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1. What is assessment

For English teachers, 'assessment' includes any means of checking what students can do with the language. It also includes checking what they cannot do, but proper assessment gives due weight to the positive side of their achievement. Assessment may be carried out before, during or after a course, or it may not even be connected with a course. Assessment may be of individual students, or it may be to check the capabilities of a whole class./This means that assessment is concerned with the quality of teaching as well as the quality of learning. /Assessment includes a whole rangę of activities from the informal short test on last night's homework to the formal external examination which crowns several years of study. It includes regular marked course-work assignments forming part of a course, as well as periodic testing.

2.    What main differences between tests and examinations? Give examoles.

There is a nuanced meaning, although technically a test is a morę common form of measuring mastery on a subject and an exam is the finał, oftentimes cumulative tool to measure mastery. The terms are used interchangeably by many, although exams usually count for a greater percentage of an overall grade.

3.    What are the main reasons for testing?

Achievement/Attainment tests: usually morę formal, designed to show mastery of a particular syllabus (e.g. end-of-year tests, school-leaving exams, public tests) though similar (re-syllabus) to progress tests. Rarely constructed by classroom teacher for a particular class. Designed primarily to measure individua! progress rather than as a means of motivating or reinforcing language.

Progress Tests: Most classroom tests take this form. Assess progress students make in mastering materiał taught in the classroom. Often given to motivate students. They also enable students to assess the degree of success of teaching and learning and to identify areas of weakness & difficulty. Progress tests can also be diagnostic to some degree.

4. What are the main disadyantaaes of testing?

Student Anxiety

Students may feel anxiety due to the emphasis placed on standardized assessment tests. The pressure that is placed on the teachers transfers to the students. They may feel that the test will make or break them. This can lead to fear, anxiety and even depression if they do not get a high score.

5. Give examoles ofdifferent types of testing.

Diagnostic Tests:^an include Progress, Achievement and Proficiency tests, enabling - t&achers to identify specific weaknesses/difficulties so that an appropriate remedial programme can be planned.