An Evaluation of the Postgraduate Proficiency Tests of English in the University of Kerbala

Abstract

Testing plays a vital role in the teaching/learning process. Learners have to know what they have achieved in a second or foreign language. Teachers need information about this achievement to be able to assess and make meaningful educational decisions. The field of language testing has been influenced by vast radical changes in many fields. In linguistics, many theories gave rise to studies about the nature of language use; being enriched by work in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and the ethnography of communication.