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the English test types; supply type short answer, select type true-false, matching, and multiple choice and essay or discussion type.
Table 4.1.1: The Frequency Distribution of Test types in the Progress test items
The table shows that Progress test 1 use short answer type 19.2 and essay type 80.8 of the total items. There are matching type 38.5, multiple choice type
19.2, short answer type 19.2, and essay type 23.1 of the total items in progress test 2. There are multiple choice type 76.9 and essay type 23.1 of the total items
in progress test 3. There are matching type 38.5, short answer type 38.5, and essay type 23 of the total items in progress test 4.
In the progress test 1 there are true-false type, matching type, and multiple choice type were not used. In the progress test 2 only true-false type which was not
used. In the progress test 3 there are true-false type, matching type, and short answer
Distribution of the Test types in the Progress test items Test 1
Test 2 Test 3
Test 4
No Test types
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
1
True-false
- - - - - - - - 2
Matching
- - 10 38.5
- - 10 38.5
3
Multiple
- - 5 19.2
20 76.9 - -
4
Short answer
5 19.2 5 19.2 - - 10 38.5 5
Essay type
21 80.8 6 23.1 6 23.1 6 23
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type were not used. In progress test 4 there are true-false type and multiple choice type which were not used.
4.3.1. The test types: Listening items
Table 4.1.2: The Frequency Distribution of Test types of the listening items in the Progress tests
The table shows that 19.2 of the total listening items in progress test 1 uses short answer type. There are 19.2 of the total listening items in progress test 2 that uses
short answer type while there are 19.2 of the total listening items in progress test 2 that uses essay type. There are 19.2 of the total listening items in progress test 4
that uses short answer type. In the listening test of Progress Test 1, there are four test types true-false
type, matching type, multiple choice type, and essay type were not used. In the listening test of Progress Test 2, three test types true-false type, matching type, and
multiple choice type were not used. In the listening test of Progress Test 3, all of the
Distribution of the Test types in the Progress test items Test 1
Test 2 Test 3
Test 4
No Test types
Number of
Number of
Number of
Number of
1
True-false
- - - - - - - -
2
Matching
- - - - - - - -
3
Multiple choice
- - - - - - - -
4
Short answer
5 19.2 5 19.2 - - 10 38.5
5
Essay type
- - 5 19.2
- - - -
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test types true-false type, matching type, multiple choice type, short answer type, and essay type were not used. In the listening test of Progress Test 4, four test types
true-false type, matching type, multiple choice type, and essay type were not used.
4.3.2. Speaking items
Table 4.1.3: The Frequency Distribution of Test types of the speaking items in the Progress tests
The table shows that 3.8 of the total speaking items in progress test 1 uses essay type. There are 3.8 of the total speaking items in progress test 2 that uses essay
type. There are 26.9 of the total speaking items in progress test 3 that uses multiple choice type while there are 3.8 of the total speaking items in progress test 3 that
uses essay type. There are 3.8 of the total speaking items in progress test 4 that uses essay type.
In the speaking test of Progress Test 1, four test types true-false type, matching type, multiple choice type, and short answer type were not used. In the
speaking test of Progress Test 2, four test types true-false type, matching type,
Distribution of the Test types in the Progress test items Test 1
Test 2 Test 3
Test 4
No Test types
Number of
items Number
of items
Number of
items Number
of items
1
True-false
- - - - - - - -
2
Matching
- - - - - - - -
3
Multiple choice
- - - - 7 26.9 - -
4
Short answer
- - - - - - - -
5
Essay type
1 3.8 1 3.8 1 3.8 1 3.8
