THE IMPORTANCE OF FIVE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT IN DESIGNING THE LANGUAGE TESTS IN UZBEK UNIVERSITIES

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Language testing plays a vital role in the language learning process, enabling teachers to diagnose students’ strengths and weaknesses, which place them at their appropriate levels. This article discusses three significant aspects of L2 test design: (1) the importance of five primary principles of language assessment; (2) the disadvantages of using only limited production and selected-response tasks; (3) the importance of using extended tasks in testing students’ grammar skills. I researched in the Uzbekistan state world languages university and concluded that the efficient assessment, which follows five fundamental principles of language assessment, facilitates learners' further study and achievement. KEYWORDS: - Limited production tasks, selected-response tasks, higher-order thinking skills, lower-order thinking skills, practicality, validity, reliability, washback, face validity, authenticity. target language in more depth, whereas high I NTRODUCTION stake tests may open doors for excellent education and desired professions. Testing and assessing students’ knowledge of the target language is as essential as teaching the Learner’s profile language since only by evaluating the learners’ The subject I worked with is a current freshman language skills we can decide what they need to student at the Uzbekistan State World Languages improve or eliminate. Testing English language University (UzSWLU) studying English philology. levels provides valuable data about what the Denise (the name is disguised), 18 years old, is students know and what they should learn in the an only child in a family. Regarding nationality, future. On creating language tests, it is crucial to she is a Tatar who has been raised in a consider five primary principles of language traditional Tatar family with strong cultural and assessment, such as practicality, reliability, spiritual values. Denise is monolingually Russian, validity, authenticity, and washback. Language Tatar, and Uzbek fluently, using all three instructors should understand the power of tests languages in and outside the home and in and their importance in the lives of learners. Low educational domains. She also speaks good stake tests can motivate students to learn the English because of being exposed to learning it CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGICAL 1 SCIENCES ISSN – 2767-3758 https://masterjournals.com/index.php/crjps CURRENT RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PHILOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2(6): 01-07, May 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37547/philological-crjps-02-06-01 ISSN 2767-3758 ©2021 Master Journals Accepted05thJune, 2021 & Published 10thJune, 2021 since she was in fifth grade at school and taking new test more comfortable, and by doing the extra tutorial courses in several educational test, I realized that doing grammar tasks should centers. She had been learning the English not be only separated sentences. It can also be language for six years before she entered the reading, writing, and speaking tasks since we are university in 2019. Denise is friendly speaking to learning grammar for not doing only exercises her all friends politely, open-minded-always but for being able to use different complex considering others’ feelings and opinions, and grammatical structures in real life.” She also diligent-being thorough in doing the class and mentioned that grammar tasks in separate home assignments. sentences are challenging to understand and easy to forget quickly. However, producing a The primary reason I chose this student is that I spoken or written language using grammar rules have known this learner since 2017, and it was that the students learned during the course is the time when I was working a full-time job at more beneficial to remember the rules for a long- the academic lyceum under World Languages term period. University, so I was her English teacher during the curriculum 2017/2018. She was very hard- “Another aspect that I like about the new test is working and studied hard to enter university. task 3 in which the myth is given about the Greek Among her classmates, Denise was outstanding god of the sea, Poseidon,” says Denise, “This was with her writing and speaking abilities, and she the most natural part for me to do since I love was always motivated to learn languages. Denise reading myths. However, in the old test, I was a passed the IELTS exam on the 1st of June in little confused to find the correct answers as 2019, scoring seven in both writing and there were only sentences, not the entire text to speaking. Her overall score is 6.5 representing comprehend.” She also adds, “I liked task 5 B2 level ‘competent user.’ because I think we should learn how to use complex sentences and grammar rules in writing For the Test Modification Project, I chose the as we often have to pass international exams like ultimate test from the module of Grammar, IELTS or TOEFL. So I consider structuring correct which was given to the group mates of the sentences is vital in essay writing