LANGUAGE TESTING
- Course
- ELTE506 - LANGUAGE TESTING
- Department
- English Language Teaching - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This course focuses on important issues in language testing by focusing on relevant literature, provides students with practical experience in designing language test items, a wider understanding of research in the field of language testing (based on current research articles), and an additional insight into socio-cultural and ethical aspects of language testing. The course aims to deal with the topics: validity, reliability, rating scales, ethical issues, the assessment of receptive skills (listening and reading) and productive skills (speaking and writing), testing techniques, testing procedures, and the evaluation of test items. Language testing covers considerable practical work on constructing tests and analysing test results.
LANGUAGE TESTING
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to the course |
| Week 2 | Testing, Assessing, and Teaching / Principles of Language Assessment |
| Week 3 | Designing Classroom Language Tests / Standardized Testing / Standards-Based Assessment / |
| Week 4 | Testing language skills |
| Week 5 | Testing language skills |
| Week 6 | Testing language skills |
| Week 7 | Beyond Tests: Alternatives in Assessment / Grading and Student Evaluation |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM EXAMINATIONS |
| Week 9 | Presentation |
| Week 10 | Presentation |
| Week 11 | Presentation |
| Week 12 | Presentation |
| Week 13 | Presentation |
| Week 14 | Project submissions and Presentation |
| Week 15 | FINAL EXAMINATIONS |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 1. Brown Douglas, H. (2004). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom. Practice. New York: Pearson Education, Inc.
- 02 2. Shohamy, E., Or, I. G., & May, S. (Eds.). (2017). Language testing and assessment. Springer.
- 03 3. Farhady, H., Jafarpur, A., & Birjandi, P. (1994). Testing language skills: From theory to practice. Tehran: SAMT Publications.
- 04 4. Lecturer notes
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