1. Testing and Reliability at Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University, Budapest Mrs. Ilona Várnai PhD

2. Three types of exams STANAG 6001 General exams (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Hungarian as a foreign language) ARMA military language exam (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovakian, Ukrainian)

3. ARMA military language exam Accredited by the Hungarian Accreditation Board in 2001

4. Parts of the exams “A” - type exam  oral exam “B” - type exam  written exam “C” - type exam  complex exam

5. Levels of the exam Basic Intermediate Advanced

6. Oral exams Interview (general topics) Interview (military topics) Description of a picture (basic level) Role-play dialogue (basic level) Expressing opinion (intermediate and advanced levels) Language laboratory (intermediate and advanced levels)

7. Written exams (basic level) a 20-item multiple-choice test reading comprehension task guided letter writing

8. Written exams (intermediate level) a 50-question multiple-choice test translation (into the foreign language) reading comprehension task guided composition

9. Written exams (advanced level) a 50-question multiple-choice test guided summary translation (into Hungarian language) guided composition

10. Reliability 1. more than one way RECEPTIVEPRODUCTIVE ORAL EXAMlisteningspeaking WRITTEN EXAMreadingwriting 2. tasks are controlled 3. unambiguous items 4. clear and explicit instructions

11. Reliability (cont.) 5. well laid and perfectly legible tests 6. familiar with format and testing techniques 7. non-distracting conditions 8. score reliability 9. identification by numbers

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