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The distinction between "sham" (dinner) and "kham" (raw) in terms of meaningfully distinct sounds in Persian exemplifies the property of language called
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Falk,_J_S_1987_Linguistics_and_language_A.pdf
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Linguistics and language
Author: Julia S. Falk
Season 8 (phonetics) is highly recommended.
#linguistics
Author: Julia S. Falk
Season 8 (phonetics) is highly recommended.
#linguistics
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In a test , authenticity may be obtained in the following ways EXCEPT _________ .
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the language in the test is as natural as possible
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items are contextualized not discrete
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topics are meaningful for the learner
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drills represent significant aspects of the language
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All of the following statements are TRUE regarding testing, assessment and evaluation EXCEPT ______ .
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all tests are formal assessments , but not all formal assessment is testing .
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assessment is usually time-constrained and draws on a limited sample of behavior.
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evaluation is a process that allows us to judge the value or desirability of a measure.
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a test is a prepared administrative procedure that occurs at an identifiable time in a curriculum.
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It is NOT true that a norm-refrenced test _________ .
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measures general language abilities
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includes a variety of test content
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is based in what students exactly expect of test question
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relies on the normal distribution of scores around a mean
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Norm-refrenced tests rely on ________.
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course objectives
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teacher-made items
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a continuum in rank order
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giving test-takers feedback on specific lesson objectives
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The tests which are given at the end of an instructional course for assessing course grades are ________ tests.
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The determination of congruence between performance and objective is interpreted as ________.
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testing
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measurement
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In the process of evaluation, we measure _________.
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people themselves
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people's characteristics
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people's goals
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people's needs
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A change in testing leading to a change in teaching is known as _________ .
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washback
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test facet
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curricular validity
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communicative interaction
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Teaching is supposed to be a professional activity requiring long and *complicated* training as official certificate.
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*Excessive* exposure to sunlight is one of the commonest causes of cancer.
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The president approved the idea of using *surplus* income to promote the interests of commerce, industry, agriculture and education.
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Will Rogers, an American humorist and social critic, became famous for his humor and shrewd *comments* about current events.
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Genetics is the study of the biological factors that *influence* heredity and determine variation in living things.
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It has been said by a celebrated person that to meet F. Scott Fitzgerald is ..... of a stupid old woman with whom someone has left a diamond.
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The job of theoretical physicists is twofold: first, to explain what our experimental colleagues have discovered; and second,............... phenomena that have not yet been found.
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Close after this came a noise behind me, a crash of glass and falling bricks all around us, ....... ceiling came down on us, smashing into pieces on our heads.
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It makes little sense to talk about carrying in relationship to humans,.... and altering both their culture and their physical enviroment.
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