SOME EFFECTIVE METHODS OF TESTING LANGUAGE COMPETENCE

This study investigated the underlying structure of language ability in relation to the levels of language proficiency and test methods. Teaching and testing are theoretically and practically interrelated. Theoretically, they have been influ-enced by the principles of linguistics, psychology and other language related fields. Practically, they are complementary because both aim at optimizing the efficiency of education. The main purpose of this study has been to investigate the factors which influence of the language testes in order to avoid errors of final estimation of their proficiency