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    Assessing Grammar and Vocabulary

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    The document discusses grammatical competence and its components. Grammatical competence has three elements: grammatical forms or structures, grammatical meaning of forms, and pragmatic meaning or use in context. It also lists different types of grammar assessment activities including multiple choice, true/false, matching, discrimination, noticing, gap filling, short answer, dialogue completion, information gap tasks, and role plays. Finally, it provides steps for designing a vocabulary test which include clarifying the purpose and selecting target words.

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    The document discusses grammatical competence and its components. Grammatical competence has three elements: grammatical forms or structures, grammatical meaning of forms, and pragmatic meaning or use in context. It also lists different types of grammar assessment activities including multiple choice, true/false, matching, discrimination, noticing, gap filling, short answer, dialogue completion, information gap tasks, and role plays. Finally, it provides steps for designing a vocabulary test which include clarifying the purpose and selecting target words.

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    The document discusses grammatical competence and its components. Grammatical competence has three elements: grammatical forms or structures, grammatical meaning of forms, and pragmatic meaning or use in context. It also lists different types of grammar assessment activities including multiple choice, true/false, matching, discrimination, noticing, gap filling, short answer, dialogue completion, information gap tasks, and role plays. Finally, it provides steps for designing a vocabulary test which include clarifying the purpose and selecting target words.

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    The document discusses grammatical competence and its components. Grammatical competence has three elements: grammatical forms or structures, grammatical meaning of forms, and pragmatic meaning or use in context. It also lists different types of grammar assessment activities including multiple choice, true/false, matching, discrimination, noticing, gap filling, short answer, dialogue completion, information gap tasks, and role plays. Finally, it provides steps for designing a vocabulary test which include clarifying the purpose and selecting target words.

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     The knowledge of grammar is evaluated by its correct use in communication through listening,

    speaking, reading, and writing in second/foreign language.


     Communicative competence has four components: grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, and
    strategic competence. Grammatical knowledge consist of three elements:
    a) Grammatical forms or the structures of a language.
    Form is both morphology or how words are formed, and syntax, how words are strung together,
    both of them are concerned with the linguistic accuracy of language.
    b) The grammatical meaning of those forms.
    Grammatical meaning consists of both the literal and intended message that is conveyed by the
    form. It concerned with the meaningfulness of the language used.
    c) Their pragmatic meaning or use in a given context.
    The pragmatic or implied meaning results from the appropriate language choices a learner
    makes in a given communicative event.
    Multiple-choice activities

    True/false activities

    Matching activities

    Discrimination activities

    Noticing activities
    Gap-filling tasks

    Short-answer tasks

    Dialogue-completion tasks
    Information Gap Tasks

    Role-play or Simulation Tasks


    Some steps to design a vocabulary test:

    Clarify your purpose

    Select your target words: high-frequency words,


    low-frequency words, specialized vocabulary, sub-
    technical words

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