Tests
If tests are carried out, there is a need to differentiate between why the test is
initiated, what is being tested and who is being tested. In the Eskimo
programme, tests are carried out monthly to evaluate progress in both
English and Yup'ik, to isolate difficult concepts and to identify students'
problems and weaknesses (Trifonovitch , 1976). Tadadjeu (1977) lists the
skills to be tested as (1) listening comprehension, (2) oral competence, (3)
reading, and (4) writing; and Williams (1973) suggests three groups of
pupils in Wales each requiring his own type of exam: ( 1) pupils with Welsh as
a foreign tongue, (2) pupils with Welsh in the environment but not in the
home, and (3) pupils with Welsh as their mother tongue.