... designed, and what they are for; in other words, in respect to test method and test purpose.” (Mc Namara, 2000: 5). For example, in terms of method, there are paper-and-pencil language tests, performance ... learner’s performance in the language. The development and the use of language tests involve an understandingof the nature of communicative language use and language ability, on the one hand, and of ... approaches to tests, for example the essay-translation approach, the structuralist approach, the integrative approach, or the communicative approach. However, in this minor thesis,...