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Discrete Feature Test (DFT)

Discrete feature tests aim to assess specific linguistic points through discrete test items like multiple choice questions, true/false questions, completion items, and spelling tests. These isolated test items focus on individual aspects of language like grammar rules, vocabulary, spelling, or word order. For example, a multiple choice question may test knowledge of grammar by asking the test taker to identify the correct word to complete a sentence, a true/false question can assess understanding of grammar rules, and a spelling test evaluates orthographic skills. The goal is to reliably test a large number of discrete language points through focused test questions.

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Discrete Feature Test (DFT)

Discrete feature tests aim to assess specific linguistic points through discrete test items like multiple choice questions, true/false questions, completion items, and spelling tests. These isolated test items focus on individual aspects of language like grammar rules, vocabulary, spelling, or word order. For example, a multiple choice question may test knowledge of grammar by asking the test taker to identify the correct word to complete a sentence, a true/false question can assess understanding of grammar rules, and a spelling test evaluates orthographic skills. The goal is to reliably test a large number of discrete language points through focused test questions.

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DISCRETE FEATURE

TEST (DFT)
Here is where your presentation begins
WHAT IS DFT?
Discrete-point testing works on the
assumption that language can be
reduced to several discrete
component “points” and that these
“points” can be assessed.
AIM
Discrete point tests aim to achieve a high
reliability factor by testing a large number
of discrete items, but each question tests
only one linguistic point.
EXAMPLES OF DPT

MULTIPLE YES/NO OR
01 CHOICE 02 TRUE/FALSE QNS

COMPLETION
03 ITEM
04 SPELLING
RELATION BETWEEN THE EXAMPLES

What all of these example items have in common is that they


usually isolate an aspect of the language from the broader
context.

For example:

❖ A simple spelling test is highly focused on the orthographic


characteristics of the language.
❖ True/false can be used to assess knowledge of various
grammar rules etc.
01
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Let’s look at the example
MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Variations of Multiple Choice Test

● The test maker gives the testee a sentence with a blank and four
or five choices of a word or phrase which completes the
sentence correctly. For example:

Because my mother was sick,

I _____ to go home last week.

a) had b) have c) has d) hadn’t


2. Error Analysis

● An error correction item is one in which the testee is given a


sentence with an error. Four words or phrases in the
sentence marked with letters and the testee needs to decide
which of the words or phrases has the error. For example,

(a) Most of students (b) believe that they (c) should be getting
better grades (d) than they are.
3. Items to Test Knowledge of Word/Sentence Order

● The traditional way is to present the testee with four


alternative word orders. Example:

I wonder how she knows _____.


a) how it costs much.
b) how much it costs.
c) it costs how much.
d) it how much costs.
02 YES/NO OR
TRUE/FALSE
Let’s look at the examples
03
COMPLETION ITEM
Let’s look at the examples
04
SPELLING
Let’s look at the examples
EXAMPLE OF TEST ITEM FOR READING AND WRITING

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