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Kaztest

The KAZTEST system is a system for assessing the level of proficiency in the state language by citizens in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

KAZTEST is based on the principles of international language assessment systems such as TOEFL, IELTS, DALF / DELF, DSH, CELI, TÖMER, TORKI, etc.

In accordance with the State Program for the Development and Functioning of Languages for 2011-2020, civil servants and employees of the sphere of rendering public services must undergo testing according to the Kaztest system.

During the diagnostic testing, the level of proficiency in the Kazakh language is determined, during the certification testing, the level is confirmed.

KAZTEST consists of four blocks: Listening, Lexico-grammatical structure, Reading, Writing.

I block - Listening (30 test items).

By volume, texts are divided into short, small, medium, large depending on the level.

Content of texts intended for levels A1, A2.

dialogues based on colloquial speech;
cultural and everyday dialogues;
description texts;
dialogues from the press.

Content of texts intended for levels B1, B2, C1.

media materials;
dialogues in the social and cultural sphere;
dialogues in the social sphere;
dialogues in the official business sphere;
samples of official documents;
dialogues in the scientific and political sphere.

Test items are designed to assess the following skills of the test takers:

use of vocabulary (continue the dialogue);
to summarize (define the final conclusion);
understand the main idea (define the content of the dialogue);
analysis of information (find information corresponding / not corresponding to the dialogue);
find the necessary information (when / where / between whom the dialogue took place);
summing up (indicate the conclusion in the text);
clarification of the reason for the action (indicate the reason for the event);
formation of point of view (define the point of view of the interlocutor).

II block - Lexico-grammatical structure (70 test items).

The level of assimilation of lexical and grammatical material, language proficiency, use in communication, application in writing from a functional and communicative point of view is assessed. Test tasks in this direction are aimed at assessing the level of linguistic competence, the concept of the structure of the language, necessary for solving certain communication problems.

appeal (a word spoken in order to draw attention to oneself);
future tense (show the action to be performed);
elapsed time (show the action that was performed);
homonym (show consonant, but different words in meaning);
synonym (define words that are close in meaning);
antonym (find words that are opposite in meaning);
fused words (show words that are formed by connecting two words).

The types of test items become more difficult depending on the level. At the A1 level, in the tests for the names of numerals, numbers from 1 to 100 are selected, and knowledge of simple types of names of numerals is assessed: one, two, three (cardinal numbers), first, second, third (ordinal numbers).

At the A2 level, knowledge of numbers from 100 and above of collective numerals, fractional numerals is assessed, and at higher levels, complex types of numeral names, and their role in the sentence.

Answer options should be interesting, modern, believable and real for everyday life. This, in turn, has an impact on improving the functionality of the Kazakh language.

III block - Reading (50 test tasks).

The purpose of reading is the perception and understanding of the basic and additional information of the text at different levels, the ability to read in accordance with the rules of pronunciation.

Texts are used from magazines, newspapers, textbooks and fiction.

Recommended content of texts by levels A1, A2.

text messages (SMS, letters, announcements, advertisements, etc.);
cultural and everyday texts;
small descriptive texts;
interesting texts of various genres.

Recommended content of texts by levels B1, B2, C1.

description, narration with elements of reasoning;
research texts;
informational and descriptive texts;
fragments from fiction, short stories, novellas, etc.
informational and regulatory description of the texts.

Test items assess the following skills of the test takers:

determine the personal opinion, judgment of the author;
link the event and the actual logic;
group information according to specific descriptions;
predict the content of the text by title and artistic means;
identify the required information;
define the main idea;
explanation of complex sentences;
to distinguish subjective information from objective;
find the necessary facts (examples, arguments, arguments), etc.

Block IV - Letter (2-4 test items).

At A1 level:

Type of text - Adapted plot texts;
Text volume (number of words) - 60-80 words (dictation);
Content of the text - Social, cultural and social spheres;

At A2 level:

Text type - Narration, message, mixed adapted texts and dialogues;
Text volume (number of words) - 80-100 words (dictation);
Content of the text - everyday communication, socio-cultural and educational spheres;

At B1 level:

Text type - narration, description, message and mixed types of texts with elements of reasoning (diagram, graph, etc.);
Text volume (number of words) - 150-250 words (dictation);
Content of the text - Socio-cultural sphere;

At B2 level:

Type of text - narration, description using emotionally expressive means;
Text volume (number of words) - 250-300 words (dictation);
Content of the text - Social and domestic, socio-cultural and official-business spheres;

At C1 level:

Text type - Unadapted situational-thematic texts and dialogues;
Text volume (number of words) - 300-350 words (dictation);
Content of the text - Socio-cultural, scientific, official-business and educational areas, relevant for everyday communication;

Tasks for the Writing block are designed to determine the following skills of the test taker:

correct spelling of sentences, in compliance with spelling and punctuation (write a dictation);
make a simple sentence (answer questions);
use synonymous words;
independently understand, correctly differentiate and evaluate information (create a dialogue);
raise a question and be able to express your thoughts and opinions in it (make up a dialogue);
draw up a text plan (draw up a presentation plan);
convey the basic information of the heard text and the meaning of the text in a logical manner;
using arguments, write your thoughts, point of view, opinion on the text (write a presentation);
be able to logically convey a thought, revealing the content in your own words, using keywords in a systematic manner to convey the essence of events (write an essay);
generalize the said thought, formulate and summarize.