The Myanmar university entrance examination

Language Testing in Asia

Table 3 English test item types and scores

Section	Context of evaluation (Tasks)	Competence	Actual area tested	Item types	No. of items	Scores
I	Read the passage	Reading	Reading the same passages in the test	Correct words/phrases & short sentences	10	10	50
II	Cloze Type where missing words are adjectives, nouns, prepositions, connectors, etc.	Grammar	Grammar & Memory recall from the text	Close type item (Close-ended)	20	10
III	Fill in the blank	Vocabulary/ Textual	Memorization of the text	Correct words/ phrases (close-ended items)	10	10
IV	Give complete answers	Reading & Knowledge from the text	Memorization of the text	Complete (may be long) answers – open-ended items	5	10
V	Read the passage	Reading	Reading the same passages in the text	Complete answers (open-ended items)	5	10
VI	Punctuation	Correct use of punctuation in writing	Memory recall & Writing	Completion (close-ended items)	5	5	50
VII (A)	Transformation of sentences	Grammar	Grammar	Completion & Rewriting grammatical sentences (close-ended items)	10	10
VII (B)	Guided writing: one paragraph using prompts given	Writing Textual coherence	Textual coherence & Memory recall on the passages from the text	Composition (open-ended type)	1	10
VIII	Writing Letter	Writing	Communicative writing	Composition (open-ended type)	1	15
IX	Writing Essay	Writing	Descriptive writing	Composition (open-ended type)	1	10
	Total Scores					100
	Administration time					3 hrs