Методика конструирования тестов и тестовых заданий по русскому языку как иностранному

Abstract

The author of the article claims that a teacher of any foreign language should take part actively in creating tests that make controlling language and communicative skills of learners possible. Thus, in the article, most important problems concerning construction of tests and test tasks were discussed. The author presents the stages of preparing a test and the principles of working out test tasks. Besides, the analysis of main kinds of tasks (open tasks and closed tasks) was accomplished. In the article, the advantages and disadvantages of analyzed tasks are indicated and most frequent errors concerning the structure of test tasks used in teaching Russian as a foreign language are presented. According to the author of the article, the knowledge of constructing tests and test tasks may be useful for lecturers, teachers and students who plan to conduct the test control in the classes of a foreign language. Testing, as the most objective form of control, should complete the traditional system of control.