Open AccessThoughts on College English Testing
Author(s) -
Li Sun
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of language teaching and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-0684
pISSN - 1798-4769
DOI - 10.4304/jltr.4.5.1133-1137
Subject(s) - college english , psychology , mathematics education
Testing and teaching are so closely related that it is virtually impossible to work in either area without being constantly concerned with the other. Testing must accompany English teaching and reflect how much English knowledge students have grasped in a certain phase of English study. Tests should be constructed primarily to reinforce learning, to motivate students, and to assess students’ performance in language acquisition. Thus, it is necessary for instructors to design tests according to the features of the college English intensive reading course in order for validity and reliability to occur.