VOCABULARY

TESTING
NOOR UL HUDA
ROLL NO 14
SUBMITTED TO
MAM SARWAT
WHAT IS VOCABULARY?

 All the words of a language or the words used by a particular group or person.
 Vocabulary is all the language and words either used or understood by a person or
group of people.
 EXAMPLE:
 A language used by doctors .
 A language understood by toddlers.
“WITHOUT GRAMMAR VERY LITTLE CAN BE CONVEYED,
WITHOUT VOCABULARY NOTHING CAN BE CONVEYED.”
WHAT IS VOCABULARY TEST?

Definition:
 A test for knowledge (as of meaning or use )of a selected list of words that is
often used as part of an intelligence test.
 It is a kind of test which measures the vocabulary of a person.
PURPOSE OF VOCABULARY TEST

 The primary purpose of vocabulary test is to measure the comprehension and

production of words both in speaking and writing.
 Distinguishes learners effectively according to their level of vocabulary
knowledge.
 Furthermore it measures the learners’ reading comprehension.
CHARACTERISTICS OF
VOCABULARY TEST
 The test must provide more context than a single sentence.
 The items must assess lexis within a limited number of semantic fields.
 The test taker should understand what the communicative purpose of the task is .
 One must know who the audience is.
 Meaning rather than form should be given importance.
WHAT IS A WORD IN VOCABULARY?

 A word is a highly complex phenomenon.

 Words have different functions.
 The same word can have a variety of forms.
 Different words can have similar meanings.
 Similar words can have different meanings in different contexts.
WHAT DOES KNOW A WORD MEAN?

 KNOWING A WORD MEANS:

 Having the ability to recognize its spoken as well as written form.
 Knowing its different meanings.
 Being able to pronounce it properly.
 Also being able to recognize different kinds of English accents e .g :
 LIFT/ELEVATOR.
WHY SHOULD WE TEST
VOCABULARY?
 FEEDBACK
 BACKWASH EFFECT
 MOTIVATION
 RECYLING
HOW SHOULD WE TEST
VOCABULARY?
SEPARATATED
DISCRETE POINT
LEXIS
TEST FORMATS FOR TESTING VOCABULARY

 MULITIPLE CHOICE ITEMS

 MATCHING WORD – DEFINITION
 SINGLE SELECTION
 GAP FILLING
 CLOZE ITEMS
 TABLE COMPLETION
 WORD TRANSFORMATION
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

DEFINITION:
 Multiple choice, objective response or MCQ is a form of an objective assessment
in which respondents are asked to select only correct answers from the given
choices.

EXAMPLE:
 The flight attendant asked the passengers to ___________ attention to the
safety demonstration .
 a. give b. devote c. pay d. lend
SINGLE SELECTION

DEFINITION:
 A kind of vocabulary test where you have to choose from two options only.

EXAMPLE:
 Someone was (playing /singing) the tune and for a moment you were happy to go
(along/away) with what seemed a reasonable idea.
GAP FILLING

DEFINITION:
 A practice exercise in which learners have to replace words missing from a text.

EXAMPLE:
 I ____ to school daily.
 She ____ to GOD daily.
CLOZE

DEFINITION:
 A sentence completion test where one is given with a passage having some
blanks.

EXAMPLE:
 JOHN_______ WORKS ________ MONDAY _____FRIDAY.
WORD TRANSFORMATION

DEFINITION:
 When one word is transformed from one form into another one.
 For instance from verb to noun.

EXAMPLE:
 The opera was conducted by the (compose)________.
CONCLUSION

 Evidence shows that semantically related items are ‘stored together.’

 Knowing a word is the sum total of all the connections:
 Semantic , syntactic, phonological , orthographic , and morphological things.
 Having command on this set of words called vocabulary is beneficial in every
language,.