PURPOSE OF THE TEST LANGUAGE

“Why test language for specific purposes?”

The main reason is because language is used for different purposes like: tourist, teaching, work, etc; the LSP tests are according to the general purpose language test, with specific purpose content knowledge. Some of the characteristics that this kind of test should have are:

• The authenticity of task; which is to share critical features of tasks in the target language using situations of interest to the test takers. 
• The interaction between language and specific purpose content knowledge is the clearest feature of LSP.

by Last he need to assess the specific language ability or a specific communicative function, in a particular group of people , who have a particular communication needs, it is the main reason to use an LSP, a LSP is used to determine the language ability and knowledge of the field interact with the test content in a way which is similar to the target language use situation; determining whether the test participants are prepared to face and successfully solve a communicative situation in real life in specific contexts.