The testing task specification for the KAZTEST system
The testing task specification is one of the normative documents for test compilers of the KAZTEST system.
The test specification is aimed at determination of the bases of preparation of testing tasks on defining the level of the Kazakh language knowledge by citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign citizens engaged into activities on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Goals:
1. Definition of the structure of the test for evaluation of the level of citizen’s knowledge of the Kazakh language on different types of speech activity – listening, lexis-grammar, reading and writing in accordance with the examples of the existing international systems.
2. Formation of the base of testing tasks according to the standards of the Republic of Kazakhstan defining communicative competence of the Kazakh language knowledge and theories of pedagogical measurement.
3. Confirmation of the contents and topics of the testing materials for defining the levels of the Kazakh language knowledge.
The test specification regulates test materials on the following criteria:
Name of the part |
Name of the level | ||||
Elementary
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Pre-intermediate |
Intermediate |
Upper-intermediate |
Advanced | |
Listening part |
Size of the text | ||||
1 – 10 sentences |
5-20 sentences |
10-30 sentences |
10-30 sentences |
20-40 sentences | |
Quantity of the tasks for 1 text | |||||
1-5 |
2-8 |
3-12 |
4-12 |
7-15 | |
Lexis-grammar part |
Phonetics – 4 tasks, lexis – 2, morphology – 24, numeral – 8, adjective – 2, pronoun – 6, verb – 14, adverb – 2, conjunction – 4, isolated words – 2, interjection – 2 |
Phonetics – 4 tasks, lexis – 4, morphology – 24, numeral – 4, adjective – 4, pronoun – 16, verb – 6, adverb – 4, conjunction – 2, interjection – 4 |
Lexis – 4 tasks, morphology – 14, numeral – 6, adjective – 4, pronoun – 6, verb – 10, adverb – 2, conjunction – 20, interjection – 2, isolated words - 2 |
Lexis – 4 tasks, morphology – 2, numeral – 4, adjective – 4, verb – 30, adverb – 10, conjunction – 6, complex sentence - 10 |
Lexis – 14 tasks, verb – 30, isolated words – 2, direct and reported speech – 2, complex sentence - 22 |
Reading part |
Size of the text: | ||||
1 sentence – 100 words |
5 – 10 sentences |
200-400 words |
300-400 words |
400-600 words | |
Quantity of the tasks for 1 text | |||||
2-5 |
5-6 |
7-12 |
12-13 |
15-20 | |
Writing part |
Size of the text | ||||
60-80 words
|
80-100 words
|
150-250 words
|
250-300 words
|
30-35 sentences
| |
Type of task | |||||
Dictation, 2 tasks |
Dictation, 3 tasks |
Summary, 3 tasks |
Summary, 4 tasks |
Essay, 3 tasks |
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