TESTING READING

COMPREHENSION
Book: Writing English Language Test
by Heaton, J.B

GROUP 10
NINDY RIFKA WARDANI
FACHRUROZI
 CONTENTS
• THE NATURE OF READING SKILL
• INITIAL STAGES OF READING : MATCHING TESTS
• INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STAGES OF
READING : MATCHING TEST
• TRUE/FALSE READING TESTS
• MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS
• COMPLETION ITEMS
• REARRANGEMENT ITEMS
• CLOZE PROCEDURE
• OPEN-ENDED AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
• CURSORY READING
THE NATURE OF THE READING SKILL
● Reading is a basic skill which needs to be
practiced to improve it.
● Reading activity which students are usually
exposed are generally classified as Intesive
Reading and Extensive Reading.
INITIAL STAGES OF READING :
MATCHING TESTS
1. WORD MATCHING
The testees are required to draw a line under
the word which is the same as the word on the
left.
INITIAL STAGES OF READING :
MATCHING TESTS
2. SENTENCE MATCHING
This item is similar to the word-matching item. The
testees are required to recognize as quickly as possible
sentences which consist of the same words in the same
order.
INITIAL STAGES OF READING :
MATCHING TESTS
PICTURES AND SENTENCE MATCHING
• TYPE 1
The testees look at four pictures and then read a
sentence about one of the picture.

They are cycling to work

PICTURES AND SENTENCE MATCHING
• Type 2
The testees look at the picture and read four
sentences, only one of which is about the picture.
They then have to select the correct sentence.
PICTURES AND SENTENCE MATCHING
• Type 3
This item type is referred to here as a matching item, it could
equally well take the form of true/false item( in which the testees
write T or F at the side of each sentence according to whether or not
the sentence agree with the contents of the picture).
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STAGES
OF READING : MATCHING TEST
1. TYPE 1
The following matching item shows how visuals can be used to test
the comprehension of definitions of certain words. Testees are
required to match the meaning of certain terms in a dictionary with
the appropriate shapes with those terms denote.
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STAGES
OF READING : MATCHING TEST
• Type 2
The following item type is included to provide another example of
how reading comprehension matching tests can be based on the
dictionary. Again, the item is intended for use at a fairly advanced
level.
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STAGES
OF READING : MATCHING TEST
• Type 3
The following item is similar to the previous type but here testees
are required to match appropriate words or information in the text
with the correct parts of a diagram.
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STAGES
OF READING : MATCHING TEST
• Type 4
This item type involves the matching of a paraphrase of
phrases and sentences in a text with the original words in the
text, each item starting with ‘Instead of….’, this test is used to
help students to increase their understanding of a text.
TRUE/FALSE READING TEST
1. TYPE 1
It is possible to construct true/false items which are
complete in themselves: a testee’s comprehension of
each true/false item is tested by means of series of
general truths.
TRUE/FALSE READING TEST
• Type 2
The construction of true/false items based on a reading extract
forms one of the most widely used types of reading tests.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS ( A ) : SHORT
TESTS
1. Type 1
The type of item in this section is in many ways a test of
vocabulary rather than of reading comprehension. The
particular items of the text is generally of at least as much
importance as an understanding of the meaning of the words
of selection.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS ( A ) : SHORT
TESTS
2. Type 2
This item related to the testing of vocabulary just like the previous
types. The testees are required to identify the correct paraphrase
of a statement from a choice of four or five.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS ( A ) : SHORT
TESTS
3. Type 3
This item type consists of a very short reading extract of only a few
sentences. The testees are required to answer only one
comprehension test item on each reading passage.
MULTIPLE-CHOICE ITEMS ( B ) :
LONGER TEST
•
COMPLETION ITEMS
1. TYPE 1
This type of completion test can become merely a matching exercise
in which the words and phrases required in the completion are
determined after a process of matching the whole item with the
appropriate part of the text
COMPLETION ITEMS
2. Type 2
In this item type the testees are required to
complete the blank spaces in a reading text, the
blanks have been substituted for what the test
writer considers are the most significant
content word.
REARRANGEMENT ITEMS
1. Type 1
The first of the item takes the form of jumbled sentences
which the students have to ‘unscramble’ and arrange in the
correct order. The student are instructed to rearrange the
letters of the sentences in their correct order in the boxes
below.
REARRANGEMENT ITEMS
2. Type 2
The jumbled sentences in the second item are
based on reading comprehension text and
should be unscrambled. The students must
write the letters of the sentences in their
correct order in the boxes at the end of the
item.
CLOZE PROCEDURE
Cloze test should not be confused with simple
blank-filling tests. In cloze tests, however, the
words are deleted systematically. The
construction of a cloze test is purely
mechanical: every nth word is deleted by the
test writer. The interval at which words are
deleted is usually between every fifth and every
tenth word.
CLOZE PROCEDURE
1. ELEMENTARY
CLOZE PROCEDURE
2. ADVANCED
OPEN-ENDED AND MISCELLANEOUS
ITEMS
• The term of ‘open ended‘ is used to refer to those
questions which elicit a completely subjective
response on the part of the testees. The response
required may range from a one-word answer to
one or two sentences.
CURSORY READING
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