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)
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