Historical trends of language testing: 1. Pre-scientific (until WWII) - Domain and responsibility of the teachers - Tests: compositions, translating, dictation - No special training in writing and evaluating tests - regarded as art 2. Psychometric- structuralist (1950s) - Psychometric measures and structural linguistic principles - Objective items (MCQs) - Test validity and reliability - Discrete point (specific structural and lexical point) - A science 3. Sociolinguistic/ integrative (present) - practical communication => combination of all skills - tests: communicative tasks, cultural and sociolinguistic factors - appropriateness, register, communicative abilities
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