Test Information Guide

Field 31: Russian
Linguistics and Language Structures

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Sample Test Directions for the Linguistics and Language Structures Assignments

Part 1: Passage

This portion of the Linguistics and Language Structures section of the test consists of a passage to be completed by providing the grammatically correct word in the target language for each numbered space. Directions are provided before the passage. Write your responses on one of the response sheets provided to you. Before you continue, please label the response sheet "Linguistics and Language Structures Passage".

You may use the erasable notebooklet to make notes, write an outline, or otherwise prepare your responses. However, your final responses to the passage must be written on one of the response sheets provided.

Your final response must be scanned using the scanner provided at your workstation. Instructions for scanning your Response Sheet are available by clicking the "Scanning Help" button at the top of the screen.

Any time spent responding to the assignment, including scanning the response sheet(s), is part of your testing time. Monitor your time carefully. When your testing time expires, a pop-up message will appear on-screen indicating the conclusion of your test session. Only response sheets that are scanned before you end your test or before time has expired will be scored. Any response sheet that is not scanned before testing ends will NOT be scored.

Select the Next button to continue.

Part 2: Short-Answer Questions

This portion of the Linguistics and Language Structures section of the test consists of six short answer questions. Directions are provided before each question. Write your response to each question on one of the response sheets provided to you. Before you continue, please label your response sheets with the appropriate exercise numbers as follows.

  1. "Exercise 1"
  2. "Exercise 2"
  3. "Exercise 3"
  4. "Exercise 4"
  5. "Exercise 5"
  6. "Exercise 6"

You may use the erasable notebooklet to make notes, write an outline, or otherwise prepare your response to the exercises. However, your final responses to the exercises must be written on the response sheets provided.

Your final response must be scanned using the scanner provided at your workstation. Instructions for scanning your Response Sheets are available by clicking the "Scanning Help" button at the top of the screen.

Any time spent responding to the assignments, including scanning the response sheet(s), is part of your testing time. Monitor your time carefully. When your testing time expires, a pop-up message will appear on-screen indicating the conclusion of your test session. Only response sheets that are scanned before you end your test or before time has expired will be scored. Any response sheet that is not scanned before testing ends will NOT be scored.

Select the Next button to continue.

Description of the Linguistics and Language Structures Open-Response Items

This section of the test consists of exercises that require the candidate to demonstrate command of the grammatical structure of the language. The first part consists of a cloze passage with twelve blanks to be filled in according to specific directions. The words or phrases to be filled in may include verb forms, pronouns, modifiers requiring agreement, inflected noun forms, or other important elements of syntax and usage. The second part consists of six short-answer questions. The first three require transformation of one or more sentences according to specific directions (e.g., from one tense or voice to another, from singular to plural, or from an informal to a formal language style). The second three short-answer questions require candidates to rewrite in correct form one or more sentences containing grammatical errors. In the scoring of this section of the test, all grammatically correct answers consistent with the directions will be accepted.

Sample questions are provided in the Russian sample items PDF.

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