwillbe readbytheexaminer.Examinerswillreadoutthesentencebysentencetogivea breaktotheexamineesinrewritingthetextthatwasread.Thereadingmaterialis usually intheformofanarrativetext.Inthistest,participantspractiseslisteningand writing skills such as letter formation to spelling, punctuation and lay-out, vocabulary, syntax, and grammar.

4. ObjectiveTests

Objectivetestsisoneofthetypesofteststhatconsist ofquestionsthat canbe answered bytheexamineesby selecting oneormoreofseveralpossibleanswersthat havebeenattached totherespectiveitems,or by wayofwritetheanswerintheform ofwordsinplaceorspacethathasbeenprovidedforeachitemconcerned.Objective testis alsoknown as shortanswer test,yes-no testandnew typetest.Objectivetest cantestinashorttimetheentirerangeofthesoundsystemofalanguage,orthe majorgrammaticalpatterns,orrepresentativesampleof thevocabularytaughtduring awholeyear or severalyear. Theycan scoredeasily. Ingeneral theobjective testscan bedivided into six kinds, namely:

a.Completiontest: Completiontestistypeoftestthataskstudentto completefill