The value of English Testing

The value of English TestingAbstract

Testing, an approach, is usually presented as a means

of checking mass, of people’s English level in use

out of campus, of both teachers teaching and students

learning. In the 21st century, around the world,

testing is also a means of getting employed, promoted,

and better lived as well. With the development of

economics, culture, politics, social science etc. in

English speaking countries, English becomes a

universal and practical tool of getting various fields

of information. Learning English, at present, is not

only a fashion of reflecting whatever, but also an

approach of improving living standard and social

status. Therefore, there is no other means to check

the level of people learning of their English, but

testing. In people’s republic of China (PRC),

nationally, at the moment, we have many different

tests covering different objectives, especially the

inclination of getting employed as one of evidences,

as non-native speakers: CET (College English Test),

TEM (Test of English Major), MSET (Middle School

English Test) etc. This paper discusses the value of

English testing, in teaching and learning fields in

the campus of college, under the analysis of the

teachers’ teaching purpose and students’ learning

result with the theory of educational psychology

research.

I. Introduction

Teaching and learning are closely related to testing.

Testing is a means of enabling quality of teachers’

teaching and acquisition of students’ language

learning. Testing covers the aspects of measurement

and evaluation although these three concepts (testing,

measurement & evaluation) are set with respective

meaning. In the following, I shall mainly discuss the

relations between teaching and learning, between

testing, teaching and learning

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