e.g., multiple choice or true / false questions, open-ended questions, short questions
problem solving
students read the information relevant to a particular problem and then set themselves to solve it
summarizing
students are given several possible summary – sentence and asked to say which of them fits a text
jigsaw reading
different groups of students read different but connected passages, each of which supplies some part of what they need to know. Then they come together to exchange information in order to complete a story or perform a task
writing as a follow-up to reading activities
e.g., letters, telegrams, postcards, messages, etc. related to passages
5. Methods of testing Reading Activity 8. Working with a partner make a list of traditional methods of testing reading. Look at the survey of test formats and pick out the best test formats for school. Explain your choice, please.
