Appendix D: Vocabulary Tests

AppendixD:VocabularyTests

VocabularyPre-test

Thereare25wordsinthelistbelow.Circleanumberaftereachwordtotellhowwellyouknowtheword.

4=Iknowthewordwellandcanuseitcorrectly

3=Iknowthewordquitewellbutwouldhavedifficultyinusingit.

2=Iknowthemeaningofthewordbutcannotuseit.

1=IwouldonlyknowthemeaningofthewordifIsawitinasentence.

0=Idonotknowthewordatall.

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VocabularyPosttests1:

A.ProductionTest

Fillintheblankswithwordsfromthepassagesyouhavejustheard.

1.Thefallwas—ittookplaceoverjustthreemonths.

2.TheJohnsonCompany'spriceswereveryinthefirstquarteroftheyear.

3.Thiswasnotaverygoodperformancebutatleastwehadstoppedtheinsales.

4.Theywereabletoselltheircomputersatamuchcheaperpricethanwecouldsellourowncomputersbothoverseasintheinternationalmarketandathomeinthemarket.

5.ButweendedwithstrongersalesthanweexpectedandIamveryfornextyear.

6.Thisisimportantsoweknowwhattheywant.Weneedtoknowwhethertheywanttostayattheconferencecentreorjustattenddaily.

7.ManyofthebuildingswereactuallydesignedbythestudentsfromtheDepartmentofmyuniversity.

8.I'msorrybutwehavejustrunoutofconferencebags,butonewillbelaterifyouwanttocomebytheregistrationdesk.

9.Mymajoris.Iamveryinterestedinlanguageandmyuniversityalsospecializesinthissubjectaswell.

10.MyaddresswillchangewhenIgraduate.SoIdon'thaveaaddressrightnowexcepttheuniversity.

B.FormTest

Oneofthewordsineachofthelistsbelowoccurredinthelisteningpassagesyouhavejustheard.Circletheword.Beloweachlistsayhowcertainyouarebyenteringapercentageinthebox(e.g.ifyouweretotallycertainput100%,butifyouareveryunsureyoumightput20%).

C.ReceptionTest

Matchthewordswithappropriatemeanings.

VocabularyPosttests2:

A.ProductionTest

Fillintheblankswithwordsfromthepassagesyouhavejustheard.

1.ButIneedtoknowwhenwecanstartusingyour.Iamright,aren'tI—theseincludetheswimmingpool,basketballcourt,andgym?

2.We'resosorryaboutthedelay,Mr.Baker.Butwe'rearrangingtoshowmembersaroundthecenter.

3.The25thshouldbefine.ButIshallhavetospeaktoourmembersfirst.

4.Iamsorryforthedelayinopening,andI'dliketoofferyouainthemembershipfee.

5.I'llhavetocheckifthattimeisokay.ThenIwillgetbacktoyoutothedateandtime.

6.Formanyyears,dogshavebeenpopularwithpeoplebecausetheyareextremelytotheirowners.

7.Workingtogetherwiththeirmasters,theycansheep.Theycollectthemtogetherandthenprotectthembywatchingoverthemcarefully.

8.Thesedogsmustbetoughandbravesothattheycancopewiththeconditionsoftheirwork.

9.Theycanbesentanyplacewherethereisadisastertooutlivesandhelpsavethem.

10.Manycountriespeoplefromimportingthingslikedrugs,freshfruitormeat.

B.FormTest

Oneofthewordsineachofthelistsbelowoccurredinthelisteningpassagesyouhavejustheard.Circletheword.Beloweachlistsayhowcertainyouarebyenteringapercentageinthebox(e.g.ifyouweretotallycertainput100%,butifyouareveryunsureyoumightput20%).

C.ReceptionTest

Matchthewordswithappropriatemeanings.