VOCABULARY

TEST
DISCUSSANT:
ORVIN ALTURA DOLENDO
 VOCABULARY
The words that make up a
language
All the words known and
used by a person
Words that are related to a
particular subject
 VOCABULARY TEST

Is to measure the comprehension

and production of words in
speaking and writing
How can we find out words
students need to know?
1. Record the words that


students misuse
2. Textbook, reader,
exercise manual
3. Course syllabus
 Deciding how to test vocabulary is related to how we teach it

1. Findmeaning of words through the

context of the sentence
Avoid presenting words in isolation

In improving oral skills, test using

aural cues
( What time is it?) It required spoken
answers
FOUR GENERAL KINDS OF
VOCABULARY TEST
1. LIMITED RESPONSE

2. MULTIPLE CHOICE COMPLETION

3. MULTIPLE CHOICE PARAPHRASE

4. SIMPLE COMPLETION WORDS

 Limited Response

Individual Testing

Group Testing
 Limited response
 Testing children and
beginning-level adults, we
often use directed
physical responses and
visuals
 Individual Testing
Directed physical responses can
easily be used when you test one
student at a time
Individual interaction can also be
very productive when testing
language skills
 Group Testing
The use of nonverbal physical
responses as well as to test the whole
class at the same time

Naturally, activities, visuals and objects

can be used with more advance
students
Advantages of Limited Responses
It cause less stress or nervousness
than other types of test
It avoids skills such as reading and
writing that have not yet been
developed
It can be scored easily and
objectively
Limitations of Limited Response
It requires individual testing, which
takes longer than group testing
It is usually difficult to test abstract
words with this technique
Sketches are sometimes ambiguous
Multiple Choice Completion
It make the students depend
on context clues and sentence
meaning. This kind of item is
constructed by deleting a word
from a sentence
 She quickly ________ her
lunch.

A. drank B. ate C. drove

d. slept
 Steps should be taken in writing
multiple choice completion
Select the words to be tested
Get the right kind of sentence to
put each word in.
Choose several wrong words to put
the right word with
Finally prepare clear and simple
instructions
Vocabulary choice

Be careful of bias!!!

 Context Preparation
With suitable words selected, our next step is to
prepare context for them.

Example: “I want to paint, too.”

 “All right. Use that_____over there.”
A. brush b. pencil c. broom d.
spoon
The sentence should provide a better frame
for the word

Example: Some people ______ disapproval

by holding their nose between their thumb
and forefinger
A. interrogate B. philosophize
 C. communicate D. investigate
Avoid context that are too difficult
Frank is very _______; he says,
“Break the mirror, and you’ll have a
bad luck

A. ambitious B. Optimistic

 c. Courteous D.
Superstitious
 DISTRACTOR PREPARATION
1. Make sure the distractors are the same
form of word as the correct answer.

(poor)
She had to help the _____ old man up the
stairs.

a. Weak b. slowly c. try d. wisdom

2. Be sure you don’t give away the
right answer through grammatical
cues

She needs to get up earlier so she’s

buying an ____clock

a time b. alarm c. watch d. bell

Multiple –choice items for any
one question should be about
the same level of difficulty, and
ideally , the sentence context
should not be difficult for the
students to read.
They needed lots of training to
operate such ______ equipment.

A. easy b. sophisticated c.

blue d. wise
 Be sure not to include more
than one correct answer
She sent the ______ yesterday.

A. letter b. gift c. food

d. books
Thank you!!!!!!!