Asked by teachers in order to find out what a learner can say in the target language.

Asked by teachers in order to find out what a learner can say in the target language.

• A. Display Questions
• B. Ellipsis
• C. Face Validity
• D. Phoneme

Answer: (A)

In language assessment, the way to discover what a learner can say in the target language is to use questions that prompt the learner to reveal their spoken production. Display questions are designed to elicit what the learner can say, showing the language they are capable of producing in a guided, observable way. They help the teacher see range, accuracy, and fluency in speech on familiar topics. Ellipsis is about omitting words in a sentence and isn’t a method for prompting language production. Phoneme refers to the smallest unit of sound, not a testing approach. Face validity concerns whether a test seems appropriate on the surface, but it doesn’t describe how the test prompts or measures actual spoken output.

In language assessment, the way to discover what a learner can say in the target language is to use questions that prompt the learner to reveal their spoken production. Display questions are designed to elicit what the learner can say, showing the language they are capable of producing in a guided, observable way. They help the teacher see range, accuracy, and fluency in speech on familiar topics.

Ellipsis is about omitting words in a sentence and isn’t a method for prompting language production. Phoneme refers to the smallest unit of sound, not a testing approach. Face validity concerns whether a test seems appropriate on the surface, but it doesn’t describe how the test prompts or measures actual spoken output.