PdF:AJ3406 Testing and Evaluation in Engl - Course Information

AJ3406 Testing and Evaluation in English Language Teaching

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.

Teacher(s)

Bc. Mgr. Sonia Homolka (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Linda Nepivodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Prerequisites

No prerequisites or co-requisites needed.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (2)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
• Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
• Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (2)
• Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)

Course objectives

The course offers basic information about creating and using standardised/nonstandardised language tests for teachers.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants should be able to demonstrate the following: 1. a working knowledge of a selection testing means that could be used in a classroom setting; 2. confidence in selecting appropriate tools for testing; 3. the ability to evaluate testing tools for specific activities and learner groups.

Syllabus

• Teaching and testing
• Kinds of tests and testing
• Test development
• Test techniques
• CEFR
• Feedback

Literature

recommended literature
• HUGHES, Arthur. Testing for language teachers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 251. ISBN 0521484952. info

not specified
• HALADYNA, Thomas M., RODRIGUEZ, Michael, C. Developing and Validating Test Items. Routledge, 2013, 454. ISBN 9780415876056.
• BROWN, H. Douglas and Priyanvada ABEYWICKRAMA. Language assessment : principles and classroom practices. Third edition. Hoboken: Pearson, 2019, xviii, 376. ISBN 9780134860220. info
• MCNAMARA, T. F. Language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, xv, 140. ISBN 0194372227. info

Teaching methods

The course will be taught using the following methods: 1. group work; 2. problem-solving; 3. peer evaluation of the presented outcomes; 4. tutor's feedback.

Assessment methods

Tasks in Moodlinka.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: kombinované studium: každý druhý týden.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.

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