LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:2 February 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

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The Role of Multiple Choice Questions in Assessing Syntactic Aspects of Language With Reference to Tamil

Ms. R. Shakunthala, M.A., M.Phil.

Abstract

This paper makes an attempt to find out the role played by the Multiple Choice Questions in assessment of Syntactic Aspects of language with reference to Tamil. The text focuses on the two aspects, viz., syntactic aspects, i.e., constituent elements and their characteristics, and the description about multiple choice questions along with the strategies for assessing syntactic aspects. It suggests a prospective model as to how the language aspects with reference to syntax could be assessed. They are illustrated by citing examples from Tamil.

Objective

To identify the usefulness of multiple choice questions in assessing syntactic aspects of language in order to fulfill the prerequisites of systematic assessment.

Introduction

Anything that we teach in the classroom is required to be assessed to know the mastery over the particular subject matter. To test the mastery or achievement of anything, ‘content’ is needs to be identified. Without 'test content', assessment may not be possible. According to Subbiah (2008), content has to be derived from the 'object' being taken up for assessment. The object may be anything, i.e., may be concrete or abstract; product or process, etc. For example, while assessing language, the language itself will become the object, then it is obvious that 'contents' are to be drawn from 'language' itself. Since this article intends to assess 'syntactic aspects of language' it is obvious that the contents are to be drawn from syntactic aspects only.

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Ms. R. Shakunthala, M.A., M.Phil.
Junior Resource Person (Academic)
National Testing Service-India
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Mysore-570006
Karnataka
India
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