William James
Combine various skills Show how well person can function in the language
A very simple verbal answers for example: Is this book thick? Yes, it is.(No, it is not) Do you read this book? Yes, I do.( No, I do not.)
Simple completion when the students write in the missing part of words that appear in sentence For example: He sleeps in his : a)Bathroom b) bedroom c) kitchen d) dining room
Helps students see the full meaning of words by providing natural contexts Scoring is easy and consistent It is a sensitive measure of achievement
Difficult to prepare good sentence contexts Easy for students to cheat by copying
individual group
Go to the…. Give me the… Open the… Close the… Hands up! Hands down! Please, give me the book.
A good way is to draw We can use physical responses to test A good way is to give pictures