Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 14. Number 1 March 2023 Pp. 513-528
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol14no1.33
Test Control of English Grammatical and Lexical Competencies of Secondary School Pupils in
Ukraine
Nataliia Ponomarenko
Applied Linguistic Department, Humanities Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of
Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Corresponding Author: datsko3001@gmail.com
Maryna Smuhliakova
Modern Languages Department, Humanities Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of
Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Nataliia Mochalova
Applied Linguistic Department, Humanities Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of
Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Valeriia Fomichova
Applied Linguistic Department, Humanities Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of
Shipbuilding, Mykolayiv, Ukraine
Received:12/15/2022 Accepted:03/27/2023 Published: 03/24/2023
Abstract:
The article is dedicated to the test control of English grammatical and lexical competencies of secondary school pupils (five-grade). The study examined the nature and structure of the concepts of “control,” “test” and “test control.” This scientific research aims to investigate the features of the designed exercises for monitoring the formation of the English competencies of pupils of the middle level mentioned above. The significance of the study is determined by the focus of modern linguistics and pedagogics on identifying the features of the methodological control of the formation of English grammatical and lexical evaluation of five-grade school pupils. The main question of the research is how testing control can ensure the successful implementation of the purpose and all functions of control, as well as meet the requirements for its quality. The conditions for the effective use of the mentioned methods in controlling the competence in grammar and lexicon of five-grade school pupils are determined. The Physiological features of students and their psychological readiness for tests were revealed. Methodological analysis was made for the choice of exercises or activities to check for grammar and vocabulary of pupils of the fifth grade. Experimental verification of exercises is designed to check for grammatical and lexical competence of five-grade pupils. To control and evaluate the knowledge and skills of the pupils, at the end of the pedagogical experiment, we held a kind of control competition between the experimental and control grades, for the implementation of which the test tasks were thought out.
Keywords: control, test, test control, grammatical, lexical, competence, secondary school pupils, five-grade schoolchildren
Cite as: Ponomarenko, N., Smuhliakova, M., Mochalova,N., & Fomichova, V. (2023). Test Control of English Grammatical and Lexical Competencies of Secondary School Pupils in Ukraine. Arab World English Journal, 14 (1) 513-528.
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol14no1.
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