TYPES OF TEST TASKS IN TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND TEXTBOOK -BASED ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article discusses the role and objectives of such a method of testing knowledge as testing in teaching a foreign language. The main types, goals and principles of testing used both in international exams to determine the level of language proficiency and in the course of learning a foreign language are analyzed. The characteristics of the existing types of testing in a foreign language are made: input, diagnostic, progressive and to determine the level of knowledge in a foreign language.