Evaluation Language Testing

Vocabulary Testing will help the teachers to get the

information on how much vocabulary learning has
taken place in the class, and whether the teaching
has been effective or not. (Ibadurrahman, 2012)

Here are some types of vocabulary assessment :

Selection of Items Sets (Associated Word)

Multiple Choice A and B Matching Items

More Objective Items Completion Items

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 A careful selection, or sampling, of lexical items for inclusion in
a test is generally a most exacting task. Many of the more
traditional types of vocabulary tests are designed in such a
way that they test a knowledge of words which, though
1 frequently found in many English textbooks, are rarely used in
ordinary speech.

Selection of vocabulary can thus be thought of

as falling into the following rough divisions
according to the four major language skills:
- Listening : Passive/Spoken
Selection Items - Reading : Passive/Written
- Speaking : Active/Spoken
- Writing : Active/Written
 2 Multiple Choice A
It is useful to distinguish between the
following two major kinds of multiple-
choice vocabulary items:

But, this section

concentrates on Group
A items. The following
items types are examples of
four vocabulary recognition items
which fall
within the first group.

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 Types of Multiple Choice A
Type 1 : Recognition item the stem is
replaced by a picture

Type 2 : Here the stem consists of a

definition..

Type 3 : The Stem consists of a

lexical item.

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Type 4 : The stem here consists
of a sentence.

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Multiple Choice B
Sets Many of the difficulties arising
from the testing of collocations are
avoided by the testing of word sets. In
such tests the students’ familiarity
with a
measured.
range of associations is 4

Sets
(Associated
Words)
Matching Items

Type 1 Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

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Type 4
 This section contains examples of types
of vocabulary items which have appeared
in certain tests.
While Types 1 and Types 2 are useful for classroom testing. Types
3 and 4 rather artificial, and should be avoided where possible.
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Type
One

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Type Two

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Type Three

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Type 4
 Completion
Items

The following types of

completion items can
be used for the testing
of vocabulary.

Tests which present such

items in a context are
generally preferable to those
which rely on single words or
on definitions
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