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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.
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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