An Analyses of Theories and Practice of Language Testing in a Historical Timeline and the Implication for the Language Teacher

An Analyses of Theories and Practice of Language Testing in a Historical Timeline and the Implication for the Language Teacher

by

Mike Adeyi

Department of English

Federal College of Education. Kano

Email: mikeadeyi2 gmail.com

Abstract

Language testing aims at determining the quality and quantity of the language skills that a learner has attained at a particular point in time. They are important tools, because they are used to measure the success of individuals in different aspects of life. But despite their importance, it was only in the 1980s that language theorists began to raise questions of high sensitivity. Tests were considered as purely linguistic acts,

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