SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentMaster’s Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, First Year Master’s Program in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Second Year
Course NameLanguage Testing and Assessment
Instructor
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Tentative Schedule:



09/15  English Teaching Theory and Approaches to Language Testing



      (Hughes Chapters 1 & 2)



  Kinds of Test and Testing (Hughes Chapter 3)



09/22  Validity (Hughes Chapter 4);



  Reliability (Hughes Chapters 5 & 6)



Stages of Test Development (Hughes Chapter 7)



Standardized tests



Supplementary reading (No.1)



09/29  Testing Reading (Hughes Chapter 11, Heaton Chapter 8)



       Supplementary Readings (No. 2, No. 3)



10/06  Testing Reading (Hughes Chapter 11)



       Supplementary Readings (No. 4, No. 5)



10/13  Review



10/20  First assignment on testing reading: item presentation and analysis



       Due on 10/19 (12:00 at noon)



10/27  Testing Writing (Hughes Chapter 9)



  Supplementary Readings (No. 6, No. 7)



  First check on final project



11/03  Second assignment on testing writing: item presentation and analysis   



       Due on 11/02 (12:00 at noon)



       Supplementary Readings (No. 8, No. 9)



11/10  Review Activity



11/17  Testing Listening (Hughes Chapter 12)



  Supplementary readings (No. 10, No. 11)



11/24  Third assignment on testing listening: item presentation and analysis



       Due on 11/23 (12:00 at noon)



       Supplementary readings (No. 12, No. 13)



12/01  Testing Oral Ability (Hughes Chapter 10)



       Supplementary readings (No. 14, No. 15)



       Second check on final project



12/08  Guest Speaker



12/15  Testing Grammar and Vocabulary (Hughes Chapter 13)



       Supplementary readings (No. 16, No. 17)



12/22  Alternative Assessment; Testing Young learners



       Discussion on CEFR



       Supplementary readings (No. 18, No. 19)



12/29  Fourth assignment on testing grammar and vocabulary: item presentation and



       analysis



       Due on 12/28 (12:00 at noon)



       Supplementary reading (No. 20)



01/05  Final Project Presentation



01/12  Final Project Presentation



      Final report due on 1/19 (12:00 at noon)



 



 

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

Assignments (test construction/evaluation) 60%



Final exam or report 20%



Discussion and presentation 20%



 


Textbook & Reference

Bachman, L. F. 1990. Fundamental considerations in language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.



Bachman, L. F. & palmer, A. S. 1996. Language Testing in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press.



Genesee, F. & J. A. Upshur. 1996. Classroom-based evaluation in second



language education. New York: Cambridge University Press.



Hughes, A. 2003. Testing for language teachers. New York: Cambridge University Press.



Supplementary reading materials.



 


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