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An Evaluation of English Language Testing In the Secondary Level in Bangladesh
Session: 2011-2012 Semester: Fall Module Leader: M. Akram Hossain akramhossain33@yahoo.com
ID No: 201120382(8th B)
(c)Asian University of Bangladesh Chapter-2 Statement of the Research Problem
The SSC students of East West School study compulsory English language course as part of the S.S.C. Examination. Besides, they learn and use English language as it is the medium of instruction of the School. But the attitude towards testing system of the SSC students of East West School has not been studied before. Thus it is of relevance to discover the attitudes of the target population towards testing system. But some teachers claimed that in a Communicative language test all the four skills are expected to be equally represented in test items. If any skill, which is an important aspect of the test construct, is given less importance in test construct than the other skills then the test is said to suffer from construct under-representation.
Chapter-3 Objectives of the Study
The objective of the test of English language in the S.S.C. examination, as it has been specified in the curriculum, is to assess the communicative competence of the test in English. To be particular, the test is intended to measure the extent of expertise of the testees on the four basic language skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. At the S.S.C level the test of ‘General English’ consist of two papers, Paper-I and Paper-II. Test item of Paper-I are based on seen text whereas the test items of Paper-II are based on unseen text.
Paper-I Paper-I consist of three parts. They are ‘Part A: Reading Test’, which
An Evaluation of English Language Testing In the Secondary Level in Bangladesh
Session: 2011-2012 Semester: Fall Module Leader: M. Akram Hossain akramhossain33@yahoo.com
ID No: 201120382(8th B)
(c)Asian University of Bangladesh Chapter-2 Statement of the Research Problem
The SSC students of East West School study compulsory English language course as part of the S.S.C. Examination. Besides, they learn and use English language as it is the medium of instruction of the School. But the attitude towards testing system of the SSC students of East West School has not been studied before. Thus it is of relevance to discover the attitudes of the target population towards testing system. But some teachers claimed that in a Communicative language test all the four skills are expected to be equally represented in test items. If any skill, which is an important aspect of the test construct, is given less importance in test construct than the other skills then the test is said to suffer from construct under-representation.
Chapter-3 Objectives of the Study
The objective of the test of English language in the S.S.C. examination, as it has been specified in the curriculum, is to assess the communicative competence of the test in English. To be particular, the test is intended to measure the extent of expertise of the testees on the four basic language skills, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. At the S.S.C level the test of ‘General English’ consist of two papers, Paper-I and Paper-II. Test item of Paper-I are based on seen text whereas the test items of Paper-II are based on unseen text.
Paper-I Paper-I consist of three parts. They are ‘Part A: Reading Test’, which
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