SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentGraduate Institute of Linguistics MA Program, First Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics PhD Program, First Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics MA Program, Second Year Graduate Institute of Linguistics PhD Program, 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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