ADVANTAGE AND

DISADVANTAGE
Ling
Shahrul
Amin
Fahmi
Hasif

DISCRETE POINT TEST

ADVANTAGES
The tasks are unambiguous
Pupils

know

which

DISADVANTAGES
Time-consuming to write good

language items

skill they should use

Especially

those

at

higher

cognitive levels.
Tests can be accurately and No production of language
objectively marked
Usually associated with MCQ
type of questions

Only choose A,B,C or D

INTEGRATIVE TEST
ADVANTAGES

DISADVANTAGES

The test is easy to apply

Harder to mark / evaluate

The instrument is cheap

Time saving
Can

evaluate

Only
more

element at a time

than

tell

about

candidates

1 linguistic competence
Example- Cloze test

COMMUNICATIVE TEST
ADVANTAGES
The

tasks

give

DISADVANTAGES
pupils Time-consuming

experience

to

create

good test item

Pupils get personal experiences Do not know how will it turn out
as a way to facilitate their

for pupils.

learning in the lesson.

Production of language

Scoring criteria

Pupils talk and use language.

Hard to assess.