• Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed. Fakhli
• Dr. Pradnyashailee Bhagwan Sawai

The greater emphasis on the learner and learning has grounded a revolution in second language learning and teaching. The strategies test-takers use to perform on tests have been central to scholarly discussions and empirical investigations. The ultimate goal of educational testing is to measure the competency of the learners of certain related traits. Therefore, language testing research has centered on identifying characteristics that cause variations in the test-taker’s performance. Such features are called test-taking strategies—techniques, tactics, or moves employed by language learners to perform better on tests and arrive at clues to the correct answers. This paper reviews the research literature on test-taking strategies. It used two research methods—keywords search and citation chains to navigate previously given views on the definition, classification, advantages, drawbacks, and teachability of test-taking strategies. This work ends with some educational implications and guidelines for language learners wishing to perform better to the exam items and attain higher scores in the construct assessed.

language learning- Language testing - Strategic Competence – Test-Taking Strategies – Test-wiseness Strategies – Test-unwiseness strategies.

"Test-Taking Strategies: A Theoretical Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.c690-c700, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112290.pdf

"Test-Taking Strategies: A Theoretical Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppc690-c700, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112290.pdf