The value of English Testing
The value of English TestingAbstract
Testing, an approach, is usually presented as a means
of checking mass, of people’s English level in use
out of campus, of both teachers teaching and students
learning. In the 21st century, around the world,
testing is also a means of getting employed, promoted,
and better lived as well. With the development of
economics, culture, politics, social science etc. in
English speaking countries, English becomes a
universal and practical tool of getting various fields
of information. Learning English, at present, is not
only a fashion of reflecting whatever, but also an
approach of improving living standard and social
status. Therefore, there is no other means to check
the level of people learning of their English, but
testing. In people’s republic of China (PRC),
nationally, at the moment, we have many different
tests covering different objectives, especially the
inclination of getting employed as one of evidences,
as non-native speakers: CET (College English Test),
TEM (Test of English Major), MSET (Middle School
English Test) etc. This paper discusses the value of
English testing, in teaching and learning fields in
the campus of college, under the analysis of the
teachers’ teaching purpose and students’ learning
result with the theory of educational psychology
research.
I. Introduction
Teaching and learning are closely related to testing.
Testing is a means of enabling quality of teachers’
teaching and acquisition of students’ language
learning. Testing covers the aspects of measurement
and evaluation although these three concepts (testing,
measurement & evaluation) are set with respective
meaning. In the following, I shall mainly discuss the
relations between teaching and learning, between
testing, teaching and learning
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