REPORTED BY: AMANG, DARLENE H., BADOL, MERALYN P., CARADO, REZEL MAY B., CAYARI, ALICE J.

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the Module, students
should be able to:
1. identify the different types of tests for
listening and reading skills;
2. prepare samples of each test type; and
3. appreciate the opportunity of acquiring
these testing skills as essential part of
language teaching.

3. A.Testing Listening
The skill of listening may be tested in
two ways: through sound
discrimination and listening
comprehension. (Harris, 1969)
1. Sound Discrimination
- For beginners of language learning,
which they are able to distinguish
the sounds of the language clearly to
help them understand the message
they hear.

4. Task for the students in testing auditory
discrimination is distinguish sounds
minimal pairs.
Examples:
I. Directions: Write YES if the two words
heard in each pair have the same vowel
sounds; NO, if they have different sounds.
1. meat- met 2. draw- draw
3. still- steel 4. green- grin

5. II. Directions: Write the letter of the word
that has a different vowel sound each
group. If all the words sound the same;
write S.
1. a. been b. bean c. bean
2. a. copb. cop c. cap
3. a. eel b. ill c. eel
4. a. hem b. hymn c. hymn
5. a. pill b. peel c. pill

6. 2. Listening Comprehension
Direction: I. Do the following actions:
1. Face the student behind you and shake
his/her hand.
2. Stand in front and place both hands on the
table.

7. Direction: II. Answer the following
questions.
1. Why did you choose to study in this
school?
2. How long have you been staying in your
current address?
B. Testing Reading
- May consist of the following:
• Skimming to identify the gist or intent
• Scanning to locate specific information

8. • Identifying the story line
• Identifying examples presented
in support of a fact of an opinion
• Using context to guess the
meaning of unfamiliar words or
structures

9. • Recognizing organizational features of text
• Identifying referents of pronouns, etc.
Activities: A. Skimming to identify the gist
Directions: Encircle the letter corresponding
to the correct answer. The whole passage
states that accounts about aliens on earth
are:
A. entirely true.
B. absolutely false.
C. awaiting confirmation.

10. B. Scanning to locate specific information
Directions: Answer the following questions:
1. When and where did the Roswell Incident
happen?
2. Who were the direct witness of the
incident?
C. Making inferences
Directions: Encircle the letter corresponding
to the correct answer for each sentence.

11. c. they are just product of man's imagination
D. Guessing Meanings of Unfamiliar Words
through Context
Directions: Select the most probable
meaning of the underlined word based on
the context within which it is used in the
sentence.
1. People have continued to report that they
have seen UFOs and extraterrestrial
creatures.
A. horribly ugly B. out-of-this-world
C. supernatural D. heavenly