Correct Answer - Option 2 : the learner’s knowledge of the language
Language tests are tests that play a significant role in the teaching-learning process of language. Language tests measure the learning, skills learnt by learners and also helps in finding mistakes and weak areas of the ner in any subject.
Language Tests are designed to:
- Diagnose learners' strength and weakness in language learning
- Measure learner's knowledge of the language
- Test the level of learner's language skills to make them proficient in communication
- Evaluate how well an individual uses a particular language to communicate in daily life
There are many types of language tests which include proficiency test, achievement test, diagnostic test, placement test, etc.
Hence, it becomes clear that language tests are designed to measure the learner’s knowledge of the language at a particular moment in the teaching programme.
