• SATHISHKUMAR P

Standardised testing tools provide validity and reliability and practicality for assessing language skills so as to evaluate the learning outcomes and comprehend the fulfilling of objectives and method or approaches used in the teaching and learning process. The main objective of this paper is to point out reliable testing tools for assessing the productive skill of writing. Testing tools determine the quality of learning outcome and analyse the content knowledge of learners. Several testing tools, grammaticality judgement, paraphrase, and cloze test, are considered as reliable testing tools based on evidences from some studies. Also, the way of framing questions for these tools are discussed to access the performance of learners. The testing tools definitely assess accurate learning outcome and improve the learning process.

Validity, Reliability, Learning, Grammaticality Judgement, Paraphrase, Testing Tools

"AUTHENTIC TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN WRITING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.116-118, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904416.pdf

"AUTHENTIC TESTING TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN WRITING", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp116-118, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904416.pdf