Lecture Notes
Lecture Notes
It is axiomatic that teaching and testing are closely connected to the extent that teaching without testing would seem meaningless to a great number of educationalists. One obvious benefit of a good test is the positive washback it may have for both teachers and learners on how successful they have been in their teaching and learning endeavors. To teach language more effectively and to make more informed decisions instructors need to know applicability and the principles governing educational measurement. Being the situation as such and helping teachers made more sound decisions based on the information they get from their tests and examinations, I have tried to deal with issues of both theoretical and practical concerns in language testing in the Lecture Notes Pages. Most of the topics and articles elucidated here are actually presented in lecture presentations in my classes as part of the syllabus and further outlined here for easy reference and study of the students.
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A cloze passage is a piece of text in which, except for the first and the last sentences, words have been omitted throughout. Although cloze was first developed for determining readability level of texts for native speakers, a teacher’s objective in delivering a cloze activity today is mainly to increase and measure reading comprehension. The objective for the student is to predict words that belong in the blanks of the cloze.
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The brave new world demands us to move along with the breakthroughs we notice in the realm of online world. Surely, the cyber world has got its own fascination and a newly felt need for everyone, especially for language teachers. As language teachers, we need to make informed judgments and decisions about our students and to be aware of their needs and expectations.