LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 7 July 2011
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Traditional versus Recent Trends in Evaluation relating to
Language Teaching

Arvind Kumar Gautam, M.A.

Introduction

A test is a systematic procedure for measuring a sample of a person’s behavior such as Aptitude, Achievement and Proficiency, in order to evaluate these aspects against same predetermined standards and norms. Testing involves the setting of exercises and task to measure either the student’s aptitude for a particular subject or his achievement in a particular subject. It is a smaller affair, it is held more frequently such as weekly, fortnightly or monthly, and its duration is normally shorter. The purpose of test is to find out what the pupil have learnt over a long period covering a longer curriculum area, and to grade them on the basis of their achievement.

Tests and examinations are tools or devices designed to measure a person’s ability or knowledge or skills in a given area within a period of time, on which ultimately value judgment is made. Tests and examinations are an integral part of an educational system.

The modern concept of evaluation calls for the development of more adequate techniques of assessing pupils’ growth and development. Thus the recent philosophy of education emphasizes the responsibility of the educator not only for the development of concepts, information, skills, and habits, but also for the stimulation of pupils’ growth in attitudes, appreciation, interest, power of thinking, and social-persona adaptability. As these objectives have become clarified and defined in instructional practices, appropriate methods of assessment, both formal and informal, have been devised to gauge the adequacy of the schools’ programmes. For example, evaluative tests have been devised to test such work-study skills as map reading finding topics in reference books using indexes or tables of contents; and reading charts, graphs or tables.

Objective

The present paper tries to describe the various types of language tests, some important trends of language testing, the recent advancement in the field of language testing and the difference between traditional and recent trends in evaluation.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Arvind Kumar Gautam, M.A.
JRP-Acad. NTS-India
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Mysore-570006
Karnataka
India
amuarvind@rediffmail.com

 


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