THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF TESTING IN ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS IN VIETNAM

Testing plays a very important role in the teaching and learning process. It is considered as an integral part of any teaching process. If teaching is a process of helping learners discover “new” ideas and “new” ways of organizing what they learn, testing is an important tool to measure what learners achieve through process of teaching. Therefore, testing makes a remarkable contribution to the success of teaching and learning activities. Furthermore, tests are used not only to evaluate teaching and learning results but also to promote teaching and learning activities in such a way that it helps teacher understand his/her students’ ability, interest, attitudes and needs in order to teach and motivate them.